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there goes my holiday!

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  • We called the operator and they're still saying we're going, which is fine, but told us to call back on a daily basis. If we can't go they'll rebook us somewhere, or apparently as we paid by credit card, we can get a refund.

    So now my holiday destination is a mystery - hope it's still warm tho, I got some new sandals at the weekend! ;):D
    :A
  • dearbarbie
    dearbarbie Posts: 566 Forumite
    edited 30 January 2011 at 1:43PM
    p.s. checked up on your roadblock story - the bbc back that one up. glad our hotel has a private beach and we went all-inclusive!

    report is here, you can listen to it...
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12317196

    "BBC's Alex Belfield, who is on holiday in Sharm el-Sheik, says he returned from dinner this evening to find his hotel barricaded and that the mood of the resort had dramatically change"
    :A
  • dojoman
    dojoman Posts: 12,027 Forumite
    Hi DB, we go a week today and really looking forward to it. As already stated unless the FCO advise against it then you will be expected to travel. No one knows for sure what is going to happen, so all this supposition is pointless, and it is a matter of taking it day by day.
    :pB&SC No. 298
    Life`s Tragedy is that we get OLD too soon
    and WISE too late!
  • PompeyPete
    PompeyPete Posts: 7,126 Forumite
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    happy35 wrote: »
    ... apparently the hotels have barricaded in the guests in Sharm...

    Just sounds like All Inclusive;)
  • bcl999
    bcl999 Posts: 3,620 Forumite
    dearbarbie wrote: »
    Thanks - however acc to The Telegraph, the president is assumed to have headed to Sharm (his winter home) so that could be a cause of tension. Also, no military is allowed on the Sinai since the Camp David treaty so if they go there, the Israelis could get annoyed...
    That's interesting. There was a Breaking News caption on Al-Jazeera this morning that said "the militia is on the streets of Sharm" .
  • Errata
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    bcl999 wrote: »
    That's interesting. There was a Breaking News caption on Al-Jazeera this morning that said "the militia is on the streets of Sharm" .
    That's who usually man roadblocks during civil unrest in most countries.
    Hope you have a nice holiday somewhere OP, I'd put money on it not being Sharm.
    .................:)....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)
  • we dont want another Suez crisis :eek:

    Meanwhile Kuwait is forward thinking , incase unrest develops there also
    Kuwait – “Let them eat cake” or at least bribe the population into not rioting.


    http://www.waspsnest.com/2011/01/29/kuwait-let-them-eat-cake-or-at-least-bribe-the-population-into-not-rioting


    Bish
  • stoneman
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    dearbarbie wrote: »
    So now my holiday destination is a mystery - hope it's still warm tho, I got some new sandals at the weekend! ;):D
    Now that is the sort of spirit that made this country great:T
    The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.
  • nanto3girls
    nanto3girls Posts: 5,974 Forumite
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    Just been a report on News 24 from Sharm.Everything is as normal according to the reporter.I heard tanks were on the streets of Sharm, apparantly it's not true.Our eldest is in Sharm with his partner.
  • hehe thanks everyone :beer:

    according to twitter everything is fine even though there are rumours of militia. ill keep updating this post for anyone going to sharm :)
    :A
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