天堂與地獄之旅 (10B) - 19天自由行 自駕遊埃及和阿布扎比/杜拜 - Giza pyramid complex

Travel period : 7 Nov 2017 to 25 Nov 2017, total 19 days

Hong Kong > (flight duration 9.5 hours)  Abu Dhabi (4 hours behind HKT) > (flight duration 4.1 hours) Cairo (6 hours behind HKT)
Plane (1N) > Cairo (1N) > Bahariya Oasis White Desert (1N) > Cairo (3N) > Car Crashed in Asyut - delayed 12 hours - Highway 75 (1N) > Luxor (1N) > Aswan (1N) > Abu Simbel (1N) > Luxor (1N) > Hurghada (3N) > Cairo
Cairo > Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (3N) > Dubai > Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi > Hong Kong
Plane (1N)

Exchange Rate

• USD1 = HKD7.95 (百年找換)
• USD1 = EGP17.6 (Bank in Cairo)[approx. EGP1 = HKD0.45]
• USD1 = AED3.59 (Travelex)+ service charge [approx. AED1 = HKD2.28]

Giza pyramid complex

• http://www.sca-egypt.org/

• Ticket office (People and car) and entrance near Marriott Mena House

• "Securities" told us car was not allowed to enter and park in the Pyramid area and requested us to follow them to their parking slot out of the Pyramid area (EGP100).
• After we debated with "securities" twice for 10 minutes and our car arrived the ticket office.  I went to buy people and car tickets at 9:30am.

• Car is allowed to enter and park in different zones inside the Pyramid area (small car ticket EGP5 / large car ticket EGP10)

• Only the driver and car are allowed to go through the car entrance.  So I passed people and car tickets to husband and carried all belongings by myself, then I went through the security gate besides the ticket office.

• We met inside the Pyramid area

• Keep watching your ticket all the time, someone may ask for checking but not returning it, and you may need to buy again : Ticket of Giza Plateau + Great Pyramid + Khufu Boat Museum EGP400 (Ticket was checked at each entrance and gatekeeper punched a hole on your ticket)

• Alleged "FREE GIFT - Keffiyeh" given by "Tour guide", then asked for RMB100 after unpacked by him, but we paid EGP20

• Khufu's Pyramid

• Khufu Boat Museum

•  Required to wear the provided shoe bags

•  Tomb of Seshem Nefer Theti

• Being "invited" by overeager drivers for riding tariff more than 30 times.  Sadly those horses and camels were overworked and under appreciated.  We replied them "animal allergies" to terminate their invitation.

• The gatekeeper checked our tickets at the entrance of Meres Ankh Tomb and let us in, then shouted for TIPS when we came out from the Tomb but we ignored him (Afterwards we knew this Tomb was not included in our EGP400 ticket)

• Khafre Pyramid was not allowed to enter

• I guessed the ticket EGP400 was inclusive, but we were rejected to enter Menkaure's Pyramid which was not included.

• When we were taking photos besides Great Sphinx, a teen approached us to take photos for us. 15 minutes later, he demanded EGP700/800; we rejected and paid EGP100.  The teen called an adult man to block our car together, so we dialed 122 to contact genuine POLICE, then they immediately let us go at 2:30pm (Index of service fee inside Pyramid area : Camel riding for 1 hour charges EGP100 or 200)
• Tourist area "Securities" who wear "Tour guide" name tag and in causal clothes but claimed themselves POLICE.  Genuine POLICE wear official uniform, have gun and baton. 

Go to (10C) Luxor Temple

Let's go back to (10A) Camping in White Desert (Bahariya Oasis)