Sharm - would you?
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Tiggsy said:
came back 2 weeks ago - would go again tomorrow.
I hear someone died on the M25 yesterday....who's cancelling their trip to work???
And i was in Soho at 3am last saturday after a night out.....I'll take sharks and terrorists over the 3 hoodies behind me in the all night store!!!
I guess Tunisua is also on your list too of safe places to take you your wife and kids?I hear someone died on the M25 yesterday....who's cancelling their trip to work???
And i was in Soho at 3am last saturday after a night out.....I'll take sharks and terrorists over the 3 hoodies behind me in the all night store!!!
Tiggsy said:
came back 2 weeks ago - would go again tomorrow.
I hear someone died on the M25 yesterday....who's cancelling their trip to work???
And i was in Soho at 3am last saturday after a night out.....I'll take sharks and terrorists over the 3 hoodies behind me in the all night store!!!
Sadly you cannot as the UK govt is not permitting any flights out there I hear someone died on the M25 yesterday....who's cancelling their trip to work???
And i was in Soho at 3am last saturday after a night out.....I'll take sharks and terrorists over the 3 hoodies behind me in the all night store!!!
IforB said:
Flights are restarting today.
Not quite http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34743388These were only rescue flights anyway not taking new people there.
trickywoo said:
Not quite http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34743388
These were only rescue flights anyway not taking new people there.
I work for a large UK airline, the intention was to restart scheduled flights to Sharm today. What's going on with the EZY flight might change that!These were only rescue flights anyway not taking new people there.
el stovey said:
Blown2CV said:
WinstonWolf said:
Blown2CV said:
twing said:
I did go in September and it was still the same, got on well with the locals, food,etc. It was the British that that let it down and I won't be going again. Nothing to do with the planes going down though.
might be a good bet in about a year when all the english and russians have finally taken the decision to go elsewhere! Empty infinity pools, infinite food, infinite sun loungers... i mean it's all on fire and in ruins but lets not quibble.
Tiggsy said:
came back 2 weeks ago - would go again tomorrow.
I hear someone died on the M25 yesterday....who's cancelling their trip to work???
And i was in Soho at 3am last saturday after a night out.....I'll take sharks and terrorists over the 3 hoodies behind me in the all night store!!!
but that's an important difference - no-one is telling you not to use the roads or go out on the piss. However many people including authorities are saying not to travel to egypt, yet people still do and wonder why they get in sI hear someone died on the M25 yesterday....who's cancelling their trip to work???
And i was in Soho at 3am last saturday after a night out.....I'll take sharks and terrorists over the 3 hoodies behind me in the all night store!!!
t. FFS the place has checkpoints every 200 yards when you're on the highway.We are booked to go in February , don't know if it is still on , still have to pay balance next week or pay £50 pp to transfer booking to another resort, or penalty to cancel, also non cancellation booking in airport hotel will be forfeited if we don't go
Edited by MX51ROD on Friday 6th November 13:09
Blown2CV said:
Tiggsy said:
came back 2 weeks ago - would go again tomorrow.
I hear someone died on the M25 yesterday....who's cancelling their trip to work???
And i was in Soho at 3am last saturday after a night out.....I'll take sharks and terrorists over the 3 hoodies behind me in the all night store!!!
but that's an important difference - no-one is telling you not to use the roads or go out on the piss. However many people including authorities are saying not to travel to egypt, yet people still do and wonder why they get in sI hear someone died on the M25 yesterday....who's cancelling their trip to work???
And i was in Soho at 3am last saturday after a night out.....I'll take sharks and terrorists over the 3 hoodies behind me in the all night store!!!
t. FFS the place has checkpoints every 200 yards when you're on the highway.Blown2CV said:
el stovey said:
Blown2CV said:
WinstonWolf said:
Blown2CV said:
twing said:
I did go in September and it was still the same, got on well with the locals, food,etc. It was the British that that let it down and I won't be going again. Nothing to do with the planes going down though.
might be a good bet in about a year when all the english and russians have finally taken the decision to go elsewhere! Empty infinity pools, infinite food, infinite sun loungers... i mean it's all on fire and in ruins but lets not quibble.Realistically I'm more likely to die while driving to/from the airport than I am whilst I'm in Sharm.
