Egypt : handbook for travellers / edited by K. Baedeker.

Date:
1885-1892
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Credit: Egypt : handbook for travellers / edited by K. Baedeker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Alexandria D/2 Pays. Railway to Cairo 1, or including Tanta ... 1 !/2 Cairo and its environs, the Pyramids, etc. 10 Railway to Suez and stay there 3 Visit to the Springs of Moses 1 Railway to Isma'iliya 1 Steamer on the Suez Canal to Port Sarid ... 1 Days of rest 2 21 Days. These three weeks, however, might he spent very pleasantly at Cairo alone. A visit to Mt. Sinai requires 18-24 Days. The Fayum 4-6 Voyage up the Nile and hack — (a) By steamer, as far as Assuan, and hack, 21; thence, from above the first cataract to Abu Simbel near the second cataract, and hack 11 32 (b) By dahahiyeh to Assuan, and hack, about 60 (c) By dahahiyeh to Abu Simbel and hack . 90 - A complete tour through Egypt, including the Nile and the pen- insula of Mt. Sinai, will thus occupy 3-5 months in all. (2). Expenses. Money. Expenses. The cost of a tour in Egypt, and in Oriental coun- tries generally, is considerably greater than that of a visit to any part of Europe, the reasons being that most travellers cannot con- form with the simple habits of the natives, that they are ignorant of the language, and that special arrangements have to be made to meet their requirements. The average charge at the hotels for a day’s board and lodging is 15-25 fr., without wine (compare p. 17). The cheapest wine costs 3-4 fr. per bottle; English beer 2-272 fr-5 fee 1/2“i fr- 5 the traveller’s hotel expenses will therefore amount to at least 20-30 fr. a day, to which must be added the hire of don- keys and carriages and the inevitable ‘pourboires’. The total day’s expenditure should therefore be estimated at 30 fr. at least. (Steam- boat-fares are of course extra ; p. 10). The traveller whose time is very limited, or who is accompanied by ladies, will also require the services of a guide or valet-de-place, or ‘dragoman’, as they prefer to style themselves (5-8 fr. per day). Money. A small sum of money for the early part of the journey may be taken in English or French gold, os in English banknotes, but large sums should always be in the form of circular notes. These notes, which if kept separate from the ‘letter of indication’ cannot be cashed by a thief or a dishonest finder, are issued by the principal London banks. Fresh supplies may be forwarded from England by post-office order, in sums not exceeding 500 fr. 1*
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