Argonath RPG - A World of its own
Argonath RPG Community => Speakerbox => Topic started by: Pancher on December 28, 2011, 11:50:17 pm
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Hi!
Time for me to go on an other trip, this time it's not Bulgaria, Gran Canaria, USA or any other place where iv been in past and recenty... Now it's time to visit Egypt and an area called Hurghada!
Why im making this topic is to see if someone have been there or lives in Egypt and has some advise of what i should do or not to do while im there!
I will lift to Egypt on Saturday so i made this topic quite late, but i hope for good responds anyway! :)
Greetings
Pancher
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Well yea I'am egpytian I have some little advies for you since I've been there before...
1. If you're planning on buying gifts or anything like that don't buy from people that chase you in the roads.. :P instead find a decent bazar or somthing to buy off your gifts and make sure you don't get scammed :P.
2. In Egypt the defention of queue (Lines) rarely exects and not in most places so just try not to get too mad from that..
3. You must try diving, snorking.
4. Never get too drunk :P.
5. Again IGNORE PEOPLE CHASING YOU TO BUY STUFF OF THEM
6. If you're taking your wife GF etc.. make sure she wears untight covered clothes.. its not that she will be arrested but hmm.. lets say ladys with swimsuit are rare here so people just like looking at em and not always it ends only with looking.
7. If posible pay your bills with L.E (Our currency) Reason: Pancher to Shop owner: Excuse me sir how much is this?
Shop Owner: 7 L.E
Pancher: How much in dollars?
Shop Owner: 7 dollars
P.S 1 dollar is 5-6 L.E
8. AGAIN COMPELTLY IGNORE PEOPLE CHASING YOU TO BUY STUFF OF THEM DON'T EVEN STOP TO LISTEN TO THEM JUST KEEP WALKING AND IGNORE.
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Have fun pal.
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I really don't know why but... I have a bad feeling about this trip. :conf:
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Been there twice, enjoy the snorkeling and the water, it's exceptional.
Also as Omar said above; ignore the annoying ass-followers, and find yourself a shop somewhere "hidden". That's where you find good things.
Weather is excellent, and the people overall is friendly. If you have time, visit Luxor, "Nilen" and Kairo for more historical seeings.
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Awesome! I went Hurghada in 2006, and it seemed like an up and coming town, lots of construction etc but quite friendly and everything is in walking distance.
Will you be staying in a hotel?
- When I was there, there were toyota minivan taxi's all over the place which cost about 20p ~(0.20euro) to get into town.
The normal looking taxi's/ saloons - these are complete rip offs and will charge you 7euro for the same ride, and may also stop off to get cigarettes and try scam you during the ride. Do not trust them.
- As omaraly said above - they are not too shy about staring at women... to put it mildly.
- You can haggle almost all the prices and most places sell the same stuff, so never expect to pay the first price they ask.
- Do not give money to beggar kids... unless you want to see a fight in the street.
- I definitely recommend quad biking in the desert which cost at the time about 20e for the day, including camel ride and tea with some locals. Bring some change as they will expect tips though (we didn't xD)
- For around 120euro you can get day trip to Cairo by plane including the museum, market etc... well worth it!
Can't think of any more stuff, but when me and Warren went - it was the best holiday of our lives. We were in a 5* hotel though but in general it was a great place.
I definitely recommend quad biking in the desert which cost at the time about 20e for the day, including camel ride and tea with some locals. Bring some change as they will expect tips though (we didn't xD)
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Yea now Jcstodds reminded me, If you're going from hotel to town most hotels have a shuttle bus which is usually cheaper than those taxies.
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Eqypt is very nice place though it's very hot there. I have never been there but I have to tell you that you must visit the pyramides :D
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I see the pyramides everyday while going to school :P
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Jcstodds , never mentioned Pyramids?Did he forget or just there's no pyramid there.
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Learn some Russian. :D
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Learn some Russian. :D
Learn arabic instead
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Why didn't you go to Oman and see the camels :(
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Learn arabic instead
That will not help you to talk to the other hotel guests. ;)
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That will not help you to talk to the other hotel guests. ;)
Yeah, me and Haldir started to play volleyball, next thing we know the 1930's Russian mens volleyball team appears wearing g strings :(
Then get angry at us because we start to kick the ball.
Jcstodds , never mentioned Pyramids?Did he forget or just there's no pyramid there.
There are no pyramids in Hurghada, but they are included on the Cairo trip I said earlier. You get policemen on camels holding batons, chasing other men on camels who try to get in your photos to charge you money.
I didn't go inside the pyramids - I heard it is just a very hot dark cave.
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There is a reason they chase camel riders...
/me Wants to ride a camel
/me Goes to guy and ask him how much is camel ride.
/em Guy says its $4
/me Rides the camel
/me Goes around the pyrimad
/me Wants to get down.
/me Says: Okay thanks for the ride
Man says: Oh no ridding camel is $4 getting down from camel is $20
/me Is stuck on the camel back till I pay the $20 :P
Gandalf: Russians are in sharm el shiekh mostly but Hurghada mostly has italians
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Trend carefully in Egypt because of the recent uprisings.
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I wont travel to Cairo due the circumstances there and i assume we wont go to any pyramids in that area either due to the same reason.. The travel agency have canceled all trips to Cairo at the moment due the protest and chaos there...
