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This is my third visit to Long Beach Resort Hurghada in April / May. So far in twenty years he has never traveled twice to the same hotel in Egypt. I like this place, the infrastructure, the living conditions, the food and, most importantly, the special atmosphere and the people. And they are really special here. People are the main asset of the resort, its main advantage and value, they create that unique aura of friendliness, positivity, and for some - even the eternal holiday, which in "Long Beach" never ends!
Great animators, just smart girls and smart guys! The composition of the animation team is constantly changing, some go, some come, but in some incomprehensible way Long Beach Animation Team remains the best on this shores of the Red Sea (for another I will not say, I do not know).
All employees who come into contact with the guests of the resort are usually positive and friendly: bartenders, waiters, staff at the reception and service. hundreds and hundreds of guests.
They do their job well, while having time to communicate with tourists, which creates a warm impression, especially pleasant after the gloomy view of our tired cities.
Also, let's not forget about employees whose guests do not notice or do not see, but whose work is very important for the smooth operation of a complex mechanism called Long Beach Resort. Cooks, gardeners, engineers, plumbers, cleaners, builders, laundry workers, repair shops, carpenters, disinfectants, loaders.
Probably few people think about how it is - to maintain the efficiency of a large resort with thousands of pieces of equipment that occasionally fail, break (alone or with the help of guests): thousands of light bulbs that sooner or later burn out, kilometers of wiring, sewerage, complex systems water treatment in swimming pools (and there are many of them! ) and God knows what other troubles.
These people work hard every day (and some take turns at night) so that tourists can enjoy life, sun and sea. They do it, and they do it skillfully!
Of course, not only are people the decoration of the resort, but they are the most important thing! However, in other respects the resort is high. Not to be outdone, details on infrastructure and leisure features can be found in my reports of previous visits to Long Beach Resort - a little earlier on this site:
https://www.turpravda.com/eg/hurgada/Long_Beach_Resort_Hurghada-h11793-r474878.html
https://www.turpravda.
ua / eg / hurgada / Long_Beach_Resort_Hurghada-h11793-r475972.html
It so happened that in total for the last 5 months I spent more than 2 months in "Long Beach". For the third time I came to my favorite resort not to rest, but to work. No, I didn't get a job at Long Beach as a mediator (and some people think I'm a resort employee). Simply deciding to combine the pleasant with the useful for an hour of lockdown in Kyiv, and taking into account the May holidays, he came to Hurghada to work remotely. Well, and some of your personal problems to believe.
I managed to immerse myself quite deeply in the life of the resort and now I can even (almost certainly) try to portray myself as an expert from this wonderful place and conduct a virtual tour. Shall we start the journey?
… Emerald spots of swimming pools surrounded by green gardens finally appear under the wing of the plane after the endless desert. This is El Gouna.
It is slowly followed by a string of hotels in the area of El Achaea, densely built-up areas of the Old City of El Dahar, the New City of Saqqala, where you can clearly see the promenade of the Marina and the famous Sheraton Street. Behind a small mountain adorns Mamsha Boulevard, behind it - the huge resort "Magavish" (now in the network "Rixos"), the area of the Village Road ("hello, " Mercury "!
), but you can see the Senzo Mall complex at the intersection of Safaga Road and Sal Hashish Road. Mirage Bay ", " Jazz Aquamarine ". and the lagoons of Long Beach and Coral Beach. Above the Obera and the Albatross Citadel, the plane crashed into a wing and, before reaching Sal Hashish, began to turn around and land.
Skillful landing, applause, and from we are already going on a teletrap ("sleeve") from the plane to the construction of the airport, where we check the PCR test and take a completed declaration of no symptoms of coronavirus.
Passport control, exchange of evergreen money for local pounds, take the suitcase from the tape and roll it towards the slaughterhouses of Egyptian cellular operators at the exit.
With a local family in a smartphone, we leave the airport building and breathe in the dry and hot Red Sea air. Quite a short transfer, and here we are heading to the reception, hearing from everywhere such an unexpectedly pleasant "welcome back! "
Long Beach Resort is notable for its many regular guests. For years, they travel here and only here, not wanting to change the location. They enjoy the atmosphere of the resort and its special rhythm. In fact, they themselves become part and parcel of this magic. Also, congratulations "welcome back!
to the newcomers can be heard here every day.
...back to our journey. So, we are already in the hotel, we quickly get a bracelet on our hands, cards for the room and towels, and… what's next?
And here everyone has many options. The fact is that Long Beach Resort Hurghada is not just a hotel where you live near the sea, eat, drink, sleep, use the infrastructure. This is a resort.
