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The mix of high carnet deposit, corrupted Egyptian officers, crippling bureaucracy and outdated complex immigration procedures really puts one off visiting Egypt overland!.
For me it was very convenient and cheap to skip Egypt all together and fly my bike from Khartoum. I think If you want to visit Egypt....fly there.
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Originally Posted by schenkel
The mix of high carnet deposit, corrupted Egyptian officers, crippling bureaucracy and outdated complex immigration procedures really puts one off visiting Egypt overland!.
For me it was very convenient and cheap to skip Egypt all together and fly my bike from Khartoum. I think If you want to visit Egypt....fly there.
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For, because you have a bike and not a 4wd! It'not the same price....
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For, because you have a bike and not a 4wd! It'not the same price....
RR.
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RoRo
Thank god I was on a Bike, because going through Egypt is just a rip off.
Flying a 4x4 would have been financially impossible for me. The other option is also a bit crazy; that's going through Saudi Arabia where they won't allow a vehicle with right hand steering wheel.
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RoRo
Thank god I was on a Bike, because going through Egypt is just a rip off.
Flying a 4x4 would have been financially impossible for me. The other option is also a bit crazy; that's going through Saudi Arabia where they won't allow a vehicle with right hand steering wheel.
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Not Flying the 4x4, but shipping, but it's not very cheap!
FF.
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Ahram Online - News, Business, Culture, Sports & Multimedia from Egypt
This looks promissing
Egypt-Sudan border crossing to open in next few days: Ministry
Opening is delayed after initial announcement of 12 August; minister forecasts 'drastic change' in coming period between two countries
Ahram Online, Wednesday 13 Aug 2014
Egypt and Sudan will open a shared border crossing within the next few days, according to a press release from Egypt's trade and industry ministry.
Previously, an official declaration made at the beginning of the month set 12 August as the day for the border's opening.
The ministry did not give any explanation for the delay.
"The coming period will witness a drastic change in Egypt-Sudan commercial and economic relations, especially after the opening of the border," Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour, Egypt's trade and industry minister, said on the sidelines of meetings of the Sudanese-Egyptian joint commercial and industrial committee that started in Khartoum on Tuesday.
capetown2arnhem.com
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About the 27th press statement to this extent over the past 3 years...
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