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«ROTANA CORAL BEACH» April 6-27.2012 1 day We flew to URAL-AVIA, departure 14.35, but a little delayed, A321 (180 people) - two toilets for the entire cabin, the whole of Turkey flew in turbulence, the toilets were closed....Arrived in the evening at 18.30, visa-customs-border, arrived at the hotel around nine in the evening (local time), settled in 5-10 minutes, room 2416 - a quick shower, and for dinner - - 21.20, of course a little late. dinner until 22.00 - the choice on the balance is not very good, but we are not the first time, so the serverat from Russia and the DME dutik did not allow to spoil the impression. And so, a light dinner and a walk - a survey of the territory, a promenade to the sea, lanterns, a warm wind, the sound of the sea --- POSITIVE !! ! We got to the cafe AL Zazi (on the territory of the hotel), as we were told - there is a whole party in the evening - shows, shmantsy dances, hookah, etc. until morning. But we got a little tired from the road, went in, looked at the situation --- sunbeds, tables with hookahs, pillows, everything is as it should be, okay, we’ll go tomorrow... We still have 21 days ahead, we’ll do everything in time...
Day 2 I woke up at about 6.00....Tanya was sleeping, wearing shorts, crosses, and from left to right along the entire coast of the hotel, that is, along the beach. EVERYTHING as promised on the site - the beach is 1200 meters, with lagoons bends - the tide is strong at night, wet sand 5-6 meters from the sea line - the jellyfish that did not have time to swim away with the ebb blur on the sand....Breakfast - like everywhere an omelet-fried sausage-sausage - melon - orange, coffee (very much nothing from the coffee machine), and to the sea..... The beach, if facing the sea, on the left - two excavators are digging and dumping an artificial spit into the sea, there are already 500-600 meters, so when everything is finished, I hope it will be very good... In the meantime, only the big one is developed - the right half of the beach, the pier - here it is the main entry into the sea, to the reefs, they are there both to the right of the pier and to the left , and straight ---- SHORT EVERYWHERE... went into the sea from the pier, and left and left with a mask rounded two lagoons, from reef to reef, BEAUTY....Of course, it’s not to say that = no human foot has set foot here = but everything is pretty decent... and corals and fish... Lunch at 12.30 and again to the sea....At about three o'clock we see smoke in the reception area - black, thick, tires are also burning, then whiter and there is no smoke. As it turned out, there was no smoke and there was no more AL Zazi cafe, the coal from the hookah did its job, everything burned out and quickly (carpets, mats, pillows, curtains - everything was dry like straw). Only the frame remained, it was wrapped in burlap so that it would not spoil the overall look. So we didn’t get to this cafe... Dinner from 18.30 - there is enough food, but tourists are still in a hurry and fuss, they are afraid not to have time... to eat... But, if something is over, he showed the cook for 2-5 minutes, and served a new dressing , and you are the first, because the people ran away in search of food. In some ways, it resembles hunting or even picking mushrooms, and now all the searches are over, and the lucky ones sit down to eat. The waiters themselves come up, take an order for alcohol, drank, called - they bring a repeat quickly, but you can immediately order a double. The restaurant and the lobby bar serve drinks in glass, the beach bar and the pool bar in plastic, they pour normally, they are not greedy. There is a cocktail menu with 5-8 names to choose from. IT IS DIFFICULT TO STAY SOBER
Day 3 Since we were going to the sea, snorkeling corals and beautiful fish, we spend most of our time on the beach, an hour and a half with a mask near the corals and to the bar - a couple of drinks, fanta and on a sun lounger, half an hour in the shade and again into the water . Dinner. Evening. At the reception, order a taxi to CLEOPATRA, a shopping center with fixed prices (I don’t really like bargaining) opposite Aladdin - $ 6 round trip. He brought a Mitsubishi Lancer, at the same place two hours later for us, so that he would come … he arrived even earlier, we are approaching, he is already standing and waiting. Everything is ok, we bought souvenirs as gifts, every little thing, everything we wanted.
