After a stunning 4 hour drive across the Arabian Desert, we arrived in the luvly Hurghada......hmmmmm
First impressions....emm the words "building" and "site" spring to mind......
Kind of like a very unfinished Las Americas on Tenerife........really not our cup of tea. Never fails to amaze me how you can build purpose built resorts and get them so horribly wrong....oh well..
Appears to be an awfully lot of Russian people here, which makes interesting wrestling at meal times in the hotel buffet. The concept of waiting and queing or indeed general manners appears to be a big job.
Not much postitive to say about Hurghada really. Kris went diving today which was quite good, fairly cheap. only 40 euros for a day on the boat, lunch and 2 dives. It was extremely rough and we were both pretty quesy.
We are still trying to find some decent food of any discription, we are daft on oriental food and have tried some restaurants here but they were awful. Even the egyptian food is pretty bland and always very dry.
However the weather is always very hot, so we are bronzing nicely, which is good as we will be starting our doxycycline(antimalarials) soon(for travelling in east aafrica and s.e asia, and hope we are not unlucky enough to get sun sensitivity..
Internet cafes are very cheap, only 40p for an hour.
Currency is a bit mixed up, in our hotel they ask for us dollars for one thing, euros for another and local currency for other things....I mean make up your mind ! They will convert to local currency if asked.
On the plus side, the snorkling even from the beach outside the hotel is really good, lots to see so close to the shore. Food although not exactly fancy is pretty cheap