Japanese-Egyptian team hunting for new tomb at Giza

[Byrd]

Your story is exactly the same as what one of my co-workers has told me, practically word for word. She said she was constantly harrassed and it totally spoilt the whole experience. I could never afford it anyway to be honest. My holiday consist of 4 days at Butlins, Minehead.

Depends on the tour.  We had a very different experience with Archaeological Paths Tours... the tour guide kept most of the vendors from us.  When the bus stopped, the guide got off and said he'd take one thing from each vendor, offer it to the bus, and if we didn't want it...then that was that.  When one of the drivers tried to shake us up for more money, we simply told the guide and he told that driver to leave and that he wasn't going to get another contract with the tour group.

I hope you'll get a chance to go someday and that you'll get a good guide and group.