Day 4 Everything according to plan… sea-sun-beach…. For gluttons: - all kinds of food and a lot of --- chicken, beef, turkey - boiled, stewed, grilled, and so on pieces with vegetables... oranges, grapefruit, melon, bananas are small... there are a lot of cakes... tomato, cucumber, lettuce and pepper (I don’t take ready-made dressed salads), side dishes of mashed potatoes, fryushka, so baked potatoes in foil, well, rice and spaghetti and pasta, and that multi-vegetable stew………. . SHORT YOU WON’T DIE of hunger….
Today, 09.04, we signed up for a free bus for 19 hours to Hurghada at the Sheraton, not for shopping, but to wander around, fight off sellers, although we might buy something unnecessary. Yes, maybe we’ll buy a local SIM card Vogafon, let’s see what the tariffs for Russia are there... Now on 15.10 let’s go for a dip, tomorrow I will continue the story... chronology of events. We leave for a swim - I leave my laptop on a sun lounger - until it disappears, and so far nothing has been heard about theft, neither about towels, nor about money. Two days after I took off the bracelet, it lies in the room, they don’t ask anywhere, the whole hotel is on the same system - why bother with them at all ???
Day 5 Yesterday we drove to Hurghada, brought to the RAMSES shop, didn’t buy anything in it, left the alley to Sharaton, and immediately to the right CLEOPATRA - four floors, walked back and forth, found a souvenir we were looking for - “a boy with a finger” , yet not every store has such....Well, still, they made fun of street vendors. In Cleopatra they bought a VOGAFON SIM card - (10 dollars = 59 pounds), a SIM card and 49.15 pounds on the account, a minute to Russia 1.99 pounds = somewhere around 10 rubles, so this is 25 minutes of conversation for 300 rubles, very acceptable... Clouds have come in today, the temperature is +28 and the wind has appeared, the time is 8.33 bar is still closed, I will go to the pier to dive, perhaps because of the wind and the water will not be very good, although in December we swam - nothing, we are alive...
The water is cold but tolerable. Rain is a rather rare phenomenon for Egypt, but we were also lucky - we witnessed a drizzle for 10-15 minutes. Clouds caught up, in short, after three hours, people from the beach reached out to the rooms and the lobby bar... Day 6 Long swimming, made itself felt - water in the ear, plus the wind, and the ear became inflamed. Vatka-spray-asterisk, all this was caulked into the ear, and we decided to spend the day by the pool. There are tourists who do not even enter the sea, they spend their entire vacation in the pools. Yes, here's another, a hotel guide from Coral Travel - call HENIE (in Russian he speaks and understands very well). For the first time I see this - I met him upon arrival, explained where and what, if there are any questions - please contact me. NO EXCURSIONS, I already asked about the tours myself, gave the price list - look, if you want something - come. We decided not to go to the beginning of lunch at 12.30, we will check what will be left at 14.00, lunch until 15.00. The people in the reviews wrote - who comes late, or something is missing, we will check... We had lunch after 14.00 - everything was enough, so you can not rush to the opening. The first wave also went to dinner after 20.00, it left at 18.30, so everything was without fuss and hustle.
Day 7 Well, that's one third of our holiday is over. The wind is strong, the wave, at 8.30 it’s kind of cool, they hung out a black flag - but I think waterfowl will climb into the sea, so today we intend to inspect the reefs in a strong wave, we’ll swallow some water - in a big wave it fills through the pipe.
Day 8 It's already hot in the morning - no wind, by noon + 34, water + 25, almost calm, a long swim from the pier to the left - beauty, I met a slope, small, with purple spots, well, as it should be, all sorts of colorful fish, in general - the territory - The area has been inspected. The food is not tired yet, there is some variety, so everything is normal. Animation in the evenings is a standard program, but here, the invited artists are a pretty good level of performances.
Day 9 Without any special adventures, everything is ordinary, breakfast-lunch-dinner, with a break for swimming...
