Went to Egypt for holiday.
Driving is chaotic. Somewhat similar to that in India. Cairo is very big city. If you replace Arabic signs with Hindi it will look like any large Indian city - only difference that 95% buildings have sandstone colour whereas in Indian cities buildings are of different colours.
I saw some very old cars. Could not recognize them but looked like Lada type. There were many Chinese cars - mostly Chagan and BYD.
I traveled mostly in a Chagan saloon or a Toyota Hiace van (as arranged by tour company).
Also did one journey in Kia Cerato. In fact, in my journey from Aswan to Abu Simbel, 50% of cars passed on opposite direction were either Kia/Hyundai or BYD.
In Luxor/Aswan area police cars were BYD.
Seat belts seem optional and drivers using handheld mobile phones very common.
I also rode a tuktuk (Bajaj auto-rickshaw from India) in Edfu.
Most articulated lorries were Mercedes. The other lorries I could not recognize but looked like old Bedford lorries.
Travelled in overnight sleeping train. Not very well maintained. Brakes were not good as frequently it jolted like a learner driver not having proper clutch control.
Never felt unsafe (from terrorism) though - armed police at all tourist locations.
The Aswan to Abu Simbel [280 km] trip started with a police convoy in early morning darkness but after sun rose the police cars disappeared.
Didn't notice many German cars, except few very old Mercedes.
There were plenty of pick up trucks.
Did Nile cruise as well. It was an excellent experience.
Usual tourist attractions like Great Pyramids, Karnak temple, Edfu temple, Abu Simbel were all very impressive. It is amazing they achieved that kind of engineering 3000-4000 years back!
Last edited by: movilogo on Mon 29 Oct 18 at 20:08
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