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Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229081 01/31/12 03:55 AM
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Just a little over a month!

Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229082 01/31/12 04:57 AM
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What vaccines are you getting, Kim? I got all the hep vaccines before we went to Africa, is there something else? My sister keeps asking me if she should get shots.
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Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229083 01/31/12 05:22 AM
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Helen - I'm expecting it will be typhoid and hepatitis A at least. Not sure what else. Alice is going for hers in Boston today. I think she needs the diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis also. I'm getting my in Annapolis tomorrow. I'll let you know what we end up getting.

This is from B&K website:
The CDC recommends that all international travelers ensure that their tetanus, immune globulin (hepatitis), and polio vaccines are up-to-date. Take a look at their website www.cdc.org for more detailed information. No vaccinations are REQUIRED for travel to Egypt just recommended.

Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229084 01/31/12 10:24 AM
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Thanks, Kim. Think I am good to go. My sister says she started the hep A and C series. Is polio making a comeback in the world??? Can not wait for this trip to begin.

We are not going on to Jordan ( not enuf vacay time to do that too) but our flight home leaves at 1 am. Does anyone know what time we can expect to be back in Cairo at the end of the Nile trip?
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Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229085 02/01/12 04:03 AM
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I've been searching the board to find NILE 1 "sand mail" reports and can't seem to find them. Anyone know where it is? I've looked in 2010 Escorted Trips, Sea Mail and Long Voyages with no luck. Thanks in advance.

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Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229086 02/01/12 04:50 AM
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Helen, the flight from Luxor to Cairo is in the morning and takes about an hour, so I imagine you will be in Cairo by mid-day. Those going to Jordan will change flights for Amman in Cairo.


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And here is a link to the posts from NILE 1:

http://www.luxurycruisetalk.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=19;t=000331;p=1


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Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229088 02/01/12 04:56 AM
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Sally, It's actually called:
"Desert Mail from NILE"

Go to Sea Mail, then select "Show all topics" on the top of the page. Then go to page 2.

Here's the link:

http://www.luxurycruisetalk.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=19;t=000331

Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229089 02/01/12 05:01 AM
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Thanks, Leslie. Was trying to decide if we needed our hotel room since flight is middle of the night but sounds like it would be better than the airport for 10 hours.
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Yes, use the hotel room. The airport is no place to spend 10 hours.

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Just got back from doctor. Got shots for Hep A, Typhoid and IPV (Polio). Alice got those plus Tdap.

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Is anyone else flying out of Atlanta on March 7, connecting to Air France in Paris to Cairo?

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We are flying March 7 AF LAX and connecting at CDG to AF flight 524 arrive Cairo on Mar 8, Is that your flight, Sally or are you a day ahead of us?
Pam, I guess there are not too many airports where 10 hours is appealing, so we will go to the hotel and hang out.
Kim, I guess at this point we need only worry about getting eaten by crocodiles!
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We are flying March 7th from Huntsville to Atlanta then Paris. Leaving Paris on AF Flight 508 at 1:35pm on March 8th arriving in Cairo at 7pm (arriving March 8th).

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We arrive CDG at 2:40 so we will just miss you, Sally. We dont get to Cairo until 10pm on the 8th.Its a really long "day" for us starting from the West Coast.
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We are flying March 7th from Huntsville to Atlanta then Paris. Leaving Paris on AF Flight 508 at 1:35pm on March 8th arriving in Cairo at 7pm (arriving March 8th).
We're also on AF 508 on the 8th.....looking forward to meeting you!


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Do you all know if you will be able to report from onboard and elsewhere? Honestly, we homebound wannabe's are hoping there will be lots of sea/land/desert mail from all points!

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Since the original NILE'rs were able to, I suspect we will be able to also. BUT I for one will certainly not give Andi (or Anne or Diane some other favs)any competition for witty and informative prose. I will, however, try to send something!
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Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229099 02/01/12 06:43 PM
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News is news, Helen, I am not witty either, but we don't need that or clever, just some stuff about what you are doing! I don't know that I will ever do this trip, and I want to enjoy it from the ones who have the energy to do so!

Hey, never met, you, but will never forget your welcome to us (from the other side of the glass partition) when we were arriving at the airport after your Antarctica Explorer II cruise in Ushuia, and we were the next group to get on. You and your friends waving to tell us what was to come on the ship! You were on your way to BA, I guess

Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229100 02/02/12 01:12 AM
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Kathy - I'm glad someone else is on our flight so we can both enjoy our VIP service in Cairo! We have a 2 hour layover in Paris so we are hoping our flight from Atlanta is on time and the lines through security are short. If we have time we will be in the Skymile Lounge before our flight.

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Olivia, I was so excited to almost, sorta, meet some LCT'ers!! How much of a big shot, world traveller did I feel, running into friends at the Ushuia airport, LOL!?
Sally, you should have lots of time. You will likely land at 2E and depart from 2F so only 10 minutes to make your way to the next gate. No security, since non-Schengen flight to non-Schengen flight
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Thank you Helen for the info, makes me feel better!

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Uh Oh:

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo released the following statement to NBC News:


"Egyptian authorities have confirmed to us that two tourists, who they say are American citizens, have been kidnapped in Sinai. We are trying to confirm their citizenship and in the meantime are working closely with the Egyptian authorities to do everything possible to ensure the tourists' safety."

Updated at 7:10 a.m. ET: CAIRO -- Two American tourists and their guide have been kidnapped near a popular Red Sea resort in Egypt, South Sinai's chief of police confirmed to NBC News Friday.
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Just read that this morning.

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Understand the 2 women tourist have now been freed.

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Yes, they have been, phew. Just starting to seem a bit out of control there. My husband is getting quite sketchy about this trip.
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If you have to be kidnapped by someone it sounds like these Egyptians would be ones you would want them to be:) I don't know why but I had a smile on my face as I read this - is that weird?

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_new...rican-egyptian-kidnappers-were-very-nice

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Thanks for that, Sally. It does reassure that the offical policy does seem to be take care of tourists.
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Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229109 02/06/12 04:40 AM
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My sister and brother-in-law (Mike and Val), who are travelling with us on NILE2 ask me to post and ask if anyone is on their flight from London to Cairo on March 8th,

Egypt Air MS778
Leaves London at 2:00
Arrives Cairo at 8:45pm

Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229110 02/10/12 01:08 AM
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K&D told us docs are on the way - yeah!

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Anyone got docs yet? We get home from Idaho ski trip tomorrow night.

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None here in So Cal.
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Re: NILE2 Roll Call #229113 02/12/12 03:00 PM
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Home now. No evidence of attempted doc delivery.

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Got my documents today!

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Our tickets have arrived and everything looks great! We are looking forward to meeting everyone. This is going to be a GREAT trip. We are arriving in Cairo at 7:00pm on Egypt Air 798 from Vienna (code share Austrian Airlines 7141). See you soon!

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Oh Boy, cant wait to go home and see if I got mine!!!
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yay for you all


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Bummer, no docs for us yet.
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From our documents, I interpret that baggage weight restrictions for our domestic Egypt Air travel is 44 lbs (total)/person checked luggage and 17 lbs/person for carry-on. I was wondering if everyone else is under the same impression.

Sally

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Don't have our docs yet, but that luggage restriction is typical for any economy flight so it would be applicable on the domestic flights in Egypt and probably the flight to Jordan too.


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