Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen

Been there to to Cairo museum ( no photos allowed) and seen the King Tuts display
Also the pyramids . What put us of was all the pestering from street traders that follow you about, ruined what would have been a pleasant experience.
They hand you a trinket then demand money for it

even going through the docks on the Nile they pester passangers to buy rugs and carpets.

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Luckily, we were protected from all that, as we had our own personal guide. I remember a little girl who kept staring at my daughter who was nine years old at the time, I thought perhaps because of her long, fair, wavy hair.

At the pyramids, there were many Egyptians insisting on taking photos for us and expecting to be paid.

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Why aren’t photos allowed ?

Another trick was to produce a letter. They would insist it was from a relative in England and that as their English was so poor would I help them write a reply. It was incredible how many people in Egypt had an aunt in Basingstoke or a brother in Norwich!
If I had been American no doubt they would have had family in New York or Dallas :wink:

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Do they do free fitting and underlay?

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