Is Egypt's DELUXE Sleeper Train Actually Any Good? Cairo to Luxor 

Totally agree George 😁

Sounds like a great trip! ✌🏻

Some countries don't progress or evolve as quickly as some others.

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Let's hope so!!

The locomotive on duty is new, it's in service since 2020

But, the HP of that Loco is far more Big than our regular Loco in my Country 😢

Now something like that is DEFINITELY on my to-do list, thanks for sharing ☺️

Egypt, as with much of the Islamic world, is a "dry" country, meaning no alcohol. As for tobacco, not sure.

​@@willy.william4582 I can tell you from personal experience that I've had my fair share of alcoholic beverages in Egypt (and a number of other Middle Eastern countries as well) 😉

​@@willy.william4582 No alcohol is a massive stretch, since in especially Egypt and North Africa a lot of the Arabic Christian groups live there and therefore they can have alcohol but most Muslims deter from it (most: meaning, actually, most, some Muslims opt to alc for some reason.) The proof I have of this claim is literally the alcohol store that's bare footsteps away from me and that I can take a picture of and show to prove.

Thanks so much my friend ✌🏻😁

Thanks for sharing!

It really is!

Take a walk to a back street and the place run down. A different world to what they show in promation photos.

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Glad you enjoyed it Elaine, thanks 🙏🏻

Probably 😂

Glad you enjoyed it!

De nada amigo ✌🏻

No problem 👍

Thanks for the sub! ✌🏻

Glad it was helpful!

You're welcome!

De nada amigo ✌🏻

Glad you enjoyed it!

You should!

Yeah me too!!

I think so too!

Thank you very much!

@@NonstopEurotrip :D

Yay, thank you!

Totally agree 👍🏻

sorry, but the fare is bad. Egyptair will charge you less for Cairo to Luxor for full flex economy, and barely more for buissness. And I'm talking tickets for tomorrow. and the flight is one hour.

@@mancubwwa I understand where you are coming from, but it's not just the travel, it's also his hotel and meals for the night and morning.

Exactly this ✌🏻

Thanks for sharing!

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I think those Talgos went somewhere already? 🤔

No worries! And I still had a great trip 😀

@@NonstopEurotrip That's great then but I'm still sorry

Have fun!

The VIP daytime train is very good

That was kind of my conclusion too!!

Thanks 😊

Hopefully with some refurbishment, it'll be even better soon!

They called it deluxe, not me 🙃

it depends on your definition's... on a lot of ferries (in Europe or in Japan) you see the cabins start with the "deluxe" level, anything bellow that being sleeper seats etc. in some way, a single sleeper compartment itself is a deluxe service (for a train)... this would be similar to what a "first class" compartment was on a standard Soviet trains! (some "named" trains had much better compartments but it all depended on the rank of line & the exclusiveness of the service you took), on the other hand, in some countries you can really expect a "deluxe" service to be a railway cruise...

Maybe for 100,000 subs 😃

Thanks for sharing 😊🙏🏻

Do you feel like the country as a whole has gone downhill since you first started visiting?

@NonstopEurotrip I don't think it went downhill, I think it's complicated cause Egypt is a big country with a lot of people, in a troubled area and having had years of foreign european powers dictating for them, followed by a lot of political torment, instability, power hungry rulers, etc. This almost always leads to generalized, endemic corruption, nepotism and greed that becomes part of the culture at all levels. I am from Romania, in this region we all still deal with the similar effects of centuries or invasions, occupations, greed and then dictatorship, which kept us behind in some ways and resulted in people hungry for freedom, power and money, who didn't really have experience managing themselves, so we ended up with power and money hungry political cliques who don't care about anything else and don't know how to run a cou try effectively cause they got where they are through relations, money and nepotism. Egypt has grown in some ways, middle and upper class people I think evolved overall, there's some extra infrastructure, tourism has expanded further, there's middle class and upper middle class neighborhoods in Cairo that have grown since I was first there for example, things have happened. But, at the same time, they had a very tumultuous period with the revolution that was wasted by the ruling elites, some bombings, covid. The period after the revolution was bad for tourism cause Egypt was considered unsafe, which I don’t think it was so much and I was there even the year of. That dragged them down as opposed to the full on tourist boom they were in before. I guess there is this typical level of not caring and letting things decay, which happened to this train as well, not investing much in replacing and maintaining. Back in like 2010 Egypt Air was also pretty good and then it had a decline again. On the other hand, take Hurghada, now a big town with so many resorts and growing population. When I was there 1st, in 2002, as a teen, it was a quarter of that or less. Those hotels and businesses employ people, even if many probably don't pay them as well as they should, it's still more than many of those people would earn without tourism. Anyway, sorry for the long reply, it's just very complicated to answer to that question, it's not a yes or no situation. It was a dream of mine to go to Egypt cause of the history and interesting culture and I liked it so I kept going back to visit and for the red sea.

