Сладкий сон! Sweet dream!

Sweet dream…
Tour time: from January 10 to January 17.2010 (a week is catastrophically short)
Tour Operator: Pegasus
Flight: AeroSvit (Kyiv)
We flew a group of about 30 people. We arrived at the hotel by one o'clock in the afternoon, we were immediately put on bracelets and sent to dinner. After lunch was check-in. Although I read all the reviews of tourists (starting from the day the hotel opened) that Russians and Ukrainians are not comme il faut, we decided not to give any money, but not out of greed, but out of curiosity, and live where they settle. They settled in the sixth building, from which we laughed quietly;
Flapping my eyelashes and smiling, I asked the "terrible" receptionist: is it possible to settle closer to the sea? to this I was given the answer that you need to pay extra $ 10 per person per day. We took the key to room 6109, cards for towels, said a big thank you to the reception and went to have fun;

Having reached the sixth building (and the distance turned out to be so small that we even began to worry about our figures after the buffet; ), our group dispersed to the numbers. They brought luggage and the porter (infection) did not want to leave without a tip, he kept standing at the door, smiling and saying: OK? we answered him in chorus: OK, and so they will write it again (ahaha; ) in the end, having decided that this circus was enough, they gave him a dollar, and he left (thank God! ).
I must say right away that there was a sealed one and a half liter bottle of drinking water in the room, which immediately pleased! After putting it in the refrigerator, unpacking our things, sorting out the safe, we changed clothes and stomped to explore the territory.
I agree one hundred percent with those who say that the territory is beautiful, well-groomed, planted with flowers (gardenist hard workers dig, transplant, water from morning to evening).
On the way, gently with a foot, we touched some water in the pool near our building - relatively warm and without the smell of bleach; . I was also pleased that at this hour, and it was already about three in the afternoon, there were few people near the pool and the bar was empty. (Already accustomed, over time, I went to the very heat from the beach to swim only in this pool and no one bothered me there ; . ) So we stomped on. Since we didn’t know the territory yet, but only knew the way to the reception and the restaurant, we went through the reception and went down to the restaurant where we had lunch (we ate on the terrace overlooking the decorative pool, so we knew roughly where to stomp). We went out to him, and then we already saw a house for towels, exchanged cards and went up to the warm pool. Gurgling into it, I felt the painfully familiar smell of chlorine and, to be honest, I was not comfortable in such warm water; (I didn't swim in it again). But for the kids or the “merzlyaks” there is the very thing! But there are a lot of people there, very noisy and there is a queue near the bar. We went on to explore the beach. The beach is comfortable, there are more sunbeds than vacationers, but also a lot of annoying flies; . Jacuzzi (I don’t know how long ago), but absolutely free, but bleach from it carries a mile away ; . That's how imperceptibly for us the sun set and the hotel lit its lights! Then there was a wonderful dinner. Many wrote in the reviews that the local alcohol leaves much to be desired, but I will say that I liked their dry red wine and beer (I don’t drink strong drinks), cocktails are a separate issue: we didn’t ask for anything, and the waiter brought us an incredibly beautiful multi-layered cocktail, which also turned out to be incredibly tasty, so just smile at people and they will try to please you. The food is varied and tasty, the main thing here is to control yourself; (otherwise it's scary to look at how our people try to put EVERYTHING and a little bit more on a fairly large plate; ).

On the second day of our stay, we had an appointment with our guide named Rizvan, a very pleasant and competent young man. He showed us his workplace, where he really was at the time named to us, and we periodically approached him with questions that arose. Rizvan conducted “political information” for us and we immediately signed up for excursions with him. Thus, the first half of the second day was also “lost” for organizational issues.
I will say right away that not all of our group went on excursions through the Pegasus and the price difference, for example, for a trip to Israel with a tour operator is $ 210 per person, and on the street ours agreed for 85, both of them safely we went, so it's up to you to choose, but still there were nuances... ; )
On the third day, most of our group, having received dry rations, drove off together to Cairo, so we didn’t have a third day to rest either, because we left on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, and returned at night on Thursday. A trip to Cairo is a separate story, so if anyone is interested in the details - welcome;
Before leaving for Cairo, we learned that on the way the toilets are exclusively paid, 1-2 pounds (dollar = 5 pounds), if you give a dollar, they won’t give you change and they won’t let five people in for a dollar (I’ll make a reservation right away that there was a toilet on the bus and it worked), and since initially we didn’t change dollars, we went to the reception to find out where we could get these same pounds at eleven o’clock in the evening, and then - hello, please, the same guys who settled us. For some reason, the comrade who settled us did not recognize us, or maybe he was in a good mood, he twittered so much that when I told him in the forehead that he was such a radish that he settled us in the sixth building, he blushed soooo ; , immediately climbed into the computer to look for our number, apparently saw his last name there, hid, like a child, his face in the palm of his hand - we laughed so unanimously, the conversation somehow flowed by itself, that we forgot why we actually came (and left with dollars); in the end, he began to persuade us to move for free, but we refused;
In general, hotel staff is a separate issue;