There is always a category of guests who are a priori dissatisfied with everything, from the first minute the threads begin that the hotel is "tired", that the turn for an omelet, air conditioning does not cool, too many people in the lobby, noisy children, bartender looked not friendly enough, too a lot of foam in a glass of beer. For some the sea is shallow, for some the territory is too big, and for others it is certain in advance that the worst number is to be forced to bribe.
The "offended" guests in "Long Beach" are not so many, but they are, as, probably, in any other hotel. When you ask why you came here, they say - so the reviews were very good. Positive reviews are usually written by positive people
. Surprisingly, then not very positive personalities flock to them. They complain that they have been "deceived" and that good reviews are written either for money or by hotel staff.
However, if you look not only at the ratings and ratings, but also read the texts of reviews, even the most positive, you can get all the objective information. All the pros and cons - as in the palm of your hand, no one hides anything.
Yes, Long Beach Resort Hurghada - a resort not long young, its gray, of course, carefully painted, but the touch of vintage is noticeable. For most guests, this is not a problem, but rather even some charm. However, if you expect from the resort exquisite conditions, and even in addition to the impeccable service of the de luxe class, then, obviously, you got the wrong address. Miracles do not happen (there are, but very rarely and not with everyone): for a small price do not wait for sturgeon and dor-blue. No silver, no crystal. By the way, there is no room service in Long Beach.
Do not come here to inspect the cleanliness of the floor under the bed in the room or the degree of roasting of the steak. Long Beach Resort Hurghada is not a de luxe hotel. This is a large and solid resort.
There are all opportunities to relax wonderfully, but no one will force you to do so. Everyone builds their own holiday and chooses their own rhythm.
Everyone has their own approach to leisure and their own daily routine. I can't and don't want to advise anyone, I'll just share my experience of combining remote work and leisure. So, back to our virtual tour.
Bracelet on hand, suitcase rolled into the room and released from the film, trinkets spread on the shelves in the closet, documents locked in a safe, refreshing shower while the kettle boils water, and here is the first coffee (instant, with cream) under the cherry balcony of my room .
This time I was accommodated in a "standard" room in a cottage.
Of course, after the superior rooms in the main building, where I lived during my last visits to Long Beach, this room looks more modest.
In the autumn-winter period, when there are few people in the resort, the reception tries to accommodate guests in rooms of a higher category than indicated in the voucher. May is the beginning of the season and, of course, there is no such ball and loaf. My current room is smaller in size, a miniature balcony with a side view is inferior to the gorgeous panoramic views of the superior and deluxe rooms. No robe (seen in winter) - a tragedy that can be easily experienced. There is also no set of shampoo-gels in the shower, however, there is a dispenser with the same shampoo and another with liquid soap. Since I always have my own shampoos and gels, which I prefer to hotel hotels, I see no reason to despair. I finish my coffee and get into my rhythm.
My morning starts with a run.
Running in the "Long Beach" is where - miles of trails in the cottage town and the endless beach. German headphones on the headphones, the lightest running shoes on the feet, and a card from the number in the pockets of the shorts.
Currently, the hotel has both main restaurants for breakfast and dinner (sometimes for lunch). Lotus is for everyone, Al Denta is for adults only. Since the other is located right next to the gym, there and straight, on the go wearing a T-shirt. Despite the fact that more than a thousand guests are currently resting in "Long Beach", there is no special excitement at this time in the restaurant - most are still asleep. I order the cook on omelets to prepare two "mixes" for me, and while he greases them, I go to get a fullu (lentil and bean puree), a few falafels, a spoonful of fried sausages, cucumbers and tomatoes with feta peppers, steam. In a separate plate put a couple of slices of orange and grapefruit.
Gather in a glass of cold hyacinth, diluted in half with water from the cooler (too sweet). And here are the omelets ripe! I carefully go around the place of donuts. They are very tasty here, as you start eating them - write lost, it is impossible to break away.
But a couple of pancakes with black honey can be allowed. Honey (actually not honey, but molasses, molasses left over from the production of cane sugar) is collected on the counter with malt near a waffle cup. Fortunately, the local pastry chef is unaware of my incurable addiction to eclairs and does not. I am indifferent to other sweets, so I do not risk getting better.
I have breakfast in the conditioned air. You can go out on the terrace and in winter I would do so. But in May it is very hot outside for me, even at 7 am.
After breakfast I go to my room slowly. It takes 7-8 minutes.
I do not understand people who complain that they were settled too far from the restaurant (reception / pool / beach / choose your option). Hey, are you in a hurry? You are on vacation!
Shower, morning news and ...Normally I would go to the pool.
But since this time I came to work, I turn on the tablet, connect the keyboard, mouse and flash drive to it via a USB hub and disconnect the brain from extraneous thoughts.
