Thanks for your replies. They'll help in my decision. Oh, I mistakenly said I was arriving Tue. morning. It's actually Mon. morning.

Newbie here arriving to Burning man on Tue morning. I'm asking for your opinion, would the area around 5:30 and Istanbul be too far away from the action? I had arranged to camp with others there, but now a friend is telling me that that is way out in Bumfuck Egypt. Would you flake on them to be near...