I hung around Dahab for a month, did some divemastering and did a couple DSDs. I was told if you fly into the Sinai (Sharm el Sheik et cetera) from outside the country, the tourist visa you receive is only good for the Sinai, so, you maybe unable to travel to Cairo, the Nile ect.
If you fly into Cairo, you buy your visa sticker from the money exchange guy before going through immigration/customs, $15USD, better to google info that applies to UK citizens.
I flew into the country via Cairo, travelled the Sinai, crossed the boarder into Eilat Isreal, then back into the Sinair (Dahab for a month) then back to Cairo. When I was flying out of Cairo, I was stopped by a customs/immigration youngster:no, I am sure the re-entry stamp into the Sinai was a perceived as a problem, however, the senior customs guy okayed my departure
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I remember at the Egypt-Eilat crossing, reading a sign in english :11:, you needed to inform the Egyptian customs officer :1poke: on departure to ask for a re-entry stamp so you could return on the same original entry visa.
I do not remember how long tourist visas are valid. You can do a trip to the visa office and get it renewed if need be, the office is supposedly located on west side of the Sinai on the way to Suez and will burn a day, groups of expats gang together and do a visa run when necessary, or you could travel to Eilat and Petra once.
Once to get to Dahab, the brit expats will inform you about everything you need to know, just ask, it may cost you a beer, though.:shelli:
cheers for the reply i shall take on board your advice. How long were you out there?? im not sure about getting visas sorted etc?
