I traveled to Egypt during a short lull in the revolution (early 2011) and couldn't get over the state of tourism then - I can't imagine how desperate it's gott

I traveled to Egypt during a short lull in the revolution (early 2011) and couldn't get over the state of tourism then - I can't imagine how desperate it's gotten nowadays. From the moment we left our hotel room we were incessantly harassed by vendors hawking everything from taxis to fake artifacts. Sometimes there would be a dozen of them surrounding my family stopping us from moving. I have a very thick skin having traveled widely, but it got to a point where we couldn't wait to get out of Egypt!