Is Egypt safe for an 18-year old traveling ALONE????

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if you are just meeting her at airport you will be just fine. just agree to wait outside the gate for her. there is huge crowd at the gate, and easy to miss her. do not accept any rides. i have done this 3 times this year. i was fine. my friend met me there. it was great.
make sure u give flight number and time. have her phone number handy.. if u can't figure out the pay phones, don't worry.. just go to a security guard or a woman and ask for the phone ( give them a dollar if you feel you should) most will be happy to help you.
BTW... don't got to passport control first, buy your visa at the row of banks on the left as you arrive. visa is 30 us dollars i think. thats it. then fill out the immigration card for non-egyptians and get in line for passport control ( there are 2.. dont matter which one). easy as pie. just follow the halls. get your luggage and exit to the big glass doors. (the ladies bathroom is on the right as you enter the arrival hall right after the passport control.)

~ Noha ~

yeah...don't worry
Egypt is safer than many other countries

Enjoy your trip !! :)

Venus

It is perfectly safe! I am pissed off by some people here, who talk about things they know nothing about, yet they even talk about them with confidence! Somebody mentioned crime rate and said something like "you don't know what their crime rate" is. Well, that person obviously doesn't have an idea what their crime rate is, as it is, according to official statistics, very, very low. Actually, Cairo is considered to be among the safest metropolises in the world. And I can give you a first-hand experience, as I have been there. I was wandering around Cairo, Alexandria and Hurghada both with some friends and alone, both day and night, and I did not have any single problem! Egypt is a very safe place. The biggest problem there is traffic, as from a Westerner's point of view they drive like maniacs. And this is the only thing you should particularly be careful about.

P.S. Somebody above mentioned Iraq... This has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with Egypt and that person ABSOLUTELY has no idea what (s)he is talking about! I actually cannot believe how ignorant one can be and even how confident (s)he can be about things (s)he knows nothing about.

Tommy ( I'M BACK )

Egypt is safe for anyone in any age...

it's enough to say to you that my cousin is 9 and he visit me everyday at 2 am alone...he walks in streets and take a bus alone....

Wise Heart

Safe, big and crowded. Be sure about details to meet your classmate in the right place. Cairo airport is sometimes crowded.
For the visa, you better get it before you arrive. Still you can get one at the airport, but you have to check it's possible for your nationality by asking the Egyptian embassy nearest to you.

Good luck and welcome

Crazy girl

You will be safe. Your only going to be on your own on your flight and your not going to be walking around Cairo to meet them on your own you are meeting them when you arrive. So i think you will be perfectly safe. I traveled at 17 on my own to Egypt so many times and met my boyfriend at the arrival airport so i was only on my own during the flight.

You get your visa when you arrive in the airport in Cairo.

Thomas

donÂ´t worry !
ItÂ´ll be fun !

enjoy it !

check mate

So you will be traveling alone TILL you ARRIVE to Egypt right?
anyway, yes it's very safe.

Egypt is a wonderful place.

Just be safe, have everything planned out, don't take any weird trips..

Talk to guides at an embassy of some sorts!

Take care to stay clear of scams!

And you are very lucky, I have not been to Egypt for years.

ehabhamdy1983

It's quite safe, but be sure to find your cousine in the airport. I mean arrange with her very well to make it easy for her to find you. Tell her exactly when will you arrive and the number of your flight.

Enjoy your residence in Egypt

hasafer

so , u r worrying about the plane trip ?? yes it's safe

Bren

my daugher spent 2 months in egypt 2 yrs ago when she was 20 , u have to be a little careful particularly if u are quite obviously english with taxis etc. she is half arab and is dark so didnt have too many problems im sure u will be fine, particularly as your friend will be meeting u in the airport. my daughter was on an exchange visit with an egyptian family and spent a lot of time on her own and flew to dahab for diving , meeting up with someone she knew there so i would say it is safe as long as you take the usual sensible precautions. have a great time.

kyle737

you say they will meet you at airport?? so what is the problem .. it dosn't matter what country it is .. you won't even take one step in untill you meet them right? so no problem .. an i like to second on the taxi and public transportation advice if they find out you're a tourist they'll try to use you and ask for MORE money but not kidnapped or any thing like that .. that's just proves that "cristanine" never went to egypt

Confused!

The person who answered and said about crime rate! Thats just stupid as look how much crime rate there is all over the world! If you looked at things like that then youd never leave your house!

Ive been many times on my own and not on my own! Your only as safe as you try to be! And as long as youve got a bit of common sense youll be cool!!!!!

DagNaggit limpuladerfy II

dont talk to strangers ! and dont go out alone ! Not in any country!!!

merlin_steele

I hope you don't go alone, or even with just one friend. If you just have to go, please stay with a group or if you can, be included in a group when you both go. Please don't go unless you are travelling with a huge group, and def don't go out to places at night. I don't want to hear about you in the news in a bad way like that.

:) peace

ohh no. you have no idea what kind of crime rate they have or what things happen every day.

Al Rozz

Actually with all the fuss in Iraq right now, I wouldn't reccomend it.
Your subject to be kidnapped and sent back to the USA with your head cut off. I don;t mean that to sound nasty I speak from experience having been over there already...trust me now is not the time.

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