Category: ‘EG Egypt’

We’re making idle chatter with our hostess when a rather grumpy couple climb aboard the shuttle bus. An onslaught of arbitrary complaints follow in Dutch. We roll our eyes. Great … it´s going to be a long ride! Especially considering that Laguna Vista is nestled further up in Nabq, the new suburb of Sharm el Sheikh.

Perhaps sensing the rest of their travel companion’s desire to “let the holiday begin”, they eventually settle down and keep quiet.

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Picture it, day 10 of a tough two weeks in Egypt: tanning, swimming, eating far too much at the buffet, another beer, more sun, more tanning, more swimming… how much of this can you take??!! Time for a snorkel off the coast…  The day starts of with the usual routine - hurry-up and wait…

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The highlight of this year’s trip to Egypt was Cairo!

What an incredibly long and tiring day! But worth every minute of the tortuous journey. We were picked up at the hotel in Sharm el Sheikh at 1:00 am by a small bus (twenty seater) with 15 others. The only problem was that the little truck had no suspension! Combine this glaring oversight from Toyota with roads that are worse than in South Africa and our day was starting off not too well… Read the rest »

An Egyptian city, Sharm El Sheikh is located at the southern most tip of the Sinai Peninsula, which is on the coastal strip between the Red Sea and the beautiful Mount Sinai.

The city overlooks the Straits of Tiran, which are a set of narrow passages running between the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas. Unlike most of Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh has a wealth of greenery which sets it apart from the harsh desert surrounding it.

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Our RYA sailing course was cancelled at the last minute, so we booked a last minute trip to Hurghada on the Red Sea in Egypt. We snorkelled, scuba dived, quad biked and visited Luxor including Valley of the Kings and Karnak Temple.

This was the first “last-minute” all-in booking that we’ve made. And we can see what the fuss is about. We’d booked a week from 28/08 until 05/09 in 2006 through a Dutch online travel agency at the Hilton Hurghada Long Beach in Egypt. Read the rest »