Those prices are what we paid also. Going second class and sleeping on the deck was fine, fine for us anyway. Staying downstairs near the kitchen on the tables would be less fun, as it is hot, smelly, and very loud.
As for our story... our barge with our car came in a few days late. Mazar was hopeless, we ended up getting Magdi to sort everything out. The barge they put our car on was also to high for the docks at Wadi. So we just said we'd make our own ramp to get the car down, as the guys there seemed unwilling to move the car. It turned out it had been there since the day before too, but Mazar never told us. We were very very annoyed.
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