WinstonWolf said:
Blown2CV said:
el stovey said:
Blown2CV said:
WinstonWolf said:
Blown2CV said:
twing said:
I did go in September and it was still the same, got on well with the locals, food,etc. It was the British that that let it down and I won't be going again. Nothing to do with the planes going down though.
might be a good bet in about a year when all the english and russians have finally taken the decision to go elsewhere! Empty infinity pools, infinite food, infinite sun loungers... i mean it's all on fire and in ruins but lets not quibble.Realistically I'm more likely to die while driving to/from the airport than I am whilst I'm in Sharm.
k would you continue to choose a militarised state which is all over the news for being dangerous as fk? You can justify it all you like but it all comes back to money. Just like those contractors who CHOOSE to work in Iraq for a fat wad of cash, which is great right up until they get beheaded. If you just wave away all risk in this "meh, life is risky" way then you can't complain if it all comes home to roost. Equally, you won't be able to complain in this example, as you'd be f
king vaporised. Blown2CV said:
WinstonWolf said:
Blown2CV said:
el stovey said:
Blown2CV said:
WinstonWolf said:
Blown2CV said:
twing said:
I did go in September and it was still the same, got on well with the locals, food,etc. It was the British that that let it down and I won't be going again. Nothing to do with the planes going down though.
might be a good bet in about a year when all the english and russians have finally taken the decision to go elsewhere! Empty infinity pools, infinite food, infinite sun loungers... i mean it's all on fire and in ruins but lets not quibble.Realistically I'm more likely to die while driving to/from the airport than I am whilst I'm in Sharm.
k would you continue to choose a militarised state which is all over the news for being dangerous as fk? You can justify it all you like but it all comes back to money. Just like those contractors who CHOOSE to work in Iraq for a fat wad of cash, which is great right up until they get beheaded. If you just wave away all risk in this "meh, life is risky" way then you can't complain if it all comes home to roost. Equally, you won't be able to complain in this example, as you'd be f
king vaporised. You're a chicken, I get that but don't take your bitterness out on us real men who aren't afraid of some poncey terrorists.
I'll also be going to Pripyat, but I'm saving that one for when I'm a bit closer to death, just in case...
My partner and I have been to Sharm 4 times in the last 3 years, and were just in the process of looking at going again in a weeks time until the flight-cancelling situation happened. I've always felt very safe there within the resorts, and even travelling to and from the airport, I've never had cause for concern. We've even been in Nama Bay (goodness knows why!) in the evenings and, again, never felt that anything was amiss. So, it's hasn't put me off going back there as we love the resort we go to (Stella di Mare, which is just an incredible place for the level of service).
However, I have to agree that the airport has been a real eye-opener in terms of how it operates whenever we've been (although, nothing like the one in Zanzibar, I'll give you that! It's incredible that is even allowed!). But then whilst not wishing to be a doom-monger, I lived in Lockerbie in the late '80s and no-one ever thought that would happen. Did people stop flying to New York after 9/11? Or going on the Tube in London? It's a terrible world we live in at times and these people who practice their extremism on the innocent in order to get noticed, or raise their point of view or religion cannot be seen to have dictated to hard-working people who just want a holiday, or travel a bit. I know we all want to protect our families, and that, of course, is human nature, and I won't criticise anyone who cancels a trip if they feel unsafe after this terrible event. Tourism is paramount to that region of Egypt, and perhaps we can take issue with the apparent lax of security that the airport has shown, and trust me, I've experienced it. But the people there who rely on the holiday seasons for their living are being punished by these terrorist factions too, and I for one, won't be dictated to by a group of cowards that inflict pain on others to raise their points of view, rather than discussing it in the open liked civilised human beings.
Just my tuppence worth, of course. Feel free to resume your normal service chaps.......
However, I have to agree that the airport has been a real eye-opener in terms of how it operates whenever we've been (although, nothing like the one in Zanzibar, I'll give you that! It's incredible that is even allowed!). But then whilst not wishing to be a doom-monger, I lived in Lockerbie in the late '80s and no-one ever thought that would happen. Did people stop flying to New York after 9/11? Or going on the Tube in London? It's a terrible world we live in at times and these people who practice their extremism on the innocent in order to get noticed, or raise their point of view or religion cannot be seen to have dictated to hard-working people who just want a holiday, or travel a bit. I know we all want to protect our families, and that, of course, is human nature, and I won't criticise anyone who cancels a trip if they feel unsafe after this terrible event. Tourism is paramount to that region of Egypt, and perhaps we can take issue with the apparent lax of security that the airport has shown, and trust me, I've experienced it. But the people there who rely on the holiday seasons for their living are being punished by these terrorist factions too, and I for one, won't be dictated to by a group of cowards that inflict pain on others to raise their points of view, rather than discussing it in the open liked civilised human beings.
Just my tuppence worth, of course. Feel free to resume your normal service chaps.......
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