It’s a dead couple

Real tabloid behaviour by the Journal.

Feckin disgrace that they’ve put the pic of the two half buried bodies

Agreed. Please take this photo down.

The journal is going down the drain! I still can’t believe they went ahead and actually posted those pictures.

Totally agree. Take the photo down and show some respect journal.

Thats because they removed the worst one….

I did miss that one . . . fortunately. I stand corrected. . .

God bless your innocent eyes! I hope all of you poor souls can continues your lives after such a horrific episode, the humanity if it all!

@ Chopper, its got nothing to do with innocent eyes, I’ve seen far worse in real life, I’ve seen my best friends body mangled on the road, to give just one example. As you so callously talk about the humanity of it, do you not realise anybody, including friends and family of the victims, could see this, where is the humanity there. This is just sensationalist journalism at it’s worst. Obviously you didn’t see the picture of the body being dragged out of the hole, which was removed earlier. Try showing a bit of respect for the victims.

Tom..be extra careful while there. I’m sure you will be ok..but be cautious all the time.

Iv been a few times to. What part you going to?

People would of said the same about Ireland not too long ago but thankfully a lot of people still came life carries on as normal for a lot of areas in unsettled countries

Well tom iv been to Egypt a few times and to sharm a few things to be wary of make sure you have alot of small notes cause taxi drivers will screw you find one give him a tip and get his number and use the same one for the week then you wont get ripped off.i went to Cairo on the day trip by bus went to the Cairo museum when they were gathering in the square for protests one hour after i left 25 people were killed stick to the tourist trails and you will be fine do the bedouin trip into the desert i went for the diving but that was the high light and a astrology show in the dessert feckin amazing.

Cheers for that advice K! I’ve been to Luxor, Hurghada and Cairo before and thought It was amazing. Never been to Sharm so will look into those excursions :):)

The climb up Mt Sinai is amazing. Not easy as you normally trek through the night & arrive at the top to watch the sunrise & it’s bloody freezing up there. Use common sense & you’ll be grand.

Dahab is also worth checking out. It’s the hippy stoner resort of the Sinai.

Thomas I don’t think that excursion is going on away more due to the extremists in the Sinai I know the trip to Petra are no longer running due to a attack on one of the tour buses..

Tom Tom’s there’s been several suicide bombers driving at police checkpoints in Sharm over the past few weeks. 10 soldiers were killed there in one such blast last month.

And you should read about the Sharm hotel bombings of 2005 which killed 84 people.

That’s an awful shame if it isn’t. Damn extremists.

It’s not really Thomas – people are avoiding these place as a holiday destination. Less than 20% occupancy rate during their peak times all Summer with a steady decline.

Our flight is direct from dublin and was full to capacity weeks ago. Majority irish I’m assuming, As are all the other flights from Dublin to sharm, As I said 25,000 European tourists arrived there recently. I know sharm isn’t real Egypt. I’ve done the real Egypt. Just want some sun and relaxing. This thread is worrying me tho. But I can’t find anything in the news about sharm in recent weeks and there’s 100s of reviews on trip adviser from December from people who had a great time. And if the irish government states it’s ok to go with caution then that’s fine by me.

Have been in and out of Egypt since the mid-1950s and lived there for eight years in all.
Haven’t been in several years but many good friends of mine have gone in recent months,
and some who have lived there for decades are still there. Yet even old timers in Cairo are more careful than they were before: they are cautious, avoid demonstrations, careful about taking photos, don’t dress as if in Miami in respect of local customs. I’ve advised most people who fear travelling to Egypt they probably shouldn’t go: even if safe they will be too leery and suspicious to enjoy the trip. One also is only more vulnerable if one shows fear or distrust. Always good to learn few phrases of Arabic which brings you a bit into the fold and not simply an outsider.

I don’t know St. Catherine Monastery is a good destination now as most of the recent incidents have been in the Sinai, including Egyptian army/police being harassed and even worse.

If you do go, you should be aware the country is in turmoil and you may need to curtail some activities you might normally like to do and therefor decide not to go now, yet Egypt is not a war zone. I’d love to go back but then I know my experience in the country with Egyptians and knowing Arabic reasonably well give me confidence and an advantage. What is likely to be a problem now are the inconveniences of the country not operating very well and less efficiently than even before, huge traffic jams, people impatience (unusual for Egyptians), taking lots of time to get simple things done, etc.

Very little is functioning quite as it should yet the pyramids haven’t moved, the Nile still flows, museums still open. However, freely strolling about all parts of Cairo, Alexandria, etc. as one used to is not so advisable. A lot depends what kind of trip you plan or want to make.

Narrow minded much???