SeongTeng

Just back from a trip with Memphis Tour in Egypt.. All in all, out of 10, i would rate them 7/10. The arrangements were all as per plan, and the trip assistant was very helpful as well, we went to Cairo/Giza and Luxor, Special mention to the trip asasitant in Luxor - Ahmed, he is very friendly, i remember what he said to me, his principal as a trip assitant is to be a friend of the tourist/to us, not just delivering the job. we talked alot at the train station, bout Egypt, his background... However, the tour guide in Luxor (Iman) was below our expectation for the amount of money we paid for the tour, she seems to be afriad of the sun, and from her face expression, u can see that she doesnt wanna spend much time under the sun to talk too long, she's rushing, she speaks english -fast - with local accents, which was difficult for us to catch up what she's talking, i called it as a "news reading -presenter"... comparing to the tour guide we had in Cappadocia (Turkey), this is really far behind. And sometimes, we rather listen to some other tour guide for other tourist, which speaks loud, clear, slow with patience to deliver the message/story. For this, i think she really need to improve on that.. Not forgetting to mention, she took the books/posters from the seller in front of the Valley of King entrance, and promoted it to us, asking if we would like to buy.. i guess this is not so professional. and also keep asking if would like to visit papyrus shop, perfume shop, cotton shop.. which were not in our plan. As for the tour guide in Cairo/Luxor (Mike), he is very knowledgable, he speaks loud and clear, with story telling expressions, and he is very flexible. Everything bout him is good, just something minor, at one lunch sessions, he talked to me about tipping, and how much i should tip who.. this is not nice, as it makes us feel that ppl will get offended if we don't tip them.. maybe this is the culture in Egypt.. tipping.. But for me, tip is only when u are asking for smth extra / help from someone... I guess the tour guide/tour assitant/driver not that happy as i don't really tip them that much.. this make me feeling uneasy / uncomfortable through out my trip in Egypt.