Egypt
- Egypt Halts Decision On Visas
Al Ahram Weekly Egypt will suspend the decision requiring tourists to get visas in advance, says the ministry of tourism. The Assistant Minister of Tourism, Hisham Zazou announced that the Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour has agreed with...
- No Visas On Arrival In Egypt
Just as Egypt tries to revive its tourism industry, they do something which seems so counter-productive. A friend of mine in New Zealand made the following remark yesterday: "Egypt doesn't have an embassy in NZ and because I am here on a Work Visa...
- Quick Blog Update
Sorry for the lack of posts yesterday and this morning - been a bit busy. I am going up to town today to meet a friend to combine two of my favourite subjects - archaeology chat and website-building chat. After that I thought I'd see what the queues...
- New Egypt Travel Website
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/News/112006/travel-egypt.htm"All-About-Egypt is a travel guide website designed for people interested in Egypt as a vacation destination. The site delivers all the necessary information for Egypt travelers such as passport...
- Travel: Giza On A Budget
http://tinyurl.com/pww8v Travel article looking at the costs of getting to Giza. "Direct EgyptAir flights from New York to Cairo cost roughly $800, plus a $15 visa fee paid upon arrival. Taxis downtown are $10 (be firm on the price) and buses cost 50¢....
Egypt
Change in London visa collection procedures
Just a quick note to let anyone who is planning to drop off your passport for a visa for Egypt, the system has changed since I was last there. In the past you could drop off your passport in the Lowndes St basement office in the morning and collect it, complete with visa, in the afternoon of the same day. Now you drop it off in the morning of one day and pick it up in the afternoon two days later. So I dropped my passport off this morning and will return to collect it on Wednesday afternoon. It says all this on the Egyptian Consulate's visa pages, but I thought it worth highlighting. At the time of writing the cost is still £15.00 for a single entry visa.
On a completely off-topic note, we went down to the V&A to see the costume collection, which I love, but it has been closed for restoration work to be carried out in that section of the museum and will not be open again for at least a year.
There was also a tube strike which meant that the Piccadilly line was closed, the buses were heaving, there wasn't a black cab in sight and we ended up walking miles in the freezing cold. Ho hum.
The moral of all three stories is - check on the web before you go!
On a completely off-topic note, we went down to the V&A to see the costume collection, which I love, but it has been closed for restoration work to be carried out in that section of the museum and will not be open again for at least a year.
There was also a tube strike which meant that the Piccadilly line was closed, the buses were heaving, there wasn't a black cab in sight and we ended up walking miles in the freezing cold. Ho hum.
The moral of all three stories is - check on the web before you go!
- Egypt Halts Decision On Visas
Al Ahram Weekly Egypt will suspend the decision requiring tourists to get visas in advance, says the ministry of tourism. The Assistant Minister of Tourism, Hisham Zazou announced that the Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour has agreed with...
- No Visas On Arrival In Egypt
Just as Egypt tries to revive its tourism industry, they do something which seems so counter-productive. A friend of mine in New Zealand made the following remark yesterday: "Egypt doesn't have an embassy in NZ and because I am here on a Work Visa...
- Quick Blog Update
Sorry for the lack of posts yesterday and this morning - been a bit busy. I am going up to town today to meet a friend to combine two of my favourite subjects - archaeology chat and website-building chat. After that I thought I'd see what the queues...
- New Egypt Travel Website
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/News/112006/travel-egypt.htm"All-About-Egypt is a travel guide website designed for people interested in Egypt as a vacation destination. The site delivers all the necessary information for Egypt travelers such as passport...
- Travel: Giza On A Budget
http://tinyurl.com/pww8v Travel article looking at the costs of getting to Giza. "Direct EgyptAir flights from New York to Cairo cost roughly $800, plus a $15 visa fee paid upon arrival. Taxis downtown are $10 (be firm on the price) and buses cost 50¢....