Каникулы строгого режима :( High Security Vacation :(

Sit down comfortably, there will be a lot of bukaf.
I suffered for a long time - I chose a hotel where there would be a house reef convenient for snorkeling and a normal price, the rest was not important, I expected to spend all 10 days watching fish with corals ...I chose ...I took the tour in advance when information about the closure of the beaches was received , there were 9 days left before departure ...I wanted to turn in a ticket - but no, they threw you, boy, losing more than half the cost of the tour or sue, and maybe already a gray-haired old man, you will sue your money ...if you are very lucky. My heart ached with pride for my homeland ...I hoped for the best - they would catch the sharks, they would let them into the sea ...I went ...

About the sea (that is, about the main thing):

They didn't let me in for 11 days! Only knee-deep (at high tide) and no further than 5m. from the shore to crawl among the bodies belly on the stones under the supervision of local aborigines, who were called "guards" there, because this "bathing" was like a walk in a strict regime colony. There can be no talk of any corals and fish there.
What a tour could do. Egyptian leadership? Yes, a lot of things, in the world there is a practice of solving such problems.
What could the hotel management do? At least to fence off the shallow water area to the reef with a net, the terrain allowed it, there were at least some fish further on, and at least there would have been more room to crawl. Instead of a dull whistle, oblige guards to warn of a real danger.

For all the time of personal observations, no one lifted a finger to solve the problem, they only earn money hard on it. Boats there with a transparent bottom, etc. , came to the reef in shoals ...sometimes yachts lowered divers, some of them did not look like professionals at all, but they apparently paid well ...The people, distraught from idleness, rowed all the excursions and entertainment in a row.
The guards enjoyed the power given to them from above, blew their whistles, cheered up the CSF and joked in a peculiar way: to the question of the newcomers about the opening of the reef, they said "Tomorrow" with a smile.

Enough has