It is possible to find bad reps about every country in the world. I
usually visit forums of expats living in the country I want to go to.
And usually they will be able to give you a clear picture. But then
again I went to Cambo in 1999 when they were still carrying guns
everywhere and shooting at eachother ........ Accrding to me the country
is now peacefull and quiet, google on Cambodia and you will find many
bad stories. Same with Egypt I feel.
Waerth
Gregory Maxwell wrote:
On 10/9/07, Mohamed Magdy
<mohamed.m.k(a)gmail.com> wrote:
and
mistreatment of female travelers who are foolish
enough to violate
Islamic norms)
Where did you get that information?
This was a part of the cautionary message my very reliable travel
agent provided me with... along with a litany of general safety
scaremongering far in excess of I'd get when traveling to random spots
in Germany or the U.K.
I'm not questioning their reliability of getting you to your destination
, I'm rather questioning the accuracy of information they have about
Egypt. whether they visited Egypt by themselves and experienced it (and
telling you their personal findings) or googled keywords similar to
yours and formulated an opinion to offer to their customers. What they
are saying will remain hypothetical and generalizations. Exactly like
the information I can give you (or any other Egyptian in Egypt). I can
say that their information is false and vice versa.
It is, however, trivial for people to find
similar advice:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla…
...Which includes some shocking material even more worry some than the
advice I was given.
Or another search:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla…
You cannot expect me to comment on every result returned ;) one comment
though, take your time to read some of these results and use common
sense (tm). You will be safe in Egypt, Come anytime, Wikimania or
anytime you wish :).
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