Day 10 The sea is still calm, I went for a swim from the pier, went out at the second lagoon, in shallow water, I stomp, and I see something white in the water with black stripes-rings, 25-35 centimeters, and as it were bent into mine side, and alive. Stop. I stand and look. I think this is a sea snake, sort of like I saw it somewhere. Well, bypassed the side, and swam on. And the same, only small 5-7 cm, and as thick as a pencil, or even thinner, I saw among the reefs earlier, and now I apparently saw their mother. I'll come home, look in the internet for what kind of animal I met, and how dangerous IT is... Tomorrow I plan to buy a soft box for a digital camera, and start underwater filming. Day 11 Yesterday we again went from the hotel to the Sharaton, for shopping. I bought a soft box for a digital camera, DiCAPAC made in Korea (200 pounds), I wanted to check it today, but the wind is very strong, we'll try it in the afternoon, at least without video - so pictures. We also bought watches, almost real OMEGA and CK, men's and women's, respectively, for $ 10, both exclusive. We bought EVA moisturizing creams, in Cleopatra - the first floor - grocery and a little hygiene, prices are not higher than in Moscow or even lower by something. Well, again - plates, an ashtray, towels, etc. - gift-souvenirs.
Day 12 We woke up a little late, around 8 am, the wind was a little quieter, a couple of swims, and for lunch. A trip to Hurghada, during the day... a little away from the main street (and by the way, it’s not very comfortable on it either) and that’s all....Ruin. Landfills. Ruin. In the light of the sun, everything that is in the lights and garlands of advertising at night does not look so beautiful and attractive. So the best time for shopping and walking is when it gets dark.
Day 13 By noon the wind had almost subsided, we were doing underwater photography. We booked a boat trip for tomorrow, like a paradise island.
Day 14 I woke up around seven, outside the window it was not like the wind, almost a hurricane. I called and canceled the tour. We had breakfast, dressed in pants, walked around the territory, apparently today will be a home day.
Day 15 The weather improved, we ordered again - Paradise Island - $ 20 per person. Day 16 Wake up at 6.30, departure at 8.00 sea excursion "PARADISE ISLAND". Stop at sea No. 1 - the reefs are so-so, the cow swam twice, there are few fish, a lot of people, and even scuba divers - test dives. Stop number 2, the same thing, but without a cow... lunch on a yacht, they took 0.5 rum with them. Landing on the PARADAISE island, the beach is fine sand, this is the only plus, and that's it, there are few fish, there are no reefs, for those who relax in city hotels, this is of course PARADISE ISLAND, but our beach is cooler, there is not even a tenth of what there is in ROTANE... So, a boat trip, purely on a yacht and by sea, and 40 for two, I can’t give more pluses, there’s nothing...
Day 17 Beach, sun. Shooting underwater, everything is as usual. We had supper at 19.30, there were no places, we sat down with a couple of Germans. Husband - red wine, frau - pink, Tanya - white, I - ouzo, and the dialogue turned out, Russian-English-German gestures, and everyone understands who is from where and everything else...
Day 18 The people increased, they began to occupy sun loungers with towels from early morning and come closer to dinner. The wind is normal, to the beach, in the evening by bus, to Cleopatra - to buy more gifts.
Day 19 A bit windy, wave. Two swims before lunch without a mask, after lunch with a mask. I caught a stingray - at the bottom, buried in the sand, if he hadn’t moved his eyes, I would have swam by, I wouldn’t have noticed. The purple dots are almost invisible, 50/50 pancake, but it's still not very large. This place is to the right of the pier, 50-70 meters, I have already met him there, but the last time he lay under the coral, in ambush.
Day 20 Packing suitcases - where do so many things come from !! ! We arrived, everything fit, now we have to increase the height of the case. The weather is wonderful, there is almost no wind, farewell swims, cocktails, 21 days Late rise, breakfast, final preparations and at the reception. The keys were handed over, the bracelets were left - eat to your health, the bus is only at 16.10 - the departure is 19.40. flight was delayed by two hours. We went shopping, and did not hear about the beginning of registration (before the announced two hours), in short, I see some kind of movement, I go to find out, and we are the two remaining passengers, they were already going to look for us. Boarding tickets were torn off, on the bus and on board, so the flight was not delayed because of us. At 4.30 Moscow time, hello homeland and Domodedovo… The beach and coral reefs are by far the best I have seen in Hurghada…
The staff, for four, without rudeness, but also without fawning. But sometimes a tip in a restaurant to the waiter and bartender, and you immediately, for them - a friend and respected person.
