Heads-Up: How To Make Horse-Friendly Choices in Egypt

And one key site to avoid.

Photo from Hermione’s Knapsack.

“I’ll give you another $200,” said the Egyptian tour guide to the horse cart drivers at Edfu. “But on a condition: you don’t whip the horses.”

The situation at the Temple of Horus in Edfu in is unique in two ways. One, the local carriage drivers have mafia-style monopolised the route from the cruise…