For those of you who want to know to get the six months tourist visa you need to go to the Mogamma office which is in Downtown Cairo directly outside of the Sadaf metro station. They close at 3.30 so its best to arrive early because you will have to fill in a form and come back two hours later to pick up the visa.(the Egyptian mesuem is close by if your stuck for things to do for two hours or you could go to the Hilton for beer and shisha). It costs 11 le and you need to bring passport size photos and a copy of your id page from passport and a copy of your entry visa page of your passport and of course your actual passport.
So I got my 6 month visa last week and I didnt get fined for being late cos of the Eid holidays etc and i think there is a ten day grace period anyway.
But I am going home tomorrow for ten days so does anyone know if its valid still if I leave the country and do I still need to queu at the airport to get an entry visa when I return?