Upset tummy's are common among tourists because they tend to stick to foods they know and they have been pre-prepared whereas if the ate freshly cooked Egyptian food, they would be OK.

The stone throwing children are a fact of life in Egypt. Discipline is unfortunately lax and a group of women riding bikes would be a prime target. I doubt that this was a frequent occurrence though. Children shout and ask for backsheesh and will sometimes grab hold of the back of the bike to be pulled along but I have never witnessed anyone ever trying to push a cyclist off their bike. I think that the women involved probably panicked and wobbled on their bikes rather than the children pushing them off them.

It is sad they did not finish the ride because of ill-health. But as the man said, it was a challenge not a holiday. Any challenge takes a lot of preparation. It seems here that the preparation was lacking.

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Originally posted by Shareen:
Didnt you guys start a topic about cycling the Nile? Well, I was noseying around the net and I found this..... thought you might be interested
http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/bradford__district/keighley/news/KEIG_NEWS5.html

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Thanks Shareen for this. Yes I was interested in trying to organise something. My thought was that it should be in the cooler months but you still can't be sure these days that the temperature would not suddenly shoot up.
Preparation is always going to be the key to these challenges ..they are not holidays.

He cycled from John O'Groats to Lands end in 10 days. He encountered gales, rain, accidents,aching limbs,chills everything you can imagine. 20 started the bike ride and only him and one other finished.It was a total of about 900 miles.

He raised over 5000 pounds for his charity.

He could not walk for a week afterwards, but he said every single mile was worth it, to see the smile on the faces of the children he raised the money for,they would be going on holiday,made him forget all the pain he endured.

What a wonderful young man.