Real vacation, for real money

Written: 18 october 2007
Travel time: 19 — 26 december 2006
The hotel is small, not new, but nice. The staff is not arrogant (as in many hotels), no one expects a tip, does not draw, even surprised. Three times they left a dollar for the maid, carefully put it in a conspicuous place and did not take it. The room was cleaned every day and linen changed as expected. Once they slammed the door (usually a tip is expected for this), they immediately found a maid, opened it.
The hotel food, of course, specific, more spicy, nevertheless, there was always a choice and, I did not notice that they were limited. In the hall you gain yourself, at least how much. On the street grill, kebabs and so on, put the cooks, some a lot, some a little, ask for more, put without question. As a rule, from meat: chicken, beef and some cutlets, meatballs, fish, various side dishes. There are a lot of salads, the taste is so-so, sometimes tasty, often really, a hodgepodge from previous dishes, this is in all hotels, mashed soups. The cuisine changed by the days of the week, European, Oriental. Fruit, apparently from the delivery, then a little, then a lot. Also with sweets, day after day was not necessary. You need to be a strong picky, so that everything is not so happy. And with children, you need to know where to go, there are family hotels, there is a menu tailored for children.
There are many contrasts in Egypt, it can swing both in one direction and in the other, and everything is constantly changing. They are just different, but we, each with our own standards, our own mentality, are sometimes aggressive. And also, they are often ashamed of our people, they drink immeasurably, they make a fuss, they jump into the pool in the middle of the night, in clothes with all the dope jump. All-inclusive for “their own”, they give alcohol to drink, new acquaintances who have half-board, they are denied the third time, they swear, they start building. Tyryat, buns, fruits and more. These are personal observations.

It is very important to understand what you are going for and choose a hotel according to your interests.
Visited Egypt 9 times. 5 in Hurghada, twice in Safaga and two in Taba. All fours and four +. The sea is beautiful, there is a difference, in Hurghada the composition is better and the color saturation is more beautiful, the sandy coast is mostly. In Safaga, almost the same. In Taba, it is a little worse, but thanks to the mountains there are less winds and in winter it is much warmer than in Hurghada.
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