Hmm, I was just contemplating a Red Sea trip (specifically Dahab because it fell off my itinerary last year due to bombings in the area).

Ah well. Guess Egyptian vacations will be even cheaper now.

interesting that the bomber(s) targeted a mainly locals area during a holiday.

and i should point out that the google ads on this page are offering me "Deals for Dahab! Pay Less for Travel!"

rather ironic, no?

Dr Doug

Yes, interesting and I think indicative.

Re Dahab, nice place really - quite a queer mix of people. The fairly pious with the unpious.

Well, if one has a stomach for an Egypt visit, it should be cheap as hell, and visiting Dahab quite safe.

However, I do think the security situ in Egypt is clearly degrading.

Not up on the latest permutations of ideological Egyptian-Islamist religio-xenophobia, and local vacation practices, so can anyone enlighten me on the possibility of an association with Coptic Easter?

"0" being totally irrelevant and 10 being "the sole major reason" for the time and place.

perhaps the bombers thought they were in Dar Fur? i mean, Dahab and Dar Fur... they both start with "Da" (when transliterated etc etc)!

on a more serious note, security in Egypt has gone nowhere but downhill since 2000. i wonder who will turn out to be the brains behind this and who will turn out to be the human explosive carriers (HEC). I'm guessing the HEC's will be Egyptians. Bets on who will be accused of planning the attack?

eh. more worried about the traffic in Cairo, frankly.

From a personal point of view or as an indication of the regime?

The first, while fun to write about, was not in question as I frankly could care less if you get run over or not (although certainly I suppose I might feel twinge of regret, but such is the nature of online interaction).

The second, well, that has a more abstract interest.

thanks, i love you too big guy.

as for the traffic as an indictment of the regime, I suppose it would be the tip of the iceberg. actually it may well be a problem without a solution.

Oh don't get all whingey on me.

But being a long-time bomb scoffer, I understand the personal angle, but wanted to focus on the larger question.

Strikes me there is a real problem in the Sinia - although I suppose Pharoah might be quite willing to let some people in Dahab go boom to distract from the Alexandrine problems.