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Egypt Master Thread
« on: September 21, 2015, 07:23:30 AM »
What's the best way to get from CAI to the pyramids?

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2015, 08:00:10 AM »
What's the best way to get from CAI to the pyramids?
bus is under a dollar and taxi is under 10

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2015, 09:30:22 AM »
What's the best way to get from CAI to the pyramids?

We hired a taxi for very cheap for the day... He brought us to the pyramids and even stayed until we got back.... We chose to go by horse...

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2015, 09:33:43 AM »
We hired a taxi for very cheap for the day... He brought us to the pyramids and even stayed until we got back.... We chose to go by horse...
How long did it take from the time you left Cairo until you came back?

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2015, 09:59:57 AM »
How long did it take from the time you left Cairo until you came back?

The pyramids are right outside of Cairo... It's a very short ride depending on traffic to reach the desert (maybe a half hour).

Once you get to the desert, you can choose to either go in by Horse or Camel.

I would say that horse is probably the faster of the two options.

(Side note: there are tonz of peddlars that are gonna try to get you to hold onto there little souvineers and then after u have them, make u pay.)

I don't recall exactly how long the whole ordeal was exactly, but i would have to guess around 4 hours from the time we got there until we left, it can really vary depending on what you choose to do and how long you stop to take pictures etc.

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2015, 08:19:09 PM »
Can you get a visa upon landing in CAI?

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2015, 08:38:23 PM »
Are you seriously planing on going?
Are you interested in company?

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2015, 09:55:36 PM »
Can you get a visa upon landing in CAI?
I'm pretty jealous I'm not in Israel right now....(i went to Jordan 2 years ago motzei yom Kippur. Missing the good days)

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2015, 10:37:10 PM »
Can you get a visa upon landing in CAI?
I me (sharm-cai) needed to get before we even got boarding passes

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2015, 10:51:05 AM »
Can you get a visa upon landing in CAI?
Planning a day trip to the pyramids?

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2015, 11:04:44 AM »
Planning a day trip to the pyramids?
Obviously... Question is where to get visas

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2015, 11:44:03 PM »
Has anyone been to CAI between May 15, 2015 and now? Did they give you a visa upon arrival in the airport (every website I look at says something different)?

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2015, 01:58:04 AM »
Has anyone been to CAI between May 15, 2015 and now? Did they give you a visa upon arrival in the airport (every website I look at says something different)?
Just call the consulate and ask

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2015, 01:45:40 AM »
Just call the consulate and ask
I think he's asking here because it's easier.

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2015, 03:05:19 AM »
Obviously... Question is where to get visas

When I went MANY years ago we had to get visas ahead of time at the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv, although at that time we also took a bus from TA to Cairo thru Gaza to the border so my info is just a tad out of date! 😜

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #15 on: October 09, 2015, 03:33:26 AM »
When I went MANY years ago we had to get visas ahead of time at the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv, although at that time we also took a bus from TA to Cairo thru Gaza to the border so my info is just a tad out of date! 😜
And when I went I got by the border. Things keep on changing

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #16 on: October 09, 2015, 09:54:02 AM »
Has anyone been to CAI between May 15, 2015 and now? Did they give you a visa upon arrival in the airport (every website I look at says something different)?
i was there after may 15 and got a visa at the airport

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #17 on: October 09, 2015, 10:15:50 AM »
i was there after may 15 and got a visa at the airport
Thanks

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #18 on: February 28, 2016, 03:11:16 PM »
Is it safe to go to cario these days?

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Re: Egypt Master Thread
« Reply #19 on: February 28, 2016, 03:16:49 PM »
Is it safe to go to cario these days?
Relatively