@@entity22 Thanks, I appreciate it! I went for the first time this year and while I enjoyed the history, the rest of the country just seemed unfriendly and unwelcoming and full of scammers at every turn. Unfortunately I won't be rushing back...

@@entity22 "...Back in like 2010 Egypt Air was also pretty good and then it had a decline again..." I heard that smoking in the aircraft cockpit is legal under Egyptian aviation laws? Which was reportedly to blame for the crash of MS804

@NonstopEurotrip yeah, I guess in Egypt the hassle and scamming is probably the worst between the middle eastern and north african countries we generically call arabic. They are not unfriendly though, quite the opposite, they're just A LOT and chaotic. The average person there is poor and pretty uneducated(again cause of bad leadership) and their culture is very loud, maybe also cause they have a large population. I always thought the average westerner from western europe or the US likely is more shocked and uncomfortable with this than someone from the balkans, eastern europe or latin america where, by comparison, there is a bit more chaos and loudness. It's actually not as bad now as it was before.

Same train, probably 🙃

Your English is fine, thanks for the comment. Hopefully the can get some new coaches soon 😀

@@NonstopEurotrip❤

I did

It's not so bad, it's worth doing it one direction at least for the experience imo! 😁

@@NonstopEurotrip Thanks. I'm flying into Hurghada, then travelling by bus to Luxor for a 7 night Nile cruise to Aswan and back to Luxor. I then need to get to Cairo for a few days before my onward flight. I like the idea of the daytime VIP train to get the Nile scenery on the way up.

@@thebouncer9107 that's the best option imo ✌🏻

@@NonstopEurotrip It would take an extra day and involve an extra hotel stay in Luxor, but I think it's worth it.

I found a much better....well cheaper hotel 🙃 twitter.com/nonstopeurotrip/status/1631696920958869504?t=5etjnY4-fuI9fRjcrJUxxg&s=19

That just about sums it up 😀

It's definitely not easy

No booze unfortunately 😢

I have yes, I've explored Hungary quite a lot and have released many video already on the channel 😁

It's on my to-do list 😊

They got new trains now ✌🏻

You would wouldn't you 😅

Yes, but they could do so much better!

My feelings exactly! Im reminded of her books, some of which are based here.

DEATH ON NILE,...☠️🚉definitely 😂😂😂

Yep 🤣

@@NonstopEurotrip reminds me of an hotel I once stayed in in Barcelona when I was broke lol

@@matthewharty6531 😅😅😅

No improvement with change of operator then!

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I do try to show some, but most people click off which really hurts the reach of the video!

You can't unfortunately, you need to book directly: wataniasleepingtrains.com/Home

Yes they do Rob, 100% lol

I don't think you were meant to, but people were

Glad you liked them!

There's a day train that's much nicer tbh

Actually the VIP daytime train I took back was much nicer!

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I probably won't be going back soon, but I did enjoy my trip 😊

Great question ⁉️😅

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Yes, if it's not sold out

When I was there, it wasn't possible. Maybe they've sorted it now on their website?

Why?

@@NonstopEurotrip the people in front of you went through the metal detector with their bags

There may well have been 👀

Yeah, I won't be rushing back Robin!

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Yeah that just about sums it up John 🤣

Which route?

@@NonstopEurotrip The cars are in use on the line Eupen-Ostende, but those are locohauled. I think the full emu sets are mostly used on the express trains to the Belgian coast (either Kustexpress or the line Genk - Ghent- Blankenberge)

It's not buying the tickets that a problem, it's using them. Foreigners are fined for using the 'cheap' tickets

@@NonstopEurotrip Oh I see, disgusting, didn't know that. It's disgusting how they apply different prices everywhere. But try to get an Egyptian to buy especially tourist souvenirs for you instead of buying them yourself. That is, I wouldn't recommend anything except the genuine alabaster items they make near the King's Valley in Luxor, clothes in Cairo and maybe a few papyri from Luxor - everything else is cheap tat and exactly the same nonsense that gets sold on ebay especially in the US. And if anyone "recommends" a certain store, or even takes you there, he is being paid commission.

There's a Mish mash of coaches, I'm not entirely sure where mine was from!

You're very welcome Nancy 🙏🏻

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Yes, it does 😅

13 is lower

@@NonstopEurotrip Thank you

Go on then... Lol

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No alcohol now unfortunately!

Very cool 😎

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Ummmmmmmmm..... The hotel was nice!