...not forgetting to look at the times. After all, at 10:30 - stretching classes on the beach. Morning charge - in simple language. I hurry to the sports pavilion on the beach, where sports mothers are already waiting for the emerald of artificial grass. I walk past the pools. How many people around! In winter, near the largest pool, I used to sunbathe alone (the pool is not heated). Also, many people hang out in the morning in the gym on the beach.
Simulators were added, a Smith press machine, a kick-boxing pear, dumbbells were installed, and a sun canopy was made instead of fencing ropes. A full-fledged gym just by the sea.
A relaxing melody slowly creeps out of the shadow of the sports pavilion onto the melted beach. Morning classes have begun. Most often their Maria leads.
Who is Mary? Just Maria! Sweet, cheerful and even somewhere desperate girl from Moscow. Since the time of my last visit to Long Beach, the animation team has changed. Christina, formerly the host of animation, has been working for Guest Relation since March, fluffy kitten Julia has moved to another hotel in McCady Bay. Kiki and Yousef also moved to another hotel. I managed to drop in the "Long Beach" cheerful Dutchmen Pito and Joy, but it was their last working day. European resorts open and they go to work there. Bodes, a former chief animator, rose to prominence and became an entertainment manager.
From the old team there are only the same Hima ("I love my job! ") And in the children's club Mariam. And, of course, the immovable DJ Sam - where without him.
Instead came Simsim (a new animator, part-time choreographer of evening shows and himself a very strong dancer.
His hip-hop has always been a model of evening shows), Zuma (even more energetic and detached than Hima, although it seems impossible) and Kiro (his starring role as Whitney Houston in evening shows is something! ).
And "two Mashas from Russia". Maria from Moscow and Masha from Izhevsk. Really great half of the animation, although, hmm ...there were a few girls in the team this time. Too much activity falls on their fragile shoulders. However, they are doing and are doing great. In order not to happen, the animation in "Long Beach" remains high.
However, hotel managers are announcing an increase in the number of teams so that the animation was on the beach, and near the central pools, and the pool near the family building, and even, perhaps, near the water park. But it will be someday. Meanwhile, a small but cohesive team manages to force the guests to do sports and various games, competitions and parties are held all day and the evening shows take place.
Especially when, on the eve of the end of Ramadan, Egypt introduced a lockdown and banned the show in the amphitheaters of hotels - keeping the fire burning in the guests during the day fell entirely on the animators.
...meanwhile, the workout is over, I help Maria to stack the rugs in the corner of the pavilion, I refuse offers to stay for zumba classes, go to the pool for aqua aerobics or in the shade of palm trees for darts. Still, you need to work. On the way I go to the lobby to say hello to Christina.
Oops, at the Guest Relation table, sits an unfamiliar girl. Let's get acquainted. Sandra from Belarus. She and Chris work in shifts, and today Khrystynka has a day off. Well, chatted a bit, and go to the "quiet" pool to work.
I confess, I imagined remote work with Hurghada in a slightly different way.
I'm sitting with a laptop (or tablet) by the pool, pulling something colorful with ice through a highball straw, lazily typing, each time distracted by beauties in bikinis marching past.
This is roughly what happened in December-January-February-March. Unfortunately, in May in the 40-degree heat to work productively on the beach or by the pool is almost impossible. That's why I built my schedule in such a way that in the heat of the day I hid either in a room or in an air-conditioned room "Aqua-Long" near the "quiet" pool. However, there were days when for some reason the air conditioners there barely worked and it was uncomfortable to work there.
By the way, about air conditioners. Quite a typical situation when the air conditioners in the rooms fail and start to drive air around the room instead of cooling. Tragedies should not be made of this. All you have to do is call or go to the reception or Guest Relation service and report the breakdown.
It takes from 10 minutes to an hour to eliminate. And engineering services work in "Long Beach" around the clock. The difference between +30 and +18? C in the room is very significant!
... lunch! Lunch at Long Beach begins at 12:30 p. m. In fact, pizzas, salads, fries and sandwiches with something meat start to be served at the beach bar at noon. Another fast food outlet was opened by the pools, but subjectively I think the pizza on the beach is a little better. There and after 16:00 you can find pancakes with condensed milk or donuts under powdered sugar. Few people know about it and ...it's good : )
The problem of lunch queues at the restaurant that flooded Long Beach in early April was solved.
On peak days, when there are a lot of guests, the restaurant "Al-Dente" is additionally opened for lunch. Some of the demanded vegetables and salads were put up for self-service. Added to staff. Of course, there are times when queues still gather.
But you will not get rid of it in the hotel where one and a half thousand people have a rest! Be that as it may, now the queues are resolving quite quickly. They also began to clean used dishes and set tables faster. The situation when guests walk around the hall with plates and look for a place to sit, managed to overcome.
