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Originally posted by Helo:
The last question is how much is the bus from Cairo to Alex? How long does the trip take?
Thanx in advance
I believe the bus was 23LE and it takes around 2 hours. Superjet goes to Alexandria too, and in general there should be a bus to Alex, every half hours or something. The Ramses station ares in Cairo is total nightmare though, have absolutely no idea how you'd be able to find anything at all there 
). Though in Alex railway station we were helped greatly by an old man who always approached us and almost took us by hand to the correct ticket office. Maybe they make their living by that way (you give a pound or something, usually).
There are also trains to Alex, some stop everywhere and take longer time, the one I took from Alex to Cairo was said to be the speediest and the creme of all trains in Egypt (do not expect an Orient Express though and in 1st class the ticket was 34LE I believe, and seats were wide and the view from windows was really nice, on lush rice fields, donkeys drinking, children playing and all very green all the time. You need to book at least a day before though, because it runs only twice a day, morning and evening, and is very popular, or at least 1st class. Travewl time about 2 hours 20 minutes.
BTW my monster thread on Alex and prices there is here: http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/Forum1/HTML/002545.html
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