Looking for some advice. Have read the last bunch of posts but things change everyday and it's now Aug 2nd. I''m in a bind - my flight home isn't till the 21st of Aug out of Istanbul and moving it is a huge penalty because of change in fare nonsense. I also have an Indian passport so unlike my american and european friends I don't get to pick any country I want and hop on a plane - i need visas before hand to travel which right now I only have for egypt. I need to do something with myself for 17 days starting on Sunday. (currently in Jordan, been here a week).
Would love to hear from people on the ground in touristy (non-cairo) parts on safety and travel advice.
My plan was to avoid Cairo including Giza. I was going to go from Aqaba to Nuweiba, and then bus/taxi to Dahab. Hang in Dahab and Sharm for a 3-4 days and probably once on the ground book a cruise on the nile and suck it up and pay for something higher end than i'd like for safety and do that for a week. That'll buy me 10 days I think. At that point it'll be mid Aug and my guess is there's no way to predict what the situation will be then so might as well cross that bridge when I get to it but if things improve I go to Cairo/Giza, if things don't then head back to the red sea, get a cheap ass place and ride out a week on the beach doing much of nothing.
Sorry for the long post. Losing my mind trying to figure out my next move. I'm 38 (not a young crazy kid prone to stupidity), male, brown skinned, travelling alone, and willing to spend a few bucks to stay at nice hotels, book tours etc. It's not how I like to travel (i normally hate organized tours) but in this situation I'm happy to prioritize safety over my wallet and travel prefs.
I have to imagine between the red sea and Luxor/Aswan/Nile cruises I will be ok but would love some thoughts / feedback / opinions especially from people there now or very recently returned given how fast everything changes.
My other option is to spend $1500 and go to Kenya that will give me a visa on arrival and then probably another few grand down there on a safari - which will be awesome - but right now if I skip egypt I'm looking at several thousand dollars to reroute myself to a new destination which I'm hoping not to do. Frankly I've been on the road for 2 months, I could just as well head home if Turkish Airlines would let me change my flight, but alas that is not the case.
Thanks for your help everyone.
Sid
Edited by: TheSummerofSid
