What is Egypt’s local currency and what is it really worth compared to foreign currencies like the US Dollar, Euro, or British Pound? What’s a fair price to pay for various products and services in Egypt? How much cash should you bring to Egypt… or should you at all? Is it safe to use credit and debit cards across Egypt? How common are ATMs that work with foreign cards? All of these questions and so many more are not only answered, but discussed in depth in this episode. This episode is also available on The Egypt Travel Video Podcast on The Egypt Travel & Culture Channel on YouTube. And a ..read more

Blindly following ChatGPT and new travel planning tools based on artificial intelligence (AI) might be ok for travel in places like North America and Western Europe, but this tactic can cause you to run into some big trouble on the ground in places like Egypt. In this episode, John reviews and talks through several Egypt itineraries that ChatGPT has spit out based on detailed prompts and explains what’s good about them, what won’t work for reasons ChatGPT can’t know, and what it tells you to do that’s downright dangerous. This is a good one! Enjoy. This episode is also available on The Egypt T ..read more

An announcement of the new video podcast episode that’s all about the latest updates on the Grand Egyptian Museum. The full video episode can be found at: https://YouTube.com/@DreamingOfEgypt And make sure you subscribe to this new YouTube channel, The Egypt Travel & Culture Channel – for more exclusive updates and new insider videos about travel to and around Egypt from John Navarre and The Egypt Travel Podcast. Episode Transcript Hi, everybody. It’s John Navarre here with… sort of a special announcement about an important announcement… or at least an important update.  I know that ..read more

Prolific travel writer and globetrotter, Whitney O’Halek of www.QuickWhitTravel.com, and I sit down over lunch in Luxor to chat about her impressions of Egypt before and during her extensive first trip around the country with her husband, Steve. Whitney’s insights and observations about traveling around Egypt are particularly helpful given that this was her 59th country visited. Visit www.QuickWhitTravel.com for all of Whitney’s detailed post-trip articles about traveling to and around Egypt in 2023. And please feel welcome to go to www.EgyptElite.com for help planning ..read more

Ashely and her father just finished spending over 3 weeks in Egypt exploring nearly every corner of the country together. In this super detailed guest interview episode, Ashley talks about her pre-trip research and planning, their impressions of each place they visited, what surprised her and her dad after they arrived in Egypt, and along the way she gives LOTS of insightful and very practical advice for anyone considering visiting Egypt in the near future. For more travel advice on trips to and around Egypt, check out all the other episodes of the Egypt Travel Podcast. And please feel welcome ..read more

Did you know that “Egypt” wasn’t the real name of this country in ancient times, and it still isn’t even in modern times? Nope, that’s one of the many misconceptions about the country we call Egypt today (Can a country actually catfish people?). What else do we think is true about Egypt but really isn’t? That’s what John reveals in this episode of The Egypt Travel Podcast – conceptions and misconceptions of both modern and ancient Egypt (or whatever it’s actually called… find out in this episode!). For more travel advice on trips to and around Egypt, check out all the other episodes of the Egy ..read more

No one in the West has quite the iconic stature that singer Umm Kulthum has across the Arab World. To compare her to only one of the most famous Western singers in history is to drastically underestimate her star power both in the past and in the present. In this culturally focused episode, John presents the legendary “Star of the East” – Umm Kulthum. For more travel advice on trips to and around Egypt, check out all the other episodes of the Egypt Travel Podcast. And please feel welcome to go to www.EgyptElite.com for help planning your trip to Egypt, and we’ll be delighted to help you make i ..read more

On the heels of Egypt’s latest globally televised cultural spectacle in Luxor for the opening of the Avenue of the Sphinxes, John dives into the history and significance of Egypt’s newest open-air monument to re-pen to the public. For more travel advice on trips to and around Egypt, check out all the other episodes of the Egypt Travel Podcast. And please feel welcome to go to www.EgyptElite.com for help planning your trip to Egypt, and we’ll be delighted to help you make it a reality. Jetset Media · The Avenue of the Sphinxes Episode 31 Transcript Hey, everybody. And marhaban bikum to another ..read more

In a departure from travel advice, John shares the history of the Rosetta Stone and story of the talented linguist whose rare genius was finally able to decipher the mysterious language of ancient Egypt via the clues embedded within the Rosetta Stone. For more travel advice on trips to and around Egypt, check out all the other episodes of the Egypt Travel Podcast. And please feel welcome to go to www.EgyptElite.com for help planning your trip to Egypt, and we’ll be delighted to help you make it a reality. Jetset Media · The Man Who Deciphered the Rosetta Stone Episode 30 Transcript The Man W ..read more

An announcement of the new video podcast episode that’s all about the latest updates on the Grand Egyptian Museum. The full video episode can be found at: https://YouTube.com/@DreamingOfEgypt And make sure you subscribe to this new YouTube channel, The Egypt Travel & Culture Channel – for more exclusive updates and new insider videos about travel to and around Egypt from John Navarre and The Egypt Travel Podcast. The post May/June 2023 GEM Updates appeared first on EgyptTravelBlog.com ..read more