{"id":62,"date":"2007-05-27T20:22:50","date_gmt":"2007-05-27T10:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=62"},"modified":"2007-05-27T20:22:50","modified_gmt":"2007-05-27T10:22:50","slug":"splendours-of-egypt-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/egypt\/splendours-of-egypt\/splendours-of-egypt-cairo","title":{"rendered":"Splendours of Egypt &#8211; Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>This morning our guide Mohammed gave a very thorough briefing on eating, drinking and acclimatising.\u00a0 When I was packing for the trip, I was a bit concerned as to how strict it might be in regard to dress codes and\u00a0how to dress for\u00a0the heat and got conflicting advice on the internet.\u00a0 Mohammed very quickly put our minds at ease and advised that there was no problem with western style dressing, except when visiting mosques.\u00a0 He explained that if the mosque attendants deemed that you needed covering up, robes will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>We were told that\u00a0after being out in the heat, we should drink lukewarm water first, and then followed by cold drinks or beer if desired.\u00a0 This is to ensure that you do not get stomach upsets with extreme temperature differences.\u00a0 As far as photography is concerned, it pays to keep in mind where you can or cannot take snaps.\u00a0 For example at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Egypt\/Cairo\/Museum\/\">Cairo Museum<\/a>, garden shots are fine, but you can&#8217;t take cameras into the Museum.\u00a0 This caused a lot of worry for Tony as you had to deposit your cameras at a little shed just near the outside gate.\u00a0 The cameras\u00a0were placed on open\u00a0wooden shelfs, within view of everyone.\u00a0 If someone wanted to make a grab for all the camers, it looked easy enough to do, regardless of the police standing around.\u00a0Likewise, at the Valley of the Kings for example, outside snaps are fine, but\u00a0there&#8217;s no photography allowed in the tombs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed seemed like a very competent guide who was very keen to make sure that we were comfortable for the next couple of weeks whilst we explored this timeless land of the Pharoahs.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning our guide Mohammed gave a very thorough briefing on eating, drinking and acclimatising.\u00a0 When I was packing for the trip, I was a bit concerned as to how strict it might be in regard to dress codes and\u00a0how to dress for\u00a0the heat and got conflicting advice on the internet.\u00a0 Mohammed very quickly put [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-splendours-of-egypt"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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