Burnt by the sun

Written: 13 july 2010
Travel time: 8 — 19 june 2010
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Rested with my family (wife, son, 8 years old) and a family friend (operator - NTK-Intourist), all inclusive. At our request, upon check-in, at the reception for a bonus of $ 40, they were assigned to two adjacent rooms, connected by lockable doors. There are no questions to the staff and service staff: polite, cultured, trying to play a joke and cheer, almost everyone who communicates in Russian is sufficient for mutual understanding. Daily and thorough cleaning of the rooms, prompt response to any request or claim and not necessarily at an additional cost. Here they are not yet spoiled. According to tradition, for $ 1 on the bed, figured laying of bed linen and clothes. Refrigerated mini-bar replenished daily (two of 1.5 liters of drinking water and 3 of 0.33 liters of Pepsi and 7UP-to taste). The rooms are neat and well-groomed, without insects, air conditioner, window to the balcony in the entire wall, TV (3 Russian channels), tea set (kettle, glasses, sugar, tea bags, coffee, spoons), telephone (internal),
in the bathroom there is shampoo and shower gel, liquid soap, if necessary, replaced bath and toilet towels, a table and two chairs on the balcony. The territory is large, well-groomed and tidy, with frugality constantly watered by the servants, and therefore quite green. 4 pools (sea water, 2 with fresh water, 1 for children). The water in them is clean, it gives little chlorine. The pools themselves are cleaned daily. Swimming in the pools and the sea is allowed from sunrise to sunset. Minus digging in the pools: in case of burning, it is forbidden to enter them in clothes (t-shirts, t-shirts), although respected Muslim women, who are present in a small number in the hotel, are allowed to soak in the X number of clothes prescribed by their laws (i. e. , from head to toe). The sea on the hotel's beach is clean, the entry is convenient: sand with a small amount of stones, the descent is smooth, but not shallow. Along the left border of the hotel beach - the second, with finer and cleaner sand,
water parachute, diving. For every taste and budget, there are excursions throughout Egypt, walks in the open sea, islands, reefs, a mini submarine with panoramic windows. The food is quite decent and varied, for every taste with the obligatory presence of fish and seafood, vegetables and fruits. Of the latter, mainly melon, watermelon, dates, bananas, oranges, apples. In the bars you can find drinks and alcohol from 10.00 to 03.00 (at the disco). Drinks are all edible except for their vodka (probably learned how to wind BF on a drill). All drinks are locally produced. Original and imported - for extra. fee. The minus when eating is that with a large influx of vacationers, it’s a bit crowded when feeding, because everyone is trying to come to the opening (probably starved), although the range of products does not become scarce until the institution closes, so you need to choose a convenient time for yourself and calmly eat finding a place cooler.

Every evening during dinner, as a rule, some special dish is prepared on street grills (mussels, crabs, shrimp, fish, meat, etc. ) A separate topic is behavior on the beach. The Soviet mentality to create a stir and a queue wherever possible but not necessary is reflected in the "busy" sunbeds on the beach and near the pools, expressed in scarves, towels, shorts tied to them or umbrellas early in the morning or even at night, which causes beach mini conflicts, because a scoop can come to busy sunbeds in the evening or even every other day (if you are drunk or tired). Here minus the hotel for non-resistance to self-capture (for which I put 4). All you need to do in the evenings is to collect all the clothes from the beach, which, in principle, was done by some of our citizens, opponents of the Old Believer traditions. Modest foreigners, getting into such a hopeless situation for $ 5-10, turned to a beach worker who acted in Russian, i. e.
having collected tied clothes in an armful, he guaranteed to provide imports with a place. Every evening in the restaurant at dinner there is live music, then animation on the street (dances, songs, music, quite beautiful and varied). There you can also order hookah and three varieties of tea. There are plenty of souvenir shops at the hotel, you can buy everything, but 500 m along the coast in a neighboring hotel is much cheaper. Even cheaper when traveling to Hurghada. In general, I liked the hotel. I will try to post a photo-video, including with diagrams and prices, and I can answer your questions.
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