We reviewed the finale because it really is a very important part and I went home after about an hour and forty minutes. Around 5 her family starts to drop by and I feel awkward being there any later.
We’d emailed the guy from the hotel who also arranges tours, but we hadn’t heard back from him. My partner told me he’d ran into Sam in the lobby though and they’d agreed we’d do the Pyramids the next day!!
Sam’s contact info is:
Sameh Moussa
37 Taalat Harb Street, Cairo, Egypt
Mobile (+2)010-272-8571
Email:
samehmoussa21279@hotmail.com
9/19
My partner had gone out for our complimentary breakfast (3 pieces of bread, a piece of cheese and some jam with coffee or tea) at 8:30 and told me Sam was here already. Sam told us he might be the driver or it might be someone else. We went out to meet him together at 9 as we had arranged and the tour guide wasn’t there yet. We paid 250LE for the Pyramid tour (including Giza, Saqqara and Memphis) and paid the optional 50LE for a guide. The guide got there at 9:05.
While we were driving the guide gave us some info about life in Cairo we didn’t know. (I didn’t know a man can have 4 brides.) We also thought it would be nice to have some one to keep the tip man away and take our photo together plus give us info so we didn’t have to dig out our tour book while looking at things. Along the way, he explained that we had 2 options-pay extra to see the Pyramids by camel or take a car and drive around (but with the car option we would miss some sights). We got to the camel stables and the manager gave us his “no obligation” speech. Me and my partner had some kind of miscommunication with each other and ended up on camels for 200LE (EACH!! More than we paid for the whole day of touring, plus we now had a “guide” and camel steerer to pay.)