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Last time I passed that road in the spring, the dilapidated gas station near the cafeteria at the halfway point (around km 180) on the Cairo - Bahariya stretch was being renovated, it appeared that it will open for business again. Anyone having passed more recently can confirm this ?
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Last time I passed that road in the spring, the dilapidated gas station near the cafeteria at the halfway point (around km 180) on the Cairo - Bahariya stretch was being renovated, it appeared that it will open for business again. Anyone having passed more recently can confirm this ?

This would be a good news.

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I just had a mail from a person from Bahariya and he confirmed that:

" There is a fuel station on the road from Cairo to Bahariya after 185 kilometres from Cairo close to the Rest house".

I suppose it's the same you mentioned, so it means that meanwhile it's opened.
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Roads

Does anybody know what the Roads are like on this route ?
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Good quality tarmac all the way (except for the odd 2-3 km stretch where roadworks/resurfacing is being done, which is perpetual at some point given the more than 1000 km overall distance).
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Would you recomend this route from Cairo-Luxor over the others, We are headed to Cape Town and I was wondering which route would be best, from the tourist point of view.
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On the road from Cairo to Luxor, along th Nile, you must travel in police convoy. And I don't think it's a good tourist experience. A friend of mine who was there last year said that these convoys seem like "the most crazy race of the world".
Along the Golf of Suez, convoy from Hurghada to Luxor.
Then you can't avoid convoy from Luxor down to Aswan and Abu Simbel.
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