In 1982, we visited Cairo for 3 days. A teeming, thriving, cosmopolitan city. The summer before, we spent R&R in Tunisia. (We were stationed in Saudi Arabia) Tunis was a beautiful city, and the resort where we stayed was a European vacation spot and as such was very cosmopolitan as well.
I wouldn’t set foot in either place now that the Muslim Brotherhood has taken over..
I was stationed in Germany in 1982. I saw a slide show with a family that had just returned from Cairo. They loved it. In the photos Egyptian women wore Western garb, hijabs were unknown. Said the camel drivers around the Pyramids were a little pushy but that was all.
Somewhat later my wife and I vacationed in Acapulco, then in Cancun. Wouldn’t go near either one now. There’s an old joke, but it now seems to apply:
“Why should I travel? I’m already here!”