Arrival Egypt

Our first flight, our first visa, our first border control, our first hotel, and our 1st airport transfer.

Everything on the flight runs smoothly, but the border is a bit hectic. It turns out all of us need a visa on arrival. Would be better if they called it what it really is, namely a "tourist tax", but overall, we can't complain. Bags are all there. The transfer guy is waiting, so we head into town just an hour after we land.

The hotel, like all those we booked, is 2 or 3*, but it has good reviews, and it's one of the relatively small number of decent budget hotels near the centre of town. Since we are 6, we are usually split 3:3 or 4:2 into two rooms, but sometimes we do have apartments or rooms for all of us. This one in Cairo has one room on a modernised floor, and one is not modernised. All in all, with the breakfast included, it was really quite good.Read more