No More Convoy
Egypt

No More Convoy


Tourists travelling by land in Egypt will now not have to follow slow convoy's from place to place in an attempt to protect the tourists from militant attacks like the one which killed dozens of tourists at the Deir el Bahari.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article5294939.ece




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