What do they give for lunch? And many things. I usually make myself a simple salad of vegetables and herbs with balsamic vinegar. And I take the maximum amount of meat. Goulash, ham, chops, duck, chicken, fish. Every day a different set, but always two or three species I have on my plate. From drinks I take pineapple or apple juice, diluted in half with cold water. Alcohol? No, thank you, it's too early.
After lunch on vacation, I usually went to the pier, when there are fewer people, to spend the snow along the coral reef. But not this time. Work is work. Surprisingly, in two weeks I never managed to swim in the sea.
One day they went to the other side with Sandra, but either her mood changed or it was time for me to run for yoga classes, but they never got to the sea.
Yoga classes have now shifted and are held not at 15:30, as in winter, but at 16:30 (at 17:30 Kyiv time). At this time in the winter the sun was already trying to hide somewhere in the sky, and in May it is still high. However, in the shadow of the sports pavilion breathes easier. Calm music again, slow movements, wonderful asanas and Maria's calm voice - she will also practice yoga. Gradually, Masha began to join the class (she is recently in animation and is still studying) and, probably, she is already conducting classes on a par with Maria.
One lesson, as far as I understood, was conducted by a Pilates instructor from Kyiv. Very cool lesson! And one day, when the foamy party on the beach dragged on and Maria was busy, I taught. I liked it.
After yoga, I feel that I have already deserved a rest.
Do not work all the time. So it will come out in an hour (in Kiev already 18:00). And the sun is no longer so hot. So I go for a swim in the quiet pool for half an hour.
At 17:30 again headphones with a German audio course near the ear and jogging. Again the pier, charging in the evening sun (in winter at this time it was already setting in the mountains, but in May it is still quite high, although no longer smoking), winding kilometers of serpentine cottage town, gym (more people walk in the evening than in the morning) and at 18:30 - dinner. Al Dente Adult Restaurant opens at this time. "Lotus" opens for dinner at 19:00.
The set of dishes for dinner is a bit richer than for lunch.
Interesting salads are added (I constantly took caviar, salad with mushrooms or squid, mutton peas, bell peppers). Something else on the grill is added to the meat-fish-poultry triad. Meatballs, duck, chicken, fresh dough cakes with meat, kebabs, liver cutlets.
Every time something new and always delicious.
Dinner begins with a "lazy" hour. After the shower I put on my evening uniform (ripped jeans and a T-shirt) and go to tease Sandra - she has an evening shift until 21:00. In the lobby at this time sometimes play musicians - saxophonist or violinist. Very stylish!
About half past eight I move to the terrace between the "quiet" pool and the "Aqua Long". There is live music, people dancing, then animators arrange an evening show (for an hour of lockdown closing of the amphitheater).
Sports events for the day are over, so you can afford more. Let's say in my case it's Cuba Libra. The same rum, but with ice, lime and cane sugar.
However, I quickly taught the bartenders at Aqua Longie to make me a light version of Venezuela. Very little rum (shvaya-shvaya), a lot of ice, the rest is topped up with half soda, half cola. Light drink cocktail, very refreshing and a minimum of degrees. ...
no, don't think, I'm not a fan of a healthy lifestyle, just at this time, even at night in Egypt for me is very hot and alcohol just does not climb.
Southern evenings are a great time to talk. I usually talk about it. With other guests, sometimes with one of the animators. I had to talk to the hotel managers several times. Since I have a business school diploma (lying on the mezzanine), I was able to maintain a conversation about the economic aspects of the company. On the example of the resort of Long Beach. It was from these conversations that I learned a lot of interesting and informative things about the functioning of the resort, its problems and how they are solved.
However, the prices for "Long Beach" are still creeping up and the booking has already exceeded $ 100. Damage!
… After the evening show and evening meetings I go to my cottage at about 22:30. It's time to go to bed, because tomorrow to get up at 6 o'clock.
This is what my typical day looked like for two weeks in late April and early May. Of course, there were some deviations, disco parties at night and foam parties and mojitos on the beach during the day, some other parties, animation competitions, as well as trips to the city and more. But typically, I tried not to deviate much from the schedule, which included work tasks. Of course, it is difficult to force yourself to work at the resort. When I was at Long Beach not on remote work, but on vacation, I could afford to constantly go play barrel with Christina, hang out with a mask on the reef every day, hang out with an interesting book by the pool or get bored of empty chatter Yulka at Kids Club Then my rhythm looked a little different.
There was a special atmosphere, a feeling that you know everyone and everyone knows you.
In fact, everything turned out exactly the opposite. A few days before the flight they changed the hour and stole two days from me. Two working days I spent on transfers, flights and waiting at airports. Google, it turned out that this behavior is typical for this operator. Shit, no? !!
However, without longing for this, he just made a note for the future - stay away from such operators.
… What conclusion did you draw from this trip?
