Smiling Sam

On my Egypt: Jewel of the Nile tour right now. The meet and greet is in 1.5 hours. The Qatar business class lounge in Doha was nice ( stopped by on the way here ), but not as nice as the Turkish Air … (View Post)

PureLuxury - Unfortunately when you go upriver (South) on the Nile the temperatures typically are 5-10 degrees warmer. They will be cooler when BKMD gets here in November. (View Post)

My tour officially kicks off in one hour with our meet and greet. I met our Tour Director earlier today, Dina Ebeid. She seems nice. There are 21 people on our tour. The flights getting here on Qatar… (View Post)

Ditto BKMD with respect to laundry and tour duration. Two weeks or less pack enough to avoid doing laundry. More than two weeks do laundry once. (View Post)

You can say that all entry/exit requirements are "much ado about nothing" if nobody checks. BUT as soon as somebody does check and you aren't prepared to provide the required documenta… (View Post)