African Safari Club, M.S. Da Vinci Review

My husband and I,were really looking forward to this holiday and had spoken to a friend befor going who had gone on the same boat last year.We knew it would be quite hectic,with all the excursions but we were prepared for that.

The boat is lovely and the staff too.Egypt is awesome and somewhere everyone should see.

But the unfortunate thing was that after two days,every other passenger was suffering with violent diarrhea,some vomitting aswell.My husband was really ill for three days,quite worrying at one stage as he was burning up but shivering,very unreal when you in temps of 46degrees.

We had to miss a couple of days excursions as he couldnt even keep the soup down.

Reception were giving out tablets like boots the chemist as our english remedies did not help at all.

I starved as much as possible,for fear it was the food,which I have to admit wasnt great.

But towards the end I succumbed to hunger and ate little,salad,bread and a small amount of meat.Holy moses,what a mistake.I have now been back two weeks and I think I'm melting.Have been off work now for two weeks,cant keep any food in,gravity is too strong.Have submitted a sample to the hospital and am awaiting results.

ASC,read my return survey and sent me a email,saying that an unusual amount of passengers had this problem during the week,but it was due to the extremely high temps they were having,and not the food.At no point did anyone request to see a doctor,no because they were busy giving out tablets without him.My husband asked for a doctor on the third day but was given yet more pills to try.The restaurant manager was very good,he jokingly took my husbands pulse everyday to check he was still alive,maybe he is a doctor.

Well I'm sorry but I would love to recommend this trip but I have to be honest,yes its a fantastic place and the boat is excellent,but unless you can eat in the macdonalds in luxor ,which we didnt get,I think you would be better off

Might just have been a bad week.Ps did howard carter die of the trots?I did go in tuts tomb