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Originally Posted by nejla
I would really like to go for the Ahlan wa Sahlan festival but its in August. Has anyone been? Is it worth going in the middle of summer for?
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Just got back.... and boy, was it HOT. I think it's my last summer trip to Egypt. Our last day in Aswan was blistering and exhausting.
For anyone interested in going on a tour, I can't recommend Scheherezade Imports highly enough. The tour is very flexible, with some scheduled stops (seeing all the high points of Cairo) plus a bunch of ad hoc events (*many* shoe shopping expeditions!). Lucy Smith is a wonderful tour guide, and she's also a nurse, which came in handy for some on our trip. She's got great connections.
My hubby and I both speak enough Arabic to get around, and we've both been to Cairo several times, but chose the tour so we wouldn't have to make all the arrangements ourselves. We loved it.