The conclusion has not changed, it is almost the same as in my previous reports of staying at Long Beach Resort. The resort is good. You just need to be able to use it. If you are ready to relax positively, he is yours. Come and enjoy!
Great animators, just smart girls and smart guys! The composition of the animation team is constantly changing, some go, some come, but in some incomprehensible way Long Beach Animation Team remains the best on this shores of the Red Sea (for another I will not say, I do not know).
All employees who come into contact with the guests of the resort are usually positive and friendly: bartenders, waiters, staff at the reception and service. hundreds and hundreds of guests.
They do their job well, while having time to communicate with tourists, which creates a warm impression, especially pleasant after the gloomy view of our tired cities.
Also, let's not forget about employees whose guests do not notice or do not see, but whose work is very important for the smooth operation of a complex mechanism called Long Beach Resort. Cooks, gardeners, engineers, plumbers, cleaners, builders, laundry workers, repair shops, carpenters, disinfectants, loaders.
Probably few people think about how it is - to maintain the efficiency of a large resort with thousands of pieces of equipment that occasionally fail, break (alone or with the help of guests): thousands of light bulbs that sooner or later burn out, kilometers of wiring, sewerage, complex systems water treatment in swimming pools (and there are many of them! ) and God knows what other troubles.
These people work hard every day (and some take turns at night) so that tourists can enjoy life, sun and sea. They do it, and they do it skillfully!
Of course, not only are people the decoration of the resort, but they are the most important thing! However, in other respects the resort is high. Not to be outdone, details on infrastructure and leisure features can be found in my reports of previous visits to Long Beach Resort - a little earlier on this site:
https://www.turpravda.com/eg/hurgada/Long_Beach_Resort_Hurghada-h11793-r474878.html
https://www.turpravda.
ua / eg / hurgada / Long_Beach_Resort_Hurghada-h11793-r475972.html
It so happened that in total for the last 5 months I spent more than 2 months in "Long Beach". For the third time I came to my favorite resort not to rest, but to work. No, I didn't get a job at Long Beach as a mediator (and some people think I'm a resort employee). Simply deciding to combine the pleasant with the useful for an hour of lockdown in Kyiv, and taking into account the May holidays, he came to Hurghada to work remotely. Well, and some of your personal problems to believe.
I managed to immerse myself quite deeply in the life of the resort and now I can even (almost certainly) try to portray myself as an expert from this wonderful place and conduct a virtual tour. Shall we start the journey?
… Emerald spots of swimming pools surrounded by green gardens finally appear under the wing of the plane after the endless desert. This is El Gouna.
It is slowly followed by a string of hotels in the area of El Achaea, densely built-up areas of the Old City of El Dahar, the New City of Saqqala, where you can clearly see the promenade of the Marina and the famous Sheraton Street. Behind a small mountain adorns Mamsha Boulevard, behind it - the huge resort "Magavish" (now in the network "Rixos"), the area of the Village Road ("hello, " Mercury "!
), but you can see the Senzo Mall complex at the intersection of Safaga Road and Sal Hashish Road. Mirage Bay ", " Jazz Aquamarine ". and the lagoons of Long Beach and Coral Beach. Above the Obera and the Albatross Citadel, the plane crashed into a wing and, before reaching Sal Hashish, began to turn around and land.
Skillful landing, applause, and from we are already going on a teletrap ("sleeve") from the plane to the construction of the airport, where we check the PCR test and take a completed declaration of no symptoms of coronavirus.
Passport control, exchange of evergreen money for local pounds, take the suitcase from the tape and roll it towards the slaughterhouses of Egyptian cellular operators at the exit.
With a local family in a smartphone, we leave the airport building and breathe in the dry and hot Red Sea air. Quite a short transfer, and here we are heading to the reception, hearing from everywhere such an unexpectedly pleasant "welcome back! "
Long Beach Resort is notable for its many regular guests. For years, they travel here and only here, not wanting to change the location. They enjoy the atmosphere of the resort and its special rhythm. In fact, they themselves become part and parcel of this magic. Also, congratulations "welcome back!
to the newcomers can be heard here every day.
...back to our journey. So, we are already in the hotel, we quickly get a bracelet on our hands, cards for the room and towels, and… what's next?
And here everyone has many options. The fact is that Long Beach Resort Hurghada is not just a hotel where you live near the sea, eat, drink, sleep, use the infrastructure. This is a resort.
There is always a category of guests who are a priori dissatisfied with everything, from the first minute the threads begin that the hotel is "tired", that the turn for an omelet, air conditioning does not cool, too many people in the lobby, noisy children, bartender looked not friendly enough, too a lot of foam in a glass of beer. For some the sea is shallow, for some the territory is too big, and for others it is certain in advance that the worst number is to be forced to bribe.
