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Hello. I would like to tell about my experience in Luxor during my travel to Luxor in June 2013. I would like to say that when I was there everthing was fine and I did not see many tourist is for that that tourist foreigners thingking about going to Egypt is highly recommendable from my own experience during these days. I can not apreciate anything strange or bad thing. I was in Luxor 4 days and I enjoyed myself although is was lack of tourists and I had to bargain about the prices in some places like kaleshdrivers, taxis.

I visited the Souq in Luxor and It was a lovely experience where you can talk to the sales shoppers in the shops. Specially I met one very friendly and very truthful person that help me ir order to feel safe and without the feeling of lonely
. This man has a small shop in souq where he can offer you scarf, t-shirts,etc... He is a nice and good Egyptian. I can say that because I have been 4 times in Egypt and you can trust on him. He does not hassle to you to buy anything and he gives good advises.

As I was there as a traveller alone he talked to me long time and when the light went off, sometimes happes in Luxor actually, he offered me to go with me until the exit of the souq with a Light showing me the right way. From my mind and my heart, I would like to help him. IF YOU need buy something of Egypt you SHOULD VISIT and buy from him and his shop you will not be dissapointed because he is friendly and you can stay quietly without any HASSLE. I am sure of that. WE, the tourists, NEED TO HELP THE GOOD EGYPTIAN PEOPLE like this friendly and honest man. His name is Ramadan Ali, and he has a shop in the Souq almost in the corner of Alexandra Street, next to a shop where you can buy things for home.

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Ok - for anyone not in the know, and in spite of reading like a tout, Franky is a genuine traveller who has had a genuine experience. (I've just been and checked out his previous postings.)

It's always nice to meet people like his souk seller - and there are more of them in the Middle East / SE Asia than in our (western) countries.
So, by all means, support this shopkeeper by your visits. And tell him why. It will encourage others to do the same - and that's always a good thing. :>))

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Hi there!
yes Franky was presented as a genuine tourist, but after he collected info posting more than 50 messages before his travel in egypt his contribution after the visit was to write a post promoting a souvenir shop in the tourist trap of Louxor tourist souq.
I feel deeply disappointed by his behaviour.

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Anasmohandes i want to cooperate with all the people interested in Egypt according my experience of my travel in Egypt. and I would be grateful if you can contact me by phone or mail. I dont want you have bad impression of myself. I want to help. I dont want to get customer to this man of the souq in Luxor, becuase it was one idea of me. but maybe I made a mistake. I like to help people, my heart is clean and good, great., believe. dont judge me. I have been 5 times in Egypt. and I hope to come back again.

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but i travel alone and i want to meet ther real life egyptian and meet genuine egyptian people. i want to feel by mysefl this experience, and next time i would like to ask people in this forum how can i do it.

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