Good on you Paul, are you also going to Saloum?
An eclips can be a quite emotional event, but the only lyrics I usually produce is a loud "Filters, filters!". You would be surpised how many people forget to take their solar filters off even when they stand right next to me.
The reason why I go to Egypt is that the weather prospects are much better, although it never will be guaranteed. I'm going with a group, it costed me 1850 Euro's plus AUD 1800 for the flight. The latter amount would have been spent anyway because of a family visit.
Cheers,