The "offended" guests in "Long Beach" are not so many, but they are, as, probably, in any other hotel. When you ask why you came here, they say - so the reviews were very good. Positive reviews are usually written by positive people
. Surprisingly, then not very positive personalities flock to them. They complain that they have been "deceived" and that good reviews are written either for money or by hotel staff.
However, if you look not only at the ratings and ratings, but also read the texts of reviews, even the most positive, you can get all the objective information. All the pros and cons - as in the palm of your hand, no one hides anything.
Yes, Long Beach Resort Hurghada - a resort not long young, its gray, of course, carefully painted, but the touch of vintage is noticeable. For most guests, this is not a problem, but rather even some charm. However, if you expect from the resort exquisite conditions, and even in addition to the impeccable service of the de luxe class, then, obviously, you got the wrong address. Miracles do not happen (there are, but very rarely and not with everyone): for a small price do not wait for sturgeon and dor-blue. No silver, no crystal. By the way, there is no room service in Long Beach.
Do not come here to inspect the cleanliness of the floor under the bed in the room or the degree of roasting of the steak. Long Beach Resort Hurghada is not a de luxe hotel. This is a large and solid resort.
There are all opportunities to relax wonderfully, but no one will force you to do so. Everyone builds their own holiday and chooses their own rhythm.
Everyone has their own approach to leisure and their own daily routine. I can't and don't want to advise anyone, I'll just share my experience of combining remote work and leisure. So, back to our virtual tour.
Bracelet on hand, suitcase rolled into the room and released from the film, trinkets spread on the shelves in the closet, documents locked in a safe, refreshing shower while the kettle boils water, and here is the first coffee (instant, with cream) under the cherry balcony of my room .
This time I was accommodated in a "standard" room in a cottage.
Of course, after the superior rooms in the main building, where I lived during my last visits to Long Beach, this room looks more modest.
In the autumn-winter period, when there are few people in the resort, the reception tries to accommodate guests in rooms of a higher category than indicated in the voucher. May is the beginning of the season and, of course, there is no such ball and loaf. My current room is smaller in size, a miniature balcony with a side view is inferior to the gorgeous panoramic views of the superior and deluxe rooms. No robe (seen in winter) - a tragedy that can be easily experienced. There is also no set of shampoo-gels in the shower, however, there is a dispenser with the same shampoo and another with liquid soap. Since I always have my own shampoos and gels, which I prefer to hotel hotels, I see no reason to despair. I finish my coffee and get into my rhythm.
My morning starts with a run.
Running in the "Long Beach" is where - miles of trails in the cottage town and the endless beach. German headphones on the headphones, the lightest running shoes on the feet, and a card from the number in the pockets of the shorts.
Currently, the hotel has both main restaurants for breakfast and dinner (sometimes for lunch). Lotus is for everyone, Al Denta is for adults only. Since the other is located right next to the gym, there and straight, on the go wearing a T-shirt. Despite the fact that more than a thousand guests are currently resting in "Long Beach", there is no special excitement at this time in the restaurant - most are still asleep. I order the cook on omelets to prepare two "mixes" for me, and while he greases them, I go to get a fullu (lentil and bean puree), a few falafels, a spoonful of fried sausages, cucumbers and tomatoes with feta peppers, steam. In a separate plate put a couple of slices of orange and grapefruit.
Gather in a glass of cold hyacinth, diluted in half with water from the cooler (too sweet). And here are the omelets ripe! I carefully go around the place of donuts. They are very tasty here, as you start eating them - write lost, it is impossible to break away.
But a couple of pancakes with black honey can be allowed. Honey (actually not honey, but molasses, molasses left over from the production of cane sugar) is collected on the counter with malt near a waffle cup. Fortunately, the local pastry chef is unaware of my incurable addiction to eclairs and does not. I am indifferent to other sweets, so I do not risk getting better.
I have breakfast in the conditioned air. You can go out on the terrace and in winter I would do so. But in May it is very hot outside for me, even at 7 am.
After breakfast I go to my room slowly. It takes 7-8 minutes.
I do not understand people who complain that they were settled too far from the restaurant (reception / pool / beach / choose your option). Hey, are you in a hurry? You are on vacation!
Shower, morning news and ...Normally I would go to the pool.
But since this time I came to work, I turn on the tablet, connect the keyboard, mouse and flash drive to it via a USB hub and disconnect the brain from extraneous thoughts.
...not forgetting to look at the times. After all, at 10:30 - stretching classes on the beach. Morning charge - in simple language. I hurry to the sports pavilion on the beach, where sports mothers are already waiting for the emerald of artificial grass. I walk past the pools. How many people around! In winter, near the largest pool, I used to sunbathe alone (the pool is not heated). Also, many people hang out in the morning in the gym on the beach.
