Night train reservation is a problem for me. I prefer to take a sleeper but they haven't replied me by email. If someone calls them on my behalf and make a reservation from Aswan to Cairo on 13/14 July, I will very appreciate. (but if you need to pay something, and not show at the conf, please forget the above).
Eia, for sleepers, it will be a problem (reservation cannot make online, D'oh). As for coach (it is also my second choice, if no sleeper is available), they say more availability is expected (5 train run per day). Egyptian National Railway has a good website where you can see their schbedule.
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:45 AM, effe iets anders effeietsanders@gmail.com wrote:
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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