Surgery Question ?

DiscoDiva · January 26, 2007

I was planning on staying down town at a near by hotel, so I would just grab a cab.
Carmen is still feaking out over the whole thing, so who knows what will happen.He believes it is too close to my trip to Egypt and I don't need the surgery.

I discussed it with TLBC and they feel it would be ok for me to travel. My surgery is Feb 2 and I leave for Egypt on Feb 26.

Hi, I hope you enjoy your trip to Egypt!! I lived there with my Husband and daughter. He was a goverment worker and we took an assignment there. LOVED IT!! Have you ever been there? We lived in Maddi. How long will you be there and where are you staying? I also hope you are feeling great for your trip.

Debbie

Yasmina · January 26, 2007

Hello, Hello,

We will be arriving in Cairo and doing the the tourist things, Cairo museum, Pryamids,Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara, old Cairo, Mohannesn Ali Street to see real dancers, as well as the hotels to see the top Delly dancers. We have several workshops booked with these dancers ( Dina, Lucy,& Raqia Hassen) Whilein Cairo we will be staying at the Mena House.We will also be able to do a Bedouin Night. ( riding camles into the desert for an evening of food & dance )

We will be traveling to Luxor & Aswanand of cource Madame Abla's Salon for Belly Dancing costumes. I am very much looking forward to going to the Khan El Khalili, I have read so much about it.

The last week of our trip we will be heading to Sharm El Sheik on the Red Sea for a Belly Dance Camp. 5 days of dancing for 4 hours a day with the best teachers. I am sure to improve my technique with all that dancing !

I have been learning some Arabic words.

Any advice on what to do / not do ? :clap2:

Yasmina · January 26, 2007

What is off the beaten path that I should do ?

How is the food?

DiscoDiva · January 26, 2007

Hi, first of all make sure you drink only bottled Water. The food in the hotels should be fine to eat. Out on the roadside stands or the real Egyptain food places....just don't do it. We did, and we got sick. But we lived there, and I don't want your vacation ruined. Take toilet paper with you wherever you go. They try to sale it to you because they don't put it in the bathrooms. Also, don't eat anything you can't peel. Hotel food SHOULD? Be fine. We ate that and had no problems.

The Khan El Khalili is wonderful !!! Lots of history there for sure. If you want to buy Gold that is the place to do it at. We shopped for our gold at Gouzlan's. If you go in there and talk to Momdua...spelled wrong. But he is a short little man that speaks wonderful english. Tell him that Mr. Allen and Miss Debbie Luff sent you. Also that we miss them very much.

The Museum is HUGE, so have on your walking shoe's. And take tons of Pictures. They won't let you take them of the mummys. As for Sharm El Sheik.....one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. I have never been in water with that much salt... watch your eyes. We stayed at the Move n pick while we were there. After you have been in Cairo and you go to Sharm, it will look like a different world..Much cleaner than Cairo.

Buy the things made by the Bedouins, most of there things are beautiful. As far as the Arabic, they love it when you try to speek there language.

Watch out for the stray dogs and cats. There at thousands of stray cats. A lot of them have rabies. Did you take a rabie shot? We did. But we also found two kittens and raised them while we were there. We still have them. We were there from 2001-2003. We still have some friends there too, in Maddi. If you do go to Maddi, make sure you go to Road 9 and do some shopping.

At the Kahn, everyone will be saying, come into my shop... come into my shop, everywhere you go. It's so funny. I give you the best price. Always talk them down in there price, they love that too, and you get a better price. If you have any Questions feel free to email me again. Hope you have a wonderful time.

Debbie

Yasmina · January 27, 2007

Thanks for all the great advice. I was planning go do a little gold shopping , so I will definately go to Gouzlan and say hello to Momdua for you. I would really like to get a nice thick ring of some sort

Are there lots of places to by fabric / veils, sparkley stuff ?

We were told that we did not need a veil to wear, but it was not a bad Idea to have one. We use them in dancing ,so I figured I would buy them we get there.

I find the toilet paper thing funny ! I will bring some ! LOL

The not touching the animals will kill me as I am a big animal lover.

Wow were you able to bring the kittens back. I probably should not know this , because I get a little crazy when I see poor homeless dogs

Thanks so much for all the advice

Shokran jazilan

DiscoDiva · January 27, 2007

Hello again,

There is not need to ware a vale. I never did and not many other's did either. I would ware shirts with sleves. Not long but above the elbow. It is a respect thing, but you will see some women with sleveless shirts and short shorts...not good. I mostly wore capri pants.. As for fabric, yes there a ton of places to buy it. Some are off the beaten path.....I wouldn't go off far from the tourist places. A few of us did that on time and by the time I got home I felt like I walked throuht there with my head cut off. Anyway that was just because of the way we were looked at because we at there local shopping places, not for tourist. LOL It was great fun but we NEVER did that again and we even had a man with us.

I understand what you mean not touching the animals! I am a huge lover of animals and my daughter is also. So everytime we saw them we just wanted to run up and grab them. Not all of them have Rabie's but who know's which one might. We had to have them vet checked and all shot's, health record's and so on to bring them back. Not something you can do in a few days. By the way, how long are you going to be there? Also keep your money close to you or your purse. It is very crowded and people walk very close to you, just be aware. You will also be able to buy scarf's at the Khan and while you are there, go to Moustafa's, he had a lot of nice things that you will enjoy and again tell him hello for us. He has beautiful glass perfume bottles, nice T shirts, to much to mention. Just ask anyone how to get there and they will tell you and most will even walk you to his store. It is close to the gold place that I told you about. Again have a wonderful trip and let me know how you liked it.

Debbie

faybie · January 28, 2007

Wow! Now I want to go to Egypt! Have fun Yasmina.

Yasmina · January 29, 2007

I am very excited for Egypt, but now that my surgery is THIS FRIDAY, I am only thinking of that !

How long after surgery can you have a shower ? I am packing for toronto, and there is no sense draging things I will not be using.

Anything else I might need ?

I got the liquid codine ( A very large bottle 250ml )

chewable cherry Gravol

Gas X strips

Water

Has anyone tried th Special K Protein Water ? just saw the advertisement

Yoda · January 29, 2007

I'm so excited for you Yasmina,

Don't forget a li' pillow for travellin'. I also brought a lil' children's "sippy" cup with me (a plastic jobby)....it helped me ensure I only took small sips. It came in handy on the 2 hr drive home the next day.

Wear slip on shoes, as you may have probs bending over to tie up shoes/boots.

YAY YOU!!! Your time is almost here. Don't worry about Carmen; he'll come around....he is likely just worried that something will go wrong on the table....he does't want to lose you. In a way that is a good sign.....he is just masking that fear with other reasons....ya know?

Best of luck to ya!