Egypt     Bring enough funds for your stay and your return journey, and ensure that if necessary you can arrange for extra funds to be sent to you       Check Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice before travelling.       Respect local laws and customs. Women should dress modestly. Drunkenness can lead to arrest.       Take care of your passport and valuables. Use hotel safes and be aware of pickpockets and bag snatchers as you should in any busy tourist area. The loss of your passport or money can take at least a week to rectify. Enter next of kin details into the back of your passport.       Visas. Tourist visas are valid for a stay of one month. You cannot leave Egypt with an out-of-date visa. Applications for extension should be made at the Passport and Immigration Office.       Customs. Certain valuables such as electrical equipment, video cameras, etc must be declared on arrival. Items noted in passports must be produced on exit from the country. Failure to do so will result in payment of high rates of customs duty.       Driving in Egypt? Driving conditions and habits are wholly different from those in Britain and extra care should be taken. Make sure you have valid local insurance. Observe speed limits and avoid driving on country roads at night.       Come prepared for the heat. This especially applies in Upper Egypt during the summer months. Guard against dehydration and excessive exposure to the sun – the consequences can be serious. Bottled mineral water is available locally.       Don’t come to Egypt without medical insurance. Make sure it covers the costs of local hospitalisation and medical repatriation to Britain.       Don’t get involved with drugs. Personal use is no excuse. Heavy sentences (including death in some cases) are applicable to all types of drugs offences. The minimum sentence for the illegal importation of drugs is 25 years imprisonment.       Don’t take photographs of, or near, military or other official installations. Don’t photograph individuals without their permission.     Don’t travel unescorted off the beaten track to areas not usually frequented by tourists.       Diving is popular. Follow internationally accepted pleasure dive limits and take advice; every year there are a few deaths among foreign visitors.