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I have to admit, usually when I plan a trip my fiance and I will travel without the need of a tour guide. But, in Egypt we felt it would be important to have a guide because there is just so much to learn that without a guide we would miss out on the interesting history of Egypt's past. Amr our tour manager, is a great guy and lots of fun. He became a friend to us, and led us around old Cairo to cool sites, and found us some unique food to sample along the way. The one thing we were not crazy about was the location of our hotel (Horizon Pyramids). The hotel itself was very nice, but the area of the city- Giza, was not ideal for walking around in. It was far from the city center of Cairo, but closer to the pyramids. I think we would have preferred to stay closer to the city center in Cairo. Then when it came time to finally visit the pyramids and the museum, our guide Tarrek was just amazing with the amount of information he provided us on the history. After a couple days in Cairo, we took the overnight train down to Luxor. We loved Luxor, so much cleaner, quieter, and very beautiful, we wished we had more time there. Our guide Jasmin was another very skilled guide. She actually really helped us out when we realized we severly overpaid for some souvineers, she helped us to get the money back, and was very delightful about handling the entire conundrum. We were both impressed of her professional manner in which she handled that situation. Jasmin took us to the Valley of the Kings.. which I highly reccomend because going inside the tombs there was just mind-blowing when you see the vividness of the colors of the wall paintings that have been there for thousands of years. Egypt is an amazing place, and I hope that whoever travels there looks into Memphis tours because there really made our trip special.