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by caiobegotti 2695 days ago
I traveled for 30 days there, across the whole country by bus, car and train and spent about 650 USD a few years ago. I did 1 week of couchsurfing in Giza and managed to save some bucks that way. Hurghada, with lots of resorts and russians and playboys & Alexandria which has a different tourist relaxing vibe are probably quite safe any time. Luxor is super tourist safe I would say but how to get there is up to you and how much adventurous you are. In Cairo I would just stay in a decent hostel but only if you wanna visit the freaking awesome Egyptian Museum and the pyramids/sphinx with some agency (since you are worried about safety). Otherwise you may need to build up that confidence I mentioned earlier, by perhaps leaving Cairo/Giza to the end of your trip so you have time to decide yourself :-) feel free to drop me an e-mail @gmail.com if you need more specific numbers/hints/etc
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I trust you. I push myself with travel every year despite my fears.

In 2017, I went to Colombia. In 2018, I camped out in Wyoming and Montana at the height of bear/moose/elk season for photography. In 2019, I go to Europe, Egypt, Asia. :)

Thanks for the tips, I'll refer back to this in the Summer when I book!