But one of the first things to strike a visitor from India is that in spite of chaotic traffic, neither the eyes burn nor do the ears ache from the air and noise pollution that is so common in Indian cities. It is a pity that Indians travelling abroad prefer the lights of Europe and the U.S. or the shopping malls of south-east Asia and the Persian Gulf countries. In Egypt, there are millions of antiquities to see, the deserts and beaches of the Sinai, the Nile to cruise on and most of all a friendly and open people. Everything is sufficiently organised for the tourist to avoid a chaotic visit. But, Egypt is also sufficiently chaotic to prevent the dreariness that comes from travel in over-organised and sanitised tourist centres.
Travel too is easy.
Transport is incredibly cheap and people are always willing to show you the best way to travel. Egypt is antiquities. It will take more than six months to properly see the ruins, the tombs, the ancient temples and the overflowing museums. The care and effort which the Egyptians have taken to display the gorgeous antiquities is evident everywhere, and not just in the Egyptian Museum. The ruins of the grand temples at Luxor are looked after, the Pharaonic tombs in the fabled Valley of the Kings are well-lit and even the area surrounding the Giza pyramids and the Sphinx is clean.