первый раз в Египте first time in Egypt

Hello. I rested in Jasmine with my daughter 3.6 years old. I'll probably start with Hurghada airport. The airport is small, so it's hard to get lost. The cost of the visa is $15. Filling out the questionnaire is a matter of five minutes (name, surname, date of birth, number and series of the passport and the name of the hotel you are going to). Our tour operator was TEZ (out of the whole plane there were 11 of us), but we flew on a PEGASa flight, so when it came time to get on the bus to the hotel, we waited 40 minutes for these 11 people. We reached the hotel quickly. When you move in, you will have to fill out a questionnaire again. I immediately put $50 in my passport, which is probably why they gave us a good number (No. 990). We did not live in a bungalow, but in a 2-storey building opposite the pool, on the second floor. The room is large with good furniture. Large balcony with great sea views. The only downside is the shower. It is built into the wall, it is normal for an adult to wash, but for a child it is already problematic. Although if we compare our shower and bath in a bungalow, then we are very lucky.
Another minus, but this is probably a minus of the hotel, or Egypt, is the ants. Hide everything edible in bags, or put it in the refrigerator. The room has a safe, TV (4 Russian channels), air conditioning, bedding and towels changed daily. Everything worked, nothing broke. The hotel area is large, green, but somehow stupid. The pool is very small for such a huge hotel. In Ali Baba, the pool is large and vacationers from Jasmine can visit it. The beach seems to be big, but be prepared for the fact that people from Aladdin, Ali Baba (blue towels), Titanic (striped), well, from Jasmine itself (yellow) will sunbathe on the same beach. Why am I writing about the color of the towels, because only if the sunbeds are covered with such towels, then they are occupied. They can also be covered with large beautiful towels bought by tourists already here. But if there is just some panama or an incomprehensible type of T-shirt, you know this is the work of a friend,
who accepts towels to charge you money. Feel free to come and lie down. If a friend still has the audacity to come up to you and ask for money, say that you need a receipt from the reception, and the friend will immediately disappear. All animation took place in Pergola, on the beach. Also an incomprehensible and uncomfortable building. First, it's very far away. Secondly, the beginning of the animation is very late, and this time between dinner and the program had to be somehow killed. Yes, 2-storey buildings, in my opinion, only 6, everything else is a bungalow. So if you are with a child, I do not advise you to live in a bungalow near Pergola, the music will yell until one in the morning. Also do not advise the bungalow near the main restaurant. Every evening a singer will howl, plus the smells of the kitchen. In general, any problems with resettlement are solved with the help of dollars. The main thing is not to save, and the rest will not be spoiled. You won’t surprise them with $ 20, but the tourists themselves are to blame, they spoiled them. I read in some of the reviews

that the territory allegedly stinks, sorry, shit. Not true. In some places there is a smell, but only where there are sewer wells nearby. Sometimes there is a strong smell from the animal enclosures, they are behind the pool and bar. By the way, they make pizza at the pool bar, and it is included in the "all inclusive", although the waiter will tell you that pizza is paid. If you still order a pizza, the waiter will say that he just didn’t understand that you want Margherita with salami or vegetable, he allegedly thought that you want pizza with seafood, but it’s paid. Fresh. survival they also sell juices to someone for 3, to someone for $4. Also with cheese in the main restaurant. Sliced ​ ​ melted, but there is also Gouda. Only he lies so imperceptibly on the sidelines. Come and boldly poke your finger into a normal cheese. Now about food in general. The food is boring and monotonous. Fruits were oranges and pieces of melon, which floated in a cup of water.
My daughter and I bought fruit in fruit stalls on the territory of Aladdin and Ali Baba. Jasmine does not sell fruit. For a change, the last days we ate at the bar on the beach (fries, hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, anything from meat) After everyday rice and goulash in the main restaurant, it was very even nothing. In general, I would not take a child under 3 years old (and especially a picky eater) there. The children's menu is sliced ​ ​ fried sausages for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And that's it. If your child does not eat rice, half-baked potatoes, pasta, then your entire vacation will turn into a continuous headache - how to feed the child. Another minus of the hotel is an incomprehensible food system. It seems that you are going to "all inclusive", but in fact you have to pay for food. Fish restaurant - pay, Russian restaurant - pay, Oriental restaurant - pay, pool bar - something for a fee, something not. And nowhere is there clear information about what you are supposed to, and for what there is an additional fee.
After a vacation in Turkey, where such troubles are only with alcohol, it’s wild. I also want to say separately about the pharmacy on site. A very competent guy works there, so don't worry if you forgot something from the medicines. Medicines are expensive, but effective. My throat hurt, our Geksoral did not help at all, he sold me some kind of spray, my throat went away after 2 days. In general, to save on medicines, do not drink cola, forfeits, etc. , because only these drinks are poured into plastic glasses. In dirty, greasy glasses. So greasy that they slip out of your hands. People take drinks in these glasses, go to the beach, leave them there, children play with them in the sand, then a waiter passes, collects all the glasses in a bag, allegedly wash them and give them back to people. Only because I did not let my daughter drink from such dishes, she did not have diarrhea or fever. To buy in Egypt, for me personally, there is nothing but souvenirs.
So I can't say anything about shopping. And yet, I usually don’t take shampoo, shower gel, tanning products, etc. with me, I buy it on the spot. But I would advise everyone to bring here with them. $10 for regular shampoo is way too much. In general, I think the holiday was a success. The sea and the beach are excellent, my daughter arrived like a little chocolate. We weren't hungry. The room is excellent. For the first time in such a specific country, I think not bad. We will definitely come to Egypt again, already with my husband. Only here the hotel will probably be different.

P. S. The flight was delayed by 2 hours. Only PEGASa tourists were informed about this and brought later. And representatives of TEZ probably forgot to tell us. Very disappointed with this tour operator.