Next time I will only go to this hotel.

Written: 21 april 2010
Travel time: 27 march — 3 april 2010
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I came from vacation 3 weeks ago, and to look at all this dullness, and at the same time understand that reality is here and not there, there is simply no strength or desire. In general, the hotel, in my opinion, will have 5 stars in the future, after the access alley and the restaurant are completed (it is not clear whether the reconstruction or construction is there), perhaps some other little things, such as paths and separate sections of the beach. Nutrition for my taste is better complicated: simple and, most importantly, fresh food. One day there was Arabic cuisine (in parallel with traditional European) for an amateur, I must admit, Arabic dishes. A huge selection of cakes, puffs, rolls, in general, pastries are very tasty, vegetables for every taste, both fresh, and stewed, and on the grill, 2 or 3 days right in front of the restaurant they fried barbecue (pork, liver, lamb, beef, squid) every day seafood and fruits (bananas, guava, dates, oranges, a couple of times there were peaches), as for fruits, they had to be taken in time : ), because some of our fellow citizens collected 3 plates each, so that it was EXACTLY enough. In general, some vacationers were the only annoying factor, and nationality, when it comes to grub, does not matter, the shamelessness of some individuals was simply amazing. Sometimes during dinner there were not enough places in the restaurant, and the administrator explained very culturally that you can sit in the bar for 5-10 minutes. It seemed to revolt the people, but as for me - this is a good opportunity to drink a cocktail. The alcohol component of the cocktail is locally produced, but I did not notice any difference from the cocktails that are made in the clubs of Kyiv. Before leaving, they scared me very much with the possibility of poisoning - so I, and my friends (the three of us traveled), did not have such pleasure. The main thing is not to drink tap water and brush your teeth with bottled water (1 liter per person is left in the room after cleaning every day). They clean it up every day. The room they gave us was just huge and no broken furniture, as someone wrote in the review. True, when we checked in, we gave $ 10, perhaps this is the reason. In general, these things - $ work wonders. The waiter in the restaurant, too, if you feed, then you will always have drinks even before you have time to sit down at the table, and our boy even occupied the table for us : )
The room has a free safe, so lying on the beach worry about the fate of video cameras, phones, money, etc. left in the room. didn't have to. Regarding the beach - just super, someone wrote that they don't clean it - don't believe it, the cleanliness is just perfect. Cleaned throughout the day, starting at 7.30 in the morning, there is an urn and an ashtray near each umbrella. There is a coral reef on the beach, of course, not as beautiful as in Sharma or near the island (which you can go with an excursion - I highly recommend), but there is something to see - you just need to swim to the 3rd reef (it is the most extreme). Near the pantone, right from the bridge, you can see an octopus and a stingray and parrot fish, you don’t even need to swim anywhere, but on the canopy (above the steps) there is a nest of eagles!! ! we even managed to film how they fed the chicks with fish. The bar on the beach has its own nuances - it is better to go there with a male representative, the bartender, apparently, does not perceive women, or perceives them selectively. I had no problems, but my friend, he spoiled the mood. In general, if it is possible to communicate in any language other than Russian, then you will have additional "benefits" : )
Win surfing is a special thanks to the guys from the aqua center Mukhamed and Bora, they are simply the best, I was on the board for the first time, but not the last time, and without this entertainment, I think the rest would not have taken place. Sun, wind, sea and SAIL.....

Separately, about excursions - we went to Luxor and on a "water" walk. When traveling not with a tour operator, it is necessary to order dry rations at the reception desk (not from the guide) in the evening. We bought an excursion to Luxor in Hurghada (not from a tour operator) - well, cheaper by $ 20, but there are some nuances. You are driven through the desert at night with the lights off and the curtains closed - the sight is of course amazing, the feeling is as if you are on another planet, and the moon is just 2 times larger than usual, black mountains hang right over the road, the gray earth is magic; there is simply no sense of reality. But as the locals later told us, they do not have a license - therefore, such ciphers with a lack of light and curtains, and there is another danger Hurghada is "not friends" with Luxor, the tour operator has paramilitary guards during "night" trips !! ! But there is also +++ you come still in the cool and to the "Valley of the Queens" and to the "singing colossi" - we were the first, there were no people yet, the colossi could be photographed normally, plus with still relative coolness (at 11.30 in the afternoon) we walked around Karnaak, at 2 pm, I think the sensations would be even hotter)))
Water excursion - also not with a tour operator, bought on the beach from Bibu, you can say that he got us, but I'm glad about it. We had 6 people on the boat, and the tour operator fills 20-30 people from all the hotels on the south coast, a mask, snorkel and flippers are included in the price of the tour. First we were taken to the island (white sand and completely blue water, even the sky looks dull against its background), we swam there for about 30 minutes, and then swam to the reefs: we dived 4 times. Of course, there is something to see there, flocks of all kinds of fish, moray eels, a Napoleon fish the size of me. After such magnificence, the reef on the beach is no longer interesting.
In general, I've been "screwing up" for 3 weeks already and making plans for the next trip to PARADISE : )
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