Egypt Transportation

Ask locals how much does the transportation cost, such as it is possible that driver will tell you a price, that is 5-7 times higher then regular is.

Dahshur (50 km) south of Cairo is the most southern pyramid site of the Cairo region and has 2 very nice pyramids almost as big as the Giza ones: the red pyramid and the rhomboedral pyramid. Nice desert site off the tourist tracks and hassling vendors. Expect 200 EGP to go there from central Cairo by taxi and return after some bargaining.

-Avoid the sneaky bastards out on the street who try get you to come for day trips on Camels, Quads and any other form of dessert transport.
-You can make good use of the local duty free shop:)
-Taxi drivers can be crazy...
-The go-karting track is quite cool.
-Enjoy Sharm, it is a nice place with a 99% good weather guarantee:)
-Crown Plaza Hotel is a good place to stay, although I'd recommend eating dinner somewhere else...

Hotel Beach Albatros is a 5* located 5 km south of the airport. It belongs to the group Pickalbatros. It is an excellent hotel with all the facilities to make holidays with children enjoyable. Food is excellent and staff is polite and kind. Rooms are confortable and roomm service such as cleaning is inpeccable!. To go downtown, use the white Peugeot chauffeurs outside the hotel. One way to downtown is 25 Egyptian pounds (2008)

If you are travelling from Alexandria to Cairo on one of evening trains make sure you have planned your journey way ahead of schedule. The evening trains are always delayed due to ...lack of engines:-). I nearly missed my flight from Cairo to Munich because I got stuck at Alexandria train station. For nearly 2 hours we were waiting for a train to turn up so they could pull an engine out and fit it into the train which was going to take me to Cairo.