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Book Review
by May Kay
Radnich
The Treasures and Pleasures of Egypt
Best of the Best in Travel and Shopping
An Impact Guide
$16.95
Ron and Caryl Krannich, Ph.Ds
Impact Publications
Manassas Park, Va.
Eisht-el-omrein! La Dolce Vita! The Good Life! If this is your
style of travel, complete with fine dining, five star hotels and
shopping ‘til you drop, then the Krannich’s have produced the
guide book for you.
While there are, as they indicate, many low-budget travel
guides out there, not only for Egypt but other destinations, their
goal with the Impact Guides is to provide information to the
traveler, based on the belief that travel is "more than just
another adventure in eating, sleeping, sightseeing and taking
pictures of unfamiliar places."
Although the antiquities and sights in Egypt are not ignored in
this book, not by any means, those treasures are not the main
topic. Instead, the Krannich’s cover the major destinations in
Egypt ( Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, Aswan and the Sinai) and give a
thorough of tour of the uniqueness of each area, including hotels,
restaurants, other activities and most of all, shopping. An entire
chapter is devoted to The Shopping Treasures of Egypt ~ all sorts
of items ranging from jewelry to applique’ work to perfumes and
beyond, that you can find in Egypt, suggesting the best places to
make your purchases and most importantly, how to get your
treasures home in one piece. A wide variety of restaurants are
also reviewed in each area, suitable to most any taste.
While I would not personally consider this my main guide to
Egypt, it is, however, without a doubt, a very well-organized and
useful guide in explaining some of the subtleties of travel in
Egypt. As the preface states:
Exciting Egypt offers a wonderful travel experience for
those who know what to look for, where to go, and how to
properly travel and shop its major destinations. We
discovered there is a lot more to "doing" Egypt
than the pyramids, tombs, temples, mosques, desert, sun
and beaches that often characterize Egypt’s travel
image. For us, Egypt is an important shopping destination
that yields unique arts, crafts, and jewelry as well as
good restaurants, hotels, entertainment and outdoor
sports. Egypt remains one of our favorite destinations.
Its people, products, sights, and sounds continue to
enrich our lives.
And I can’t argue with that assessment one bit!
TRAVEL PLANNING ON THE INTERNET
The Click and Easy Guide
$19.95
Ron and Caryl Krannich Ph.D.s
Another book published recently by the Krannich duo is The
Click & Easy Series, Travel Planning on the Internet. While
not specific to Egypt, this guide is an invaluable resource to
anyone planning their trips using the Internet as the primary
resource. This book provides the reader with information regarding
everything from key search engines and directories to foreign
language lessons, travel agents, tour operators, gateway travel
sites and communities (such as Tour Egypt) as well as thousands of
newsgroups and mailing lists.
A wealth of how-to for using the Internet, this guide opens up
the travel resources of the world wide web for all travelers,
regardless of price range or purpose.
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You can reach the Krannich’s at the following:
Drs. Ron and Caryl Krannich
9104 Manassas Dr., Suite N
Manassas Park, VA 20111
703-361-7300; FAX 703-335-9486
email: krannich@impactpublications.com
www.impactpublications.com
www.ishoparoundtheworld.com
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