Lonely Planet Country Guide Egypt - Joann Fletcher

Lonely Planet or Rough Guide......? This was the choice I was faced with in the bookshop. There was very little to chose from with price and size and weight of book. Lets face it both publishers like to produce massive tomes! The Egypt guide is much like the rest of the Lonely Planet guides - 1 inch thick, containing a myriad of information about the country in general, the different areas in the country and with useful information such as phrases at the back. I went to Cairo and found that the information about the city was adequate but nothing that blew my socks off. For basic information such as restaurants and places to visit, the guide is fine. However if you really ...

" …nowhere are there so many marvellous things nor in the world besides are there things of unspeakable greatness" ( Herodotus, Greek historian) Having spent several months during 1984 (how old??) wandering aimlessly around Egypt, with little more than enthusiasm, the clothes I stood in and a smile, we decided it was time to return with information at our fingertips and a slightly higher budget. So, the holiday was booked and I made it my mission to learn a little about the country I had previously spent some considerable time wandering. We had booked to go to the Red Sea Coast, and I wanted to know something about the area ...