Food, also, four - normal, without frills.
Room (2416) for the standard, very large, everything worked and closed.
I didn’t hear anything about theft (we didn’t miss anything).
On the beach, the sellers of everything do not get it, and they are not there, only their hotel rooms, they will circle around for a couple of days and fall behind.
The hotel area is very large, though not well-groomed in some places, but the landscaping work is going on and quite quickly.
Alternatively, you can come here a second time, but perhaps to the neighboring HILTON, there is also a beach more than a kilometer and reefs.
In short, the vacation was a success. What do you want !!!! !
Day 2 I woke up at about 6.00....Tanya was sleeping, wearing shorts, crosses, and from left to right along the entire coast of the hotel, that is, along the beach. EVERYTHING as promised on the site - the beach is 1200 meters, with lagoons bends - the tide is strong at night, wet sand 5-6 meters from the sea line - the jellyfish that did not have time to swim away with the ebb blur on the sand....Breakfast - like everywhere an omelet-fried sausage-sausage - melon - orange, coffee (very much nothing from the coffee machine), and to the sea..... The beach, if facing the sea, on the left - two excavators are digging and dumping an artificial spit into the sea, there are already 500-600 meters, so when everything is finished, I hope it will be very good... In the meantime, only the big one is developed - the right half of the beach, the pier - here it is the main entry into the sea, to the reefs, they are there both to the right of the pier and to the left , and straight ---- SHORT EVERYWHERE... went into the sea from the pier, and left and left with a mask rounded two lagoons, from reef to reef, BEAUTY....Of course, it’s not to say that = no human foot has set foot here = but everything is pretty decent... and corals and fish... Lunch at 12.30 and again to the sea....At about three o'clock we see smoke in the reception area - black, thick, tires are also burning, then whiter and there is no smoke. As it turned out, there was no smoke and there was no more AL Zazi cafe, the coal from the hookah did its job, everything burned out and quickly (carpets, mats, pillows, curtains - everything was dry like straw). Only the frame remained, it was wrapped in burlap so that it would not spoil the overall look. So we didn’t get to this cafe... Dinner from 18.30 - there is enough food, but tourists are still in a hurry and fuss, they are afraid not to have time... to eat... But, if something is over, he showed the cook for 2-5 minutes, and served a new dressing , and you are the first, because the people ran away in search of food. In some ways, it resembles hunting or even picking mushrooms, and now all the searches are over, and the lucky ones sit down to eat. The waiters themselves come up, take an order for alcohol, drank, called - they bring a repeat quickly, but you can immediately order a double. The restaurant and the lobby bar serve drinks in glass, the beach bar and the pool bar in plastic, they pour normally, they are not greedy. There is a cocktail menu with 5-8 names to choose from. IT IS DIFFICULT TO STAY SOBER
Day 3 Since we were going to the sea, snorkeling corals and beautiful fish, we spend most of our time on the beach, an hour and a half with a mask near the corals and to the bar - a couple of drinks, fanta and on a sun lounger, half an hour in the shade and again into the water . Dinner. Evening. At the reception, order a taxi to CLEOPATRA, a shopping center with fixed prices (I don’t really like bargaining) opposite Aladdin - $ 6 round trip. He brought a Mitsubishi Lancer, at the same place two hours later for us, so that he would come … he arrived even earlier, we are approaching, he is already standing and waiting. Everything is ok, we bought souvenirs as gifts, every little thing, everything we wanted.
Day 4 Everything according to plan… sea-sun-beach…. For gluttons: - all kinds of food and a lot of --- chicken, beef, turkey - boiled, stewed, grilled, and so on pieces with vegetables... oranges, grapefruit, melon, bananas are small... there are a lot of cakes... tomato, cucumber, lettuce and pepper (I don’t take ready-made dressed salads), side dishes of mashed potatoes, fryushka, so baked potatoes in foil, well, rice and spaghetti and pasta, and that multi-vegetable stew………. . SHORT YOU WON’T DIE of hunger….
