16th July 2008, 12:36 AM
By the way Drwad I used Thomas Cook in the v early 1980s to go to Eygypt I went via Sudan Air which I think had the worst accident record in the whole of world history and as a passenger I was asked to help winch the undercarriage down on arrival in chiroe. Then on the way back Sadat got shot and the airport was closed and I had to spend four days in chiroe hilton drinking double vodkas and tonic and eating a rather nice and extensive buffet breakfast before going round the corner to the chiroe museum to stare at the fly collections in most of the mummy cabinets. Evenings I spent in Heliopolis, a culturaly nocturnal centre for eastern euorpean women studying belly dancing. Later in my career I took the opportunity, with mixed feelings, to book my own flights.