gethine wrote:egypt. pyramids and stuff. scuba in the red sea.
Oh, and the welsh castles are the best.(even though half of them were built by others trying to keep the welsh subdued!)
Yeah, it's a good time to go too. Their currency is like 5 pounds egyptian to one $cdn. So you would make out like a bandit. They expect you to throw money around because you are so wealthy but it is inexpensive to do so. I didn't flaunt it but I tipped the amount the tour guy told us to, and it was like ten pounds egyptian.
Me the wife and our daughter could eat a terrific meal for like 15 - 20 pounds egyptian. Basically the best kabab I've ever tasted with fresh pita bread and dips. That's like five dollars or probably 2 pounds sterling.
I thought the pyramids seemed small in person but my wife thought they were huge.
I recomend the tour guys we used but they are probably all pretty much the same. Ginger Tours CO. For a couple of hundred bucks we got a private guide, a driver and a car.
Here's the official site it's pretty good, I wish I had seen it before we went.
http://www.egypt.travel