Исповедь одинокого туриста Confessions of a lonely tourist

Let's start with the flight analysis. So, I flew to Royal Grand Sharm alone, for reconnaissance (it happened). Before that, I chose to read mostly negative reviews. I am responsible only for my period, I don’t know how anyone had it before.
SETTLEMENT. I arrived in the morning and at 9 was already at the hotel. The hotel is conveniently located, just a couple of kilometers from the airport. I filled out the form and handed over my passport. I didn’t deposit money on purpose (I came to investigate) - I was wondering what a bearish corner they would lock me up for this. At 9-50 I was put on a bracelet. Breakfast was until 10-15, so I had time to have breakfast. The myth that “they catch on purpose, after 10, so that they don’t have breakfast” has been debunked.
Mindful of the check-in at 14-00, I left my things and waved to the beach. At 11-20 I asked the Russian-speaking girl at the reception of Anya how and what to hear. To my surprise, she told me that after 10 minutes you can check in, no one extorted money for this. So, my number is 152. The porter briskly waved the suitcase and offered to go by typewriter. Well, I think, "to cut" me now and "to cut" to the beach. But my building was only 20 meters from the main one. Now about the number. When they say that the rooms need renovation - it's kind of strange. Mine was with absolutely clean walls and there was no mold in the toilet-shower at all. After that, I visited two more rooms - the picture is the same. The double room is quite large with a terrace and a table. With which I agree that the furniture in the room needs to be updated, as the varnish has faded in some places. But in the hallway, the wall was like new. The beds are separate, large and firm. This was especially important for me with two meters tall. The main drawback of the room is the plasma. At first I thought it was a computer monitor. Too small. Lying at one end of the room and peering at the screen at the other is very uncomfortable. Channels - a couple of Russians (including TNT), two Ukrainian. There were no children. The air conditioner froze well. Yes, the sea was not visible from the room, but it was a 2-minute walk. I heard that they gave 10-20 bucks and moved closer to the pool or overlooking the sea. But since my stay in the room every day was minimal, this one suited me just fine. I did not go to meet the guide, I can not say anything.

NUTRITION. Very often they write "you will not stay hungry. " I do not agree. This is if at home he shook a pan of porridge with chops, then such a statement is then true. Every day I chose two or three delicious dishes for me personally. What was pleasing was the presence of a couple of varieties of fish every day: grilled, baked in the oven, deep-fried or just in a pan. Deep-fried red mullet was especially delicious. This is not Turkey, they won’t turn meat rolls here. But the food is simple, satisfying and understandable: three times there were baked quails stuffed with rice and spices, very tasty lamb, lyulya, turkey, chicken. Twice there were seafood with vegetables. Often there was, probably, beef - like a sole, chewed with difficulty. I mainly ate grilled dishes, which were prepared downstairs on the right at the entrance. The pizza from the oven was always very tasty, it turned out with smoke. Respect to Mahmud (if I'm not mistaken), we even became friends. What was a little annoying was the distribution of about 50% of all dishes by the chefs: they will give a couple of pieces, eat it, get in line again. But if you ask to put more, as a rule, they did not refuse. As they explained, this is so that people do not pile on plates and then do not throw it away. I agree that the minus is sweet. But for me personally, it was in parallel, I'm not fond of it. True, at the end of the stay the shift changed and the baklava was nothing like that. Would like more seafood
FRUITS: melon, peaches (small and tasteless), oranges, tangerines on the face are terrible - good inside (Egyptian super-tastier than Spanish-Italian ones), watermelons, dates.
SEA AND TERRITORY. It's five! ! The sea is clean and warm. All the same, as they write about other hotels, “the food and the room were super-super, but they brought us to the beach by bus” this is completely different! The hotel is located on the first line and has a long private beach. The beach has a large plateau with petrified corals. Children loved to splash there, as the maximum was knee-deep water and stretched for 15 meters. Adults swam from the pontoon. Very beautiful coral, a huge number of fish. Dive from a pontoon with scuba gear for 20 bucks. I liked it more than a trip to Tiran Island with a dive. The coral at the pontoon is 30 meters deep. They write that often the sunbeds were occupied with towels for the whole day. We do this: we observe the sunbed you like for 15-20 minutes. Next, carefully fold someone else's towel (if no one has appeared) and spread our own. I've always done it this way and no one has had any complaints. The big negative is the "fitness center", which was located under the main restaurant. To understand, this is a windowless room, about one and a half of my rooms with three treadmills and two power trainers. Already five people there create discomfort. I understand that there are not so many blessed ones who gained calories at the top in order to burn them on the floor below. But still they are, and on the declared 350 numbers it is a shame.
BAR. I took white wine with fish - not bad. The red is very sharp. I'm not fond of beer, but the local one was delicious - quite thick and soft. I didn’t take strong drinks at all - vacationers complained that it was complete garbage and my head was cracking in the morning..... XZ..... I don’t know. He brought a couple of bottles of cognac with him, which he deigned to eat in a pleasant company.

CONTINGENT. Half of the Ukrainians, followed by Belarusian brothers, a large group of Italian divers, Arabs. There were a couple of Russians. “Tagiyilaaaa” and I have never seen drunk people, everything is cultural, the territory has always been clean and well-groomed. Mostly married couples. But there were also (attention men) flocks of unaccompanied women.
ANIMATION. Did not participate in the daytime. Darts, water aerobics, volleyball, golf, pool games. Girls-animators are young clockwork, laid out. I saw that Alena tried very hard. Evening animation was..... well, it was and was. They sang a little, danced a little, belly dancing and their specific dances. Well, that's not a big deal....
SUMMARY. Personally, I went for the purpose of scuba diving and this was my priority. I am completely satisfied with the nature, and the coral, and the territory, and the services of the diving center at the Scuba Dreamer pontoon. Special respect to the instructor Nadezhda! The food was better than written. I want to thank the Russian-speaking girls at the reception Anya and Elena, who were responsive and always came to the rescue in different situations. The hotel did not like the tradition of cutting bracelets at 12 noon, especially if the flight is late. On the return flight, I saw bracelets on half of the passengers. True, I went to the reception to rent a room at about one in the afternoon and no one fined me for being late, they got off with a verbal warning, although they may be fined. Based on the combination of positions, I will probably stop at this hotel and bring my family in the fall.
The Egyptians are friendly people, they earn little, so rewards in the form of high-quality chocolates or banknotes are desirable. You will be remembered.