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Originally posted by wise_woman:
I have just read on internet that there will be a total solar eclipse on 29 March 2006 around 1230 hours local time. It said it can be seen from Libyan/Egyptian border.There are expensive holiday/eclipse packages costings thousands of pounds on sale already - all quoting "space is limited - book soon".
Being someone who buys last minute deals from ITV teletext, I dont think I'll be booking one of them.
One of the tours is taking eclipse tourists to the "seaside town of Sallum"
I do know Luxor and Cairo are not near Libyan border but I was wondering if the eclipse would be seen from either.
Cairo and Luxor are all I can afford.
Well you can take a bus to Salloom from Cairo the day of the eclipse and just watch it from there. That would cost you under LE 50! I am not sure but I guess eclipses are only partial except for very narrow trajectories, the last time (was it two years ago?) we got a very visible partial when the total was in eastern Syria.
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