Best and Worst

[j4hurghada]

Originally Posted by lyndsay552

Maybe I can help here. I currently work as a Police Trainer in the UK and one of my areas of speciality is personal safety training (PST) I cover everything from un-armed defence to pepper spray and eventually batons. I will be moving to Hurghada within the next 6 months, so ladies, I may start up an expat self defence class, if there would be a market for it???

Lyndsay,

That would be great we could have it one night a week, should be a bit of fun too.

[lyndsay552]

It would be. Just as long as we don't all just stand around talking!! ha ha

[j4hurghada]

so your still going to take the plunge and move over, did you have a look at the schools while out there.

This weather is making me all the more wanting to take the plunge. April will be a turning point in our lives hopefully.

As you can see lyndsay I am trying to keep myself busy, we have not heard anything yet but I am sat by the phone.

[lyndsay552]

We're definately going for it. We are in the process of securing land for our kennels which should be directly facing our apartment. I am hoping to do some courses in the next few months, from everything from running our own business to dog grooming and welfare.

With buying the two properties last week we are no longer in any hurry to sell our own house and can just sit back and wait for the right price but as you say the weather is so bad the sooner the better.

We didn't look at any schools because we don't have children but i did hear that the school in El Gouna is 5000 dollars per year but I think the one in Hurghada is about £500 per year but don't quote me on that.

[j4hurghada]

i have checked with a couple of schools, el gouna is coming in at about £2700 wher sunshine school is £1550 per child per year I would love to know the prices of St Josephs but can not find site, If anyone can help that would be a bonus.

[Rood 200]

I'm actually quite shocked at what I am hearing. This is the first I have heard of it in Egypt. But then I haven't been "clubbing" yet. OR it could be the fact that the locals always mistaken me for being egyptian.
I'm really sorry to here of these awful happening ... the only thing i can think of to say is "safety in numbers" ?!

[demon diver]

Originally Posted by CMChris

Is there some sort of phrase that would make these 'brave men' back off? Or is that to much to expect that they would take any notice. 1 thing I would say is that if you do get man handled then kick them in the shins good and hard, dont bother going for the ghoulies as that kick has to be higher and takes longer, by which time they've moved out of reach. If they're behind you just heel them down the front of their shin and as all of you have probably wacked your own shins in the past you'll know how much that hurts. You could follow that up with a knee in the face when they collapse with the pain and voila summary justice

dont blow this out of proportion,my wife and i have travelled all around egypt several times,met some fantastic people and yes a very small few undesirerables.if you cannot get your point across in english and you do feel treatened shout POLICE as loud as you can.the surrounding local people will assist you as they dont want to loose tourists due to a few idiots.in general i feel a lot safer in egypt than i do in some parts of my own city,and i speak the same lingo.
its the same all around the world,just be careful and dont go there if you feel threatened.

[j4hurghada]

I have been to Egypt loads of times and never had any problems with the locals (very friendly bunch) the only problem we had was with the Russians in the hotels. I feel alot safer in the towns than in the Hotels.
You can get more trouble going to the shop here than in Egypt.(THUMBS UP FOR EGYPT PEOPLE)

[demon diver]

Originally Posted by j4hurghada

I have been to Egypt loads of times and never had any problems with the locals (very friendly bunch) the only problem we had was with the Russians in the hotels. I feel alot safer in the towns than in the Hotels.
You can get more trouble going to the shop here than in Egypt.(THUMBS UP FOR EGYPT PEOPLE)

totally agree about the egyptians,and the russians who we have come across so far.give it time and i hope they understand the way things are done in egypt

[Margaret Butler]

I am living in Cairo at the moment and the advice we women are given on arrival is: If you don't want problems, cover up. What we tend to do is keep a light shirt in the car and put it on when you are outside. It is no big deal. I think you have to remember where you are and that customs are different from at home.
We were also told that you don't really have to cover up to the same extent in the Red Sea resorts so I am a bit surprised to read about this.

cheers,
Margaret