No, I prefer to sleep a bit offsite, before the Big Rush begins :) and also want to try out the train and meet up etc. The bus is great, but I have a slightly different schedule :)
Best regards,
Lodewijk
2008/7/8 Nicolas Dumazet nicdumz@gmail.com:
Won't you take the 4am bus from cairo to alexandria with us ? I'm landing at 3am; I first booked a cheap hotel, but I eventually changed my mind as soon as I knew about the wikimania bus.
Sidenote : I have no idea of the travel time from Cairo to Alexandria. Do I need to book for the 15-16 night at Saint Marc too ?
2008/7/8 effe iets anders effeietsanders@gmail.com:
Hi all,
I would like to ask this question here, hoping for a useful answer :) I would like to ask some information about hotels and trains and reservations.
I will arrive the 16th very early in the morning in Cairo, and would like a cheap hotel near the airport or main train station (assuming there is a good connection to that station from the airport) to sleep a few hours *before* I head to Alexandria by train.
- Does anyone know what ho(s)tel would be good for this? (note: I
arrive 2 am at the air port, and just want 5'ish hour of sleep, and being tired, it should be very good to find :) )
- Do I have to make reservations, and what will it roughly cost me?
- Do I have to make reservations for the fast train service to
Alexandria from Cairo, is it hard to get on board, how do I get tickets?
- How far is it from the Alexandria station to the dorms?
- What time can we drop off stuff in the dorms?
After Wikimania, I would like to travel around a bit, going after two days or so to Luxor by the night train. First I want to stay one or two nights in Cairo.
- Does anyone know a ho(s)tel that is good for this? (not too
expensive, not per se next to the station)
- Again: do we have to make reservations?
- For the night train, do we have to make reservations?
We would like to stay in Luxor for one or two days, and one or two days in Aswan.
*Again, is there a nice ho(s)tel here, price, reservations?
Thanks a lot, and I owe you a stroopwafel if you can help me out!
Best regards,
Lodewijk
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