Simulators were added, a Smith press machine, a kick-boxing pear, dumbbells were installed, and a sun canopy was made instead of fencing ropes. A full-fledged gym just by the sea.
A relaxing melody slowly creeps out of the shadow of the sports pavilion onto the melted beach. Morning classes have begun. Most often their Maria leads.
Who is Mary? Just Maria! Sweet, cheerful and even somewhere desperate girl from Moscow. Since the time of my last visit to Long Beach, the animation team has changed. Christina, formerly the host of animation, has been working for Guest Relation since March, fluffy kitten Julia has moved to another hotel in McCady Bay. Kiki and Yousef also moved to another hotel. I managed to drop in the "Long Beach" cheerful Dutchmen Pito and Joy, but it was their last working day. European resorts open and they go to work there. Bodes, a former chief animator, rose to prominence and became an entertainment manager.
From the old team there are only the same Hima ("I love my job! ") And in the children's club Mariam. And, of course, the immovable DJ Sam - where without him.
Instead came Simsim (a new animator, part-time choreographer of evening shows and himself a very strong dancer.
His hip-hop has always been a model of evening shows), Zuma (even more energetic and detached than Hima, although it seems impossible) and Kiro (his starring role as Whitney Houston in evening shows is something! ).
And "two Mashas from Russia". Maria from Moscow and Masha from Izhevsk. Really great half of the animation, although, hmm ...there were a few girls in the team this time. Too much activity falls on their fragile shoulders. However, they are doing and are doing great. In order not to happen, the animation in "Long Beach" remains high.
However, hotel managers are announcing an increase in the number of teams so that the animation was on the beach, and near the central pools, and the pool near the family building, and even, perhaps, near the water park. But it will be someday. Meanwhile, a small but cohesive team manages to force the guests to do sports and various games, competitions and parties are held all day and the evening shows take place.
Especially when, on the eve of the end of Ramadan, Egypt introduced a lockdown and banned the show in the amphitheaters of hotels - keeping the fire burning in the guests during the day fell entirely on the animators.
...meanwhile, the workout is over, I help Maria to stack the rugs in the corner of the pavilion, I refuse offers to stay for zumba classes, go to the pool for aqua aerobics or in the shade of palm trees for darts. Still, you need to work. On the way I go to the lobby to say hello to Christina.
Oops, at the Guest Relation table, sits an unfamiliar girl. Let's get acquainted. Sandra from Belarus. She and Chris work in shifts, and today Khrystynka has a day off. Well, chatted a bit, and go to the "quiet" pool to work.
I confess, I imagined remote work with Hurghada in a slightly different way.
I'm sitting with a laptop (or tablet) by the pool, pulling something colorful with ice through a highball straw, lazily typing, each time distracted by beauties in bikinis marching past.
This is roughly what happened in December-January-February-March. Unfortunately, in May in the 40-degree heat to work productively on the beach or by the pool is almost impossible. That's why I built my schedule in such a way that in the heat of the day I hid either in a room or in an air-conditioned room "Aqua-Long" near the "quiet" pool. However, there were days when for some reason the air conditioners there barely worked and it was uncomfortable to work there.
By the way, about air conditioners. Quite a typical situation when the air conditioners in the rooms fail and start to drive air around the room instead of cooling. Tragedies should not be made of this. All you have to do is call or go to the reception or Guest Relation service and report the breakdown.
It takes from 10 minutes to an hour to eliminate. And engineering services work in "Long Beach" around the clock. The difference between +30 and +18? C in the room is very significant!
... lunch! Lunch at Long Beach begins at 12:30 p. m. In fact, pizzas, salads, fries and sandwiches with something meat start to be served at the beach bar at noon. Another fast food outlet was opened by the pools, but subjectively I think the pizza on the beach is a little better. There and after 16:00 you can find pancakes with condensed milk or donuts under powdered sugar. Few people know about it and ...it's good : )
The problem of lunch queues at the restaurant that flooded Long Beach in early April was solved.
On peak days, when there are a lot of guests, the restaurant "Al-Dente" is additionally opened for lunch. Some of the demanded vegetables and salads were put up for self-service. Added to staff. Of course, there are times when queues still gather.
But you will not get rid of it in the hotel where one and a half thousand people have a rest! Be that as it may, now the queues are resolving quite quickly. They also began to clean used dishes and set tables faster. The situation when guests walk around the hall with plates and look for a place to sit, managed to overcome.
What do they give for lunch? And many things. I usually make myself a simple salad of vegetables and herbs with balsamic vinegar. And I take the maximum amount of meat. Goulash, ham, chops, duck, chicken, fish. Every day a different set, but always two or three species I have on my plate. From drinks I take pineapple or apple juice, diluted in half with cold water. Alcohol? No, thank you, it's too early.
