FCO advise against travel to Egypt

PompeyPete

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Not many changes, but the embassy has helpfully closed since this is the time when it is needed most.

Just because it's closed to the public doesn't mean to say that it's stopped functioning.
In any case their weekend is Friday and Saturday.

PompeyPete

mcfisco wrote: »

The trouble with the FCO advice, apart from they're a bit slow sometimes, is that it's [obviously] useless for planning a month or so in advance.

They're either too slow, or they jump the gun!
So they can't win.
If I was of a nervous disposition, which is obviously the case with a lot of folk, then the last place I'd be booking a holiday to is anywhere involved in the Arab Spring.

mcfisco

PompeyPete wrote: »

Just because it's closed to the public doesn't mean to say that it's stopped functioning.
In any case their weekend is Friday and Saturday.

The embassy in Cairo is always ahead of the curve
I particularly like the first paragraph on their front page

This is a historic moment for Egypt and the region. Egypt’s transition to a democratic state has the potential to be the role model for many other states in the region.............

mcfisco

PompeyPete wrote: »

They're either too slow, or they jump the gun!
So they can't win.
If I was of a nervous disposition, which is obviously the case with a lot of folk, then the last place I'd be booking a holiday to is anywhere involved in the Arab Spring.

I'm a regular in the Middle East [on the whole I hate it ]
But, I certainly wouldn't be paying any monies now for hols later this year.

PompeyPete

mcfisco wrote: »

The embassy in Cairo is always ahead of the curve
I particularly like the first paragraph on their front page

This is a historic moment for Egypt and the region. Egypt’s transition to a democratic state has the potential to be the role model for many other states in the region.............

Blimey:eek: A bit of editing required me thinks.

saveapenny

update from travel agent****EGYPT DEMONSTARTIONS UPDATE 1****
we have been advised that a curfew has been
declared for Cairo and nine other provinces, we have not been able to obtain a full list of the
provinces that are included but have been able to establish that it does include the following areas;

• Alexandria
• Suez
• Sharm El Sheik

The curfew comes into effect today at 19:00 local time and will last until 06:00 the following morning. We are
led to believe that the curfew will be in place for 30 days. At this stage it is not clear what the curfew involves.
We will continue to update passengers as and when information becomes available

vegasvisitor

Apparently the curfew was lifted in Sharm today. I heard this from someone who lives locally (but is from the UK).

lewroll

Curfew was lifted today in Sharm. Only in place for one night.