We got only one girl in our company so we will take care of her =)
I will IGNORE those hunting bastards :=)
What does L.E stand for? We will use the Egypt currency and use credit card for the rest (most things that the travel agency offers us.. For the local activitys we will use the local curency..
Refering to this, it's cheapter to pay 7 dollar instead of 7 L.E or am i wrong???
Shop Owner: 7 L.E
Pancher: How much in dollars?
Shop Owner: 7 dollars
Will i survive with English there or am i requierd to learn some basic local language?? o-O
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LE = Egyptian Pound (if said in french).
You could approximate that 1 euro is about 8 Egyptian pounds
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Dont worry about english but just learn mubers 1,2,3 and yes & no in Russian ;)
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Pancher I will teach you BASIC Arabic :D
Salaam Alaikum - Peace be with you(This is very necessary. If someone tells you this you reply with "Wa alaikum salaam")
Kaif halak - How are you(Must always ask them this before asking anything else)
Zain or Al Hamdulillah- Fine(This is a reply to Kaif halak)
Shukran - Thank you
Naam - Yes
Laa - No (When people run around you with things to sell you say "Laa, Laa, shukhran")
Khallas(K is silent) - Finished, enough.
Minni - stop here(use when in a taxi or such)
Sadeek - friend(Call your cab driver this)
Laa afham madha tukool - I do not understand what you are saying (afham means understand)
Ana athakalam al arabia shwi - I speak very little Arabic
Ana min Al Sweden - I am from Sweden (Ana means I)
Anta tathakalam Al inglesi? - Do you speak english? (Anta means you)
Does this taxi go to ______ ? - Hadha taxi rayah ______ ?
Seedha, Yasar, Yamin, Khalf - These are directions - straight, left, right, back.
Ana aureed baada al maai - I need some water(aureed means need, maai means water)
Remember, arabic does not have any grammar. So if you know arabic words(Have listed out the important ones above in brackets), you can use them in pretty much any order and it will make sense to them. You can also substitute words. For example, instead of "Ana aureed baada al maai" you can say "Ana aureed baada al pepsi!". Likewise, most Arabs will speak English with lots of grammatical errors because they are doing a literal translation of Arabic into English in their minds.
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Cutter good guide, however Arabic does have a lot of grammar. Good thing is that most of it is unneeded for tourists.
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Indeed it is, I wonder if you have learnt Arabic before?
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No sir, just something I picked up in my 10 month stint in Oman.
It was this Omani who said there was no grammar :D but guess he didn't figure out what grammar was then.
Anyway, tourists are fine without grammar so have fun buddy!
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Indeed it is, I wonder if you have learnt Arabic before?
Only two years to kill some time. Forgot most but can still surprise people.
Add to lesson:
Yallah Yallah : let go!
Inshallah : if God wishes. Used for maybe (but do not count on it)
Haram : forbidden
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Arabic grammer (called nahw) is even harder then english annd french, I'am better with english grammer then my own mother land's grammer :P because each word's pronuncatioon iis diffrent acoording to it's plcae in the sentence
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I wonder what Pancher is doing at the moment.. :D
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I wonder what Pancher is doing at the moment.. :D
I'm wondering what is happening to him at the moment. Being robbed, kidnapped or uhhh.. just having fun! - I would love to hear some updates from him. :D
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Im alive!!!! :cop:
Im fighting with some Russians and german people on the Vollyball court!! :) And so far i won the most games!!!!
I will go to the dessert tomorrow and on thursday i will dive in the red sea! Sweeet!!!
I hope i wont get to drunk to night, again... during the billiard game.... :razz:
See you lads soon again!
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Im alive!!!! :cop:
Im fighting with some Russians and german people on the Vollyball court!! :) And so far i won the most games!!!!
I will go to the dessert tomorrow and on thursday i will dive in the red sea! Sweeet!!!
I hope i wont get to drunk to night, again... during the billiard game.... :razz:
See you lads soon again!
Great!! - Tell me.. Are the police officers and Egyptian civilians polite and friendly or not? :razz:
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The police officers, i duno... They are just standig with there machineguns and watching traffic or setting up roadblocks as far as iv seen... The citizens, well many are friendly and like to share there life experience and talk with you but some are more or less harrasing you to join there trip to the desert or what ever they might offer you. But just ignore those guys :)
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Yeah, lots of police check points in Egypt!
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Yeah, lots of police check points in Egypt!
Of course. Minister of the Interior (Police forces) is trying to clear the country from criminals and make it a safe place for the tourists because they bring about 15 billion dollars per year to Egypt.
Pancher, you shouldn't stay til 25 Jan because I heard loads of civilians will protest to remove army from the command. :roll:
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My cousin went to Egypt 2 years ago, she told me that EVERYONE wants money from you.
She said she asked a police officer for directions and he had his hand out for money :lol:
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My cousin went to Egypt 2 years ago, she told me that EVERYONE wants money from you.
She said she asked a police officer for directions and he had his hand out for money :lol:
Probably "Secretary" or "soldier", those are the lowest ranks in the Egyptian police forces and they are below "police officer" rank, consider them as ARPD officers *coughs*. But that doesn't mean they can scam the tourists, she should have reported him to the authorities.