After lunch on vacation, I usually went to the pier, when there are fewer people, to spend the snow along the coral reef. But not this time. Work is work. Surprisingly, in two weeks I never managed to swim in the sea.
One day they went to the other side with Sandra, but either her mood changed or it was time for me to run for yoga classes, but they never got to the sea.
Yoga classes have now shifted and are held not at 15:30, as in winter, but at 16:30 (at 17:30 Kyiv time). At this time in the winter the sun was already trying to hide somewhere in the sky, and in May it is still high. However, in the shadow of the sports pavilion breathes easier. Calm music again, slow movements, wonderful asanas and Maria's calm voice - she will also practice yoga. Gradually, Masha began to join the class (she is recently in animation and is still studying) and, probably, she is already conducting classes on a par with Maria.
One lesson, as far as I understood, was conducted by a Pilates instructor from Kyiv. Very cool lesson! And one day, when the foamy party on the beach dragged on and Maria was busy, I taught. I liked it.
After yoga, I feel that I have already deserved a rest.
Do not work all the time. So it will come out in an hour (in Kiev already 18:00). And the sun is no longer so hot. So I go for a swim in the quiet pool for half an hour.
At 17:30 again headphones with a German audio course near the ear and jogging. Again the pier, charging in the evening sun (in winter at this time it was already setting in the mountains, but in May it is still quite high, although no longer smoking), winding kilometers of serpentine cottage town, gym (more people walk in the evening than in the morning) and at 18:30 - dinner. Al Dente Adult Restaurant opens at this time. "Lotus" opens for dinner at 19:00.
The set of dishes for dinner is a bit richer than for lunch.
Interesting salads are added (I constantly took caviar, salad with mushrooms or squid, mutton peas, bell peppers). Something else on the grill is added to the meat-fish-poultry triad. Meatballs, duck, chicken, fresh dough cakes with meat, kebabs, liver cutlets.
Every time something new and always delicious.
Dinner begins with a "lazy" hour. After the shower I put on my evening uniform (ripped jeans and a T-shirt) and go to tease Sandra - she has an evening shift until 21:00. In the lobby at this time sometimes play musicians - saxophonist or violinist. Very stylish!
About half past eight I move to the terrace between the "quiet" pool and the "Aqua Long". There is live music, people dancing, then animators arrange an evening show (for an hour of lockdown closing of the amphitheater).
Sports events for the day are over, so you can afford more. Let's say in my case it's Cuba Libra. The same rum, but with ice, lime and cane sugar.
However, I quickly taught the bartenders at Aqua Longie to make me a light version of Venezuela. Very little rum (shvaya-shvaya), a lot of ice, the rest is topped up with half soda, half cola. Light drink cocktail, very refreshing and a minimum of degrees. ...
no, don't think, I'm not a fan of a healthy lifestyle, just at this time, even at night in Egypt for me is very hot and alcohol just does not climb.
Southern evenings are a great time to talk. I usually talk about it. With other guests, sometimes with one of the animators. I had to talk to the hotel managers several times. Since I have a business school diploma (lying on the mezzanine), I was able to maintain a conversation about the economic aspects of the company. On the example of the resort of Long Beach. It was from these conversations that I learned a lot of interesting and informative things about the functioning of the resort, its problems and how they are solved.
However, the prices for "Long Beach" are still creeping up and the booking has already exceeded $ 100. Damage!
… After the evening show and evening meetings I go to my cottage at about 22:30. It's time to go to bed, because tomorrow to get up at 6 o'clock.
This is what my typical day looked like for two weeks in late April and early May. Of course, there were some deviations, disco parties at night and foam parties and mojitos on the beach during the day, some other parties, animation competitions, as well as trips to the city and more. But typically, I tried not to deviate much from the schedule, which included work tasks. Of course, it is difficult to force yourself to work at the resort. When I was at Long Beach not on remote work, but on vacation, I could afford to constantly go play barrel with Christina, hang out with a mask on the reef every day, hang out with an interesting book by the pool or get bored of empty chatter Yulka at Kids Club Then my rhythm looked a little different.
There was a special atmosphere, a feeling that you know everyone and everyone knows you.
In fact, everything turned out exactly the opposite. A few days before the flight they changed the hour and stole two days from me. Two working days I spent on transfers, flights and waiting at airports. Google, it turned out that this behavior is typical for this operator. Shit, no? !!
However, without longing for this, he just made a note for the future - stay away from such operators.
… What conclusion did you draw from this trip?
The conclusion has not changed, it is almost the same as in my previous reports of staying at Long Beach Resort. The resort is good. You just need to be able to use it. If you are ready to relax positively, he is yours. Come and enjoy!
Translated automatically from Ukrainian. View original
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