I have had a lot of fun with them! It is enough just to smile at the waiter, and every time you come to the restaurant, they will try to make you feel good: they will bring flowers, then a cocktail, or even a glass of boiling water with mint leaves and lime (when the night before it was “too much of the red wine”; ) nice, damn it! .
The guy who cleaned our room put a bouquet of flowers for us every time. One day I wrote him a short note, just thank you! So he painted flowers with hearts there, it was so cool! Every time I saw him, he asked if everything was fine and if we needed anything. I cleaned every day and changed the bed (although others didn’t, it all depends solely on the personal attitude towards you, which begins with a smile! ). Well, "tea" is also not worth being greedy. I advise all vacationers to smile at the staff more often - firstly, as you are to them, so are they to you, and secondly, they are horses that plow on us from morning to night, when everyone is resting around, and boors among vacationers enough, you saw, and then you smiled at him, said hello, and he is ready to break into a cake for you! ;
So, we had three full days left from the week of rest, and therefore I decided to dedicate them to complete relaxation and not go anywhere else. But they also flew by very quickly. In general, time passes so quickly that it’s somehow a pity to waste it on sleeping, but where can we go without sleep, although we had a very short one, to this day I can’t sleep off; . The day of departure is a day of mourning, both figuratively and literally! We were slightly delayed with the departure, as the airspace was overloaded, but we flew away safely, albeit with a delay of two hours, but in the evening it rained on Sharm, when I heard about it on the news the next day, my heart ached for this wonderful city and for all the people who are there...
Now let's go over the main points:
1) If you speak at least a little English, the road is open to you!
2) FOOD: food is plentiful, varied and delicious. For breakfast, they mostly ate an omelette, which the chef fries right in front of you, you just choose the ingredients. I missed one breakfast, so he jokingly scolded me the next morning for this, which means they have a phenomenal memory for faces;

Their yogurt is a la our sour homemade milk, very tasty. To him different sweet sauces or honey, or caramel. Also in the morning there are salads, just fresh vegetables, sausages and cold cuts, all sorts of muesli, eggs, sweets, pancakes, you can’t list everything. I didn't eat at the pool bars because I couldn't get hungry; but fries and hamburgers are definitely there.
For lunch, of course, the assortment is wider, and even more for dinner, delicious grilled vegetables, a variety of meat, fish and many different sweets. There were shellfish, shrimp, and rapana, and grilled kidneys, and beef, chicken and fish are generally constantly on the menu. And I strongly disagree with those who write negative reviews about the variety of food. From fruits: guava, oranges, tangerines, bananas, fresh dates. From drinks: beer (light, light and bitter - I really liked it), wine, strong alcohol, juice (rather syrup with water), cola fanta, etc. But for coffee lovers it will be tight there, however, tea there is also not tea;
3) SERVICE: as I said above, smile and don't be greedy and you will be at your best! One point: be careful when exchanging beach towels, they often say that there are no cards, they say come tomorrow and get it without any problems - it won’t work like that! Just take dry. And the guy near the warm pool told us on the first day that we can only have one towel a day, to which I asked him where I could find a manager, since then he has become very courtesy, so don't let you ruin your mood! With the sunset (now it is about five o'clock in the evening) they are kicked out of the pools;
If you have a bottle of vodka as a present for the bartender in the main restaurant, you are his best friend and at any time you will have everything you want! And Ahmed, the bartender from Palmera, has no price at all! ;
4) ANIMATION: the hotel has a group of animators, among them there is a Russian-speaking girl from the Baltics, but Italian women approached us on the beach and if you understand and speak at least a little English, they are happy to invite you to yoga and aqua aerobics we went, we liked it. In the evenings in the amphitheater they put on shows for everyone! We watched for a week as they rehearsed something interesting, and on our last evening they showed us a performance dedicated to Michael Jackson - well done! ;

5) SEA: out of the whole week that we spent there, there was not a single day that we were not allowed into the sea! The red flag was a couple of times, but then it was changed to yellow, so we enjoyed the fish and the beauty of the reef (oh gods! Give me gills! ). It is much more convenient to look at the flag of the hotel, which is on the left - it (the flag) is large, and ours is small, and it is ominously black when it is not allowed, or white when it is allowed. The current in the sea is really quite strong. The rescuer only has time to whistle and throw a rescue circle to negligent bathers. The pontoon itself is 180 of my steps long (specially counted; ).
6) EXCURSIONS: I won’t write in detail, it’s all at your discretion and the thickness of the wallet, but I’ll say that they give a disgusting dry ration: a couple of buns, a couple of fruits, water and juice, and they also tried to swell some: they didn’t put water on someone , fruit for someone, so I advise you to take something tasty on the road in a restaurant with you (if you ask nicely, the waiter will bring a plastic tray and foil to wrap the food with you; )
7) SHOPPING: Immediately opposite the hotel, a row of shops stretches to the left, and if you go a little to the right, then there are many more. You can buy anything, the main thing is to bring down the price! ; When you bargain, their eyes light up right away - they like it so much! When I couldn’t agree on a price, I just said goodbye and left, they caught up with me, gave me for my price and some other gift in addition, so don’t give in! ;
I want to go back there again!
I wish you all a pleasant stay and good mood!