Today, 09.04, we signed up for a free bus for 19 hours to Hurghada at the Sheraton, not for shopping, but to wander around, fight off sellers, although we might buy something unnecessary. Yes, maybe we’ll buy a local SIM card Vogafon, let’s see what the tariffs for Russia are there... Now on 15.10 let’s go for a dip, tomorrow I will continue the story... chronology of events. We leave for a swim - I leave my laptop on a sun lounger - until it disappears, and so far nothing has been heard about theft, neither about towels, nor about money. Two days after I took off the bracelet, it lies in the room, they don’t ask anywhere, the whole hotel is on the same system - why bother with them at all ???
Day 5 Yesterday we drove to Hurghada, brought to the RAMSES shop, didn’t buy anything in it, left the alley to Sharaton, and immediately to the right CLEOPATRA - four floors, walked back and forth, found a souvenir we were looking for - “a boy with a finger” , yet not every store has such....Well, still, they made fun of street vendors. In Cleopatra they bought a VOGAFON SIM card - (10 dollars = 59 pounds), a SIM card and 49.15 pounds on the account, a minute to Russia 1.99 pounds = somewhere around 10 rubles, so this is 25 minutes of conversation for 300 rubles, very acceptable... Clouds have come in today, the temperature is +28 and the wind has appeared, the time is 8.33 bar is still closed, I will go to the pier to dive, perhaps because of the wind and the water will not be very good, although in December we swam - nothing, we are alive...
The water is cold but tolerable. Rain is a rather rare phenomenon for Egypt, but we were also lucky - we witnessed a drizzle for 10-15 minutes. Clouds caught up, in short, after three hours, people from the beach reached out to the rooms and the lobby bar... Day 6 Long swimming, made itself felt - water in the ear, plus the wind, and the ear became inflamed. Vatka-spray-asterisk, all this was caulked into the ear, and we decided to spend the day by the pool. There are tourists who do not even enter the sea, they spend their entire vacation in the pools. Yes, here's another, a hotel guide from Coral Travel - call HENIE (in Russian he speaks and understands very well). For the first time I see this - I met him upon arrival, explained where and what, if there are any questions - please contact me. NO EXCURSIONS, I already asked about the tours myself, gave the price list - look, if you want something - come. We decided not to go to the beginning of lunch at 12.30, we will check what will be left at 14.00, lunch until 15.00. The people in the reviews wrote - who comes late, or something is missing, we will check... We had lunch after 14.00 - everything was enough, so you can not rush to the opening. The first wave also went to dinner after 20.00, it left at 18.30, so everything was without fuss and hustle.
Day 7 Well, that's one third of our holiday is over. The wind is strong, the wave, at 8.30 it’s kind of cool, they hung out a black flag - but I think waterfowl will climb into the sea, so today we intend to inspect the reefs in a strong wave, we’ll swallow some water - in a big wave it fills through the pipe.
Day 8 It's already hot in the morning - no wind, by noon + 34, water + 25, almost calm, a long swim from the pier to the left - beauty, I met a slope, small, with purple spots, well, as it should be, all sorts of colorful fish, in general - the territory - The area has been inspected. The food is not tired yet, there is some variety, so everything is normal. Animation in the evenings is a standard program, but here, the invited artists are a pretty good level of performances.
Day 9 Without any special adventures, everything is ordinary, breakfast-lunch-dinner, with a break for swimming...
Day 10 The sea is still calm, I went for a swim from the pier, went out at the second lagoon, in shallow water, I stomp, and I see something white in the water with black stripes-rings, 25-35 centimeters, and as it were bent into mine side, and alive. Stop. I stand and look. I think this is a sea snake, sort of like I saw it somewhere. Well, bypassed the side, and swam on. And the same, only small 5-7 cm, and as thick as a pencil, or even thinner, I saw among the reefs earlier, and now I apparently saw their mother. I'll come home, look in the internet for what kind of animal I met, and how dangerous IT is... Tomorrow I plan to buy a soft box for a digital camera, and start underwater filming. Day 11 Yesterday we again went from the hotel to the Sharaton, for shopping. I bought a soft box for a digital camera, DiCAPAC made in Korea (200 pounds), I wanted to check it today, but the wind is very strong, we'll try it in the afternoon, at least without video - so pictures. We also bought watches, almost real OMEGA and CK, men's and women's, respectively, for $ 10, both exclusive. We bought EVA moisturizing creams, in Cleopatra - the first floor - grocery and a little hygiene, prices are not higher than in Moscow or even lower by something. Well, again - plates, an ashtray, towels, etc. - gift-souvenirs.
Day 12 We woke up a little late, around 8 am, the wind was a little quieter, a couple of swims, and for lunch. A trip to Hurghada, during the day... a little away from the main street (and by the way, it’s not very comfortable on it either) and that’s all....Ruin. Landfills. Ruin. In the light of the sun, everything that is in the lights and garlands of advertising at night does not look so beautiful and attractive. So the best time for shopping and walking is when it gets dark.
Day 13 By noon the wind had almost subsided, we were doing underwater photography. We booked a boat trip for tomorrow, like a paradise island.
Day 14 I woke up around seven, outside the window it was not like the wind, almost a hurricane. I called and canceled the tour. We had breakfast, dressed in pants, walked around the territory, apparently today will be a home day.
Day 15 The weather improved, we ordered again - Paradise Island - $ 20 per person. Day 16 Wake up at 6.30, departure at 8.00 sea excursion "PARADISE ISLAND". Stop at sea No. 1 - the reefs are so-so, the cow swam twice, there are few fish, a lot of people, and even scuba divers - test dives. Stop number 2, the same thing, but without a cow... lunch on a yacht, they took 0.5 rum with them. Landing on the PARADAISE island, the beach is fine sand, this is the only plus, and that's it, there are few fish, there are no reefs, for those who relax in city hotels, this is of course PARADISE ISLAND, but our beach is cooler, there is not even a tenth of what there is in ROTANE... So, a boat trip, purely on a yacht and by sea, and 40 for two, I can’t give more pluses, there’s nothing...
Day 17 Beach, sun. Shooting underwater, everything is as usual. We had supper at 19.30, there were no places, we sat down with a couple of Germans. Husband - red wine, frau - pink, Tanya - white, I - ouzo, and the dialogue turned out, Russian-English-German gestures, and everyone understands who is from where and everything else...
Day 18 The people increased, they began to occupy sun loungers with towels from early morning and come closer to dinner. The wind is normal, to the beach, in the evening by bus, to Cleopatra - to buy more gifts.
Day 19 A bit windy, wave. Two swims before lunch without a mask, after lunch with a mask. I caught a stingray - at the bottom, buried in the sand, if he hadn’t moved his eyes, I would have swam by, I wouldn’t have noticed. The purple dots are almost invisible, 50/50 pancake, but it's still not very large. This place is to the right of the pier, 50-70 meters, I have already met him there, but the last time he lay under the coral, in ambush.
Day 20 Packing suitcases - where do so many things come from !! ! We arrived, everything fit, now we have to increase the height of the case. The weather is wonderful, there is almost no wind, farewell swims, cocktails, 21 days Late rise, breakfast, final preparations and at the reception. The keys were handed over, the bracelets were left - eat to your health, the bus is only at 16.10 - the departure is 19.40. flight was delayed by two hours. We went shopping, and did not hear about the beginning of registration (before the announced two hours), in short, I see some kind of movement, I go to find out, and we are the two remaining passengers, they were already going to look for us. Boarding tickets were torn off, on the bus and on board, so the flight was not delayed because of us. At 4.30 Moscow time, hello homeland and Domodedovo… The beach and coral reefs are by far the best I have seen in Hurghada…
The staff, for four, without rudeness, but also without fawning. But sometimes a tip in a restaurant to the waiter and bartender, and you immediately, for them - a friend and respected person.
Food, also, four - normal, without frills.
Room (2416) for the standard, very large, everything worked and closed.
I didn’t hear anything about theft (we didn’t miss anything).
On the beach, the sellers of everything do not get it, and they are not there, only their hotel rooms, they will circle around for a couple of days and fall behind.
The hotel area is very large, though not well-groomed in some places, but the landscaping work is going on and quite quickly.
Alternatively, you can come here a second time, but perhaps to the neighboring HILTON, there is also a beach more than a kilometer and reefs.
In short, the vacation was a success. What do you want !!!! !
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