gordoosh

Yeah, "diatribe" is pretty wacky, mate, as you've just pointed out some good information....

Check it out if you will, but your man Andi took some information that he'd heard and didn't try the Taba border crossing. Other posters...

As fear says, that policy lasted about five minutes. Tourism is well down already and the tourist department freaked out. End of...for now,...

In my experience of travelling, regardless of how your government's policies are viewed in the country, you'll receive the same level of...

As an alternative to Sharm have you considered Dahab? It's much more laid-back with cheap and cheerful accomodation as well as nice hotels...

Should you want that sea and swimming, snorkelling and scuba and you do find Dahab too touristy then you can always move along the coast a...

I get my 60-day single-entry (sometimes multiple-entry) visa through the Egyptian Consulate in London....

I wonder where they consider there's a "high risk of a terrorist attack?"...

But for more information about other train routes... http://www.seat61.com/ Punch your country of choice into the "search" box.

How about volunteering on a kibbutz?

I just clicked on the link from the post above and avast! flagged up a Trojan Horse alert on it.

Dmitri - check your PMs.

Once in Dahab, if you find it a bit busy for your liking, you can arrange a cab/pickup/jeep or catch a local bus to Nuweiba or head for one...

As for the Sharm-Dahab trip, the easy way is to arrange with your accomodation to have a taxi pick you up at the airport and bring you to...

The Torygraph even sent a journo out to do a holiday piece......