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March 2011- Visiting Egypt After the Uprising
Subject: Thank you!
Hi Omar,
We wanted to thank you for all the arrangements that you made for us on our wonderful trip to Egypt! We are so glad that we ended up going when we had originally planned. The Egyptian people were so warm and welcoming and seemed very excited about what they had accomplished since January 25.
The representatives, drivers and guides were all great, especially Emad our guide in Luxor, for the cruise and in Aswan.
I'm not sure if you know this but we were the only Americans on the cruise so we had a private guide after all.
There were several changes to our cruise/tour itinerary, and George and Emad made sure that we were given alternatives for the things that were not possible. Our one disappointment was that that cruise left Luxor at 10:30AM on March 13 so that our visit to the West Bank was quite short. If we had known that earlier, maybe our touring in Luxor could have been rearranged so we could have seen more of the West Bank. As you suggested, we were flexible! It turned out that we were able to see more in Aswan than we had anticipated . The Nile cruise was very nice – we only wish it was longer. We've been on several ocean cruises, but now we'll have to add river cruising to our future travel plans. It was quite lovely, slowly cruising by farms and small towns.
The other great thing (for us) about traveling when we did was that there were not too many tourists yet, so the sites were not crowded and we did not have to wait in any lines.
It was very nice having the private guide and it did make the trip more special. In addition to our daily tours, Emad did lots of special things for us and took us to some "off the beaten path" places.
We also would highly recommend the Movenpick in Aswan. The facility was beautiful; our room was very comfortable with decks on two sides; and the food was delicious. We wished that we had planned to stay there longer, even if it was just to relax by the pool.
Thanks again for EVERYTHING! This truly was the trip of a lifetime!
Subject: Thank you!
Hi Omar,
We wanted to thank you for all the arrangements that you made for us on our wonderful trip to Egypt! We are so glad that we ended up going when we had originally planned. The Egyptian people were so warm and welcoming and seemed very excited about what they had accomplished since January 25.
The representatives, drivers and guides were all great, especially Emad our guide in Luxor, for the cruise and in Aswan.
I'm not sure if you know this but we were the only Americans on the cruise so we had a private guide after all.
There were several changes to our cruise/tour itinerary, and George and Emad made sure that we were given alternatives for the things that were not possible. Our one disappointment was that that cruise left Luxor at 10:30AM on March 13 so that our visit to the West Bank was quite short. If we had known that earlier, maybe our touring in Luxor could have been rearranged so we could have seen more of the West Bank. As you suggested, we were flexible! It turned out that we were able to see more in Aswan than we had anticipated . The Nile cruise was very nice – we only wish it was longer. We've been on several ocean cruises, but now we'll have to add river cruising to our future travel plans. It was quite lovely, slowly cruising by farms and small towns.
The other great thing (for us) about traveling when we did was that there were not too many tourists yet, so the sites were not crowded and we did not have to wait in any lines.
It was very nice having the private guide and it did make the trip more special. In addition to our daily tours, Emad did lots of special things for us and took us to some "off the beaten path" places.
We also would highly recommend the Movenpick in Aswan. The facility was beautiful; our room was very comfortable with decks on two sides; and the food was delicious. We wished that we had planned to stay there longer, even if it was just to relax by the pool.
Thanks again for EVERYTHING! This truly was the trip of a lifetime!
Subject: thank you
Dear Omar-
It was good to speak with you this morning. I wanted to tell you again how happy I was with the tour you arranged for us in Egypt and Jordan.
The guides were fabulous and knowledgable and very kind. They were always at the hotel early, even when we had a 4:30 am pick up, and always were smiling and helpful. The drivers were also terrific.
The 16 days we spent on the trip were days of adventure and education. I can honestly say that I have never had a more interesting or well organized trip. Thank you for working so well with us to make this trip so memorable.
Please feel free to use my recommendation with future travelers.
Sincerely,
Dear Omar-
It was good to speak with you this morning. I wanted to tell you again how happy I was with the tour you arranged for us in Egypt and Jordan.
The guides were fabulous and knowledgable and very kind. They were always at the hotel early, even when we had a 4:30 am pick up, and always were smiling and helpful. The drivers were also terrific.
The 16 days we spent on the trip were days of adventure and education. I can honestly say that I have never had a more interesting or well organized trip. Thank you for working so well with us to make this trip so memorable.
Please feel free to use my recommendation with future travelers.
Sincerely,