I mean try that!
Ask any question starting with any of the 3 Ws, you'll get no answer,
what you get is a made-up response !!!
2006-11-27 05:29:04 · 6 answers · asked by BORAT 1 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Egypt
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2006-11-27 06:41:01 · update #1
Are you referring to the answers that some "guides" give to your questions when taking you around temples etc?I presume so.
It all depends on the guide, and it has nothing to do with how much you paid or where you hired him from.A guide hired through a 5****** hotel may not be any better than one who is hanging around outside the temple.
Do not rely on the knowledge of the monument guards,they may know the best spot to take a photo(for the right baksheesh)but that is usually it,unfortunately.
There are some excellent guides around,its finding them .Before you pay or agree to accept a guide, ask a few questions about the place you are going to.Even things like ,when was it built,by who and who for.who was the archaeologist that discovered or did research on it.The reply you get to these question should give you an idea of the guides knowledge.
If you are going back or are still there,or even just want a belated answer to your questions try contacting Jane Akshar,known as "Luxor Jane".Log on to Tour Egypt the official Egyptian department of tourism website.Then go to Luxor News and "Jane's Blog"its updated virtually every day. She is an English born woman who is married to an Egyptian and her knowledge and wealth of contacts are just amazing.I' m sure I would not have got through my first year studying Egyptology without her help and the articles on her Blog.
Her knowledge is not just confined to Luxor she knows Pharonic Egypt from Cairo to Abu Simbel .
On my first trip I was totally frustrated just like you. Now I go confident I am going to get a great guide ,at a price someone on student allowance can afford.One more year and I will also be doing some guide work ,though you certainly don't do it for the money,I just want to subsidies my stays in Egypt.
2006-11-27 10:09:36 · answer #1 · answered by sistablu...Maat 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you just ask the wrong persons. There exist an answer for every question, you just need to dig it out.
2006-11-28 02:12:16 · answer #2 · answered by Kalooka 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i think u r the one having the problem as it seems u always ask meaningless questions
2006-11-28 19:47:01 · answer #3 · answered by Just Me 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Oh. You're back.
I didn't see u coming....
But I sure smelled u
2006-11-27 15:00:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
luvluxor you would have better saved your breath
2006-11-28 08:12:32 · answer #5 · answered by Maro's mom 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't you have anything to do with your time??
2006-11-27 14:01:07 · answer #6 · answered by Stratomanssy 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