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Originally Posted by wayne_harris
Hi Margaret,
Thank you. I dont like heathrow airport, I prefere Gatwick. But it is the first time I have flown from there. That must of been a nightmare for you with all your pork aswell!! And to get from Gatwick to Heathrow by bus they wanted £20-25 per person!! Its criminal!! I must say for our first trip to Hurghada via Cairo its frightening, when you dont know where you are going from landing to getting on the domestic flight! Yer there is people that want to help you, but for a fee! lol. Plus they picked on us at Cairo airport, they opened our case and stated taking out my shampoo, conditioner and deodrant, saying Im not allowed to have it because they were 500ml each. I said you must be joking its not in our hand luggage!! I then said your winding me up and you cant do that!! In the end they put it back. By then I just thought, I cannot believe this, what else is going to happen!! Not good for first time over!! Well at least I no what to expect next time!! lol Thats why I think it would be so good to learn arabic!! LOl. Once I learn that will shock them. Ha Ha. Well at least I think we have learnt some think lol.
Dawn -x-
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Dawn,
My sister in law had the same problem coming over but now she knows what to do she said it's no problem.
You should have hired a car between you to drive to Heathrow at a fraction of the cost!!!
It's just your luck who you get looking through your luggage in Cairo. They know exactly what you are allowed. They are just looking for baksheesh. A good tip is to put all ladies underwear or pork products on the top of everything in your case and they won't touch it. More so the ladies underwear!!!!!
cheers,
Margaret