Egypt Mail

[adrums1999]

I was on holiday in Egypt about 3 weeks ago, and during my time there I posted 6 postcards to my friends and family. None of which have arrived. Is Egyptian postage usually this slow?

[jno]

occasionally, yes. It's possible they may never arrive. The third world is like that sometimes. But they may just be in a train chugging round the outskirts of Cairo in search of a sorting office.

[VHG]

Did you give the postcards to the hotel clerk, and then give them money for the stamps and he / she was supposed to put the stamps on and post them??

If so they probably kept the money and threw the postcards ways.

This is a well known scam in some countries.

[coccinelle]

Something I do now when I go abroad is write out envelopes to those I send postcards to and pop the postcard in the envelope when on holiday. Letters seem to get to their destination whereas postcards don't!

[adrums1999]

No I posted them through a letterbox at the hotel.
Oh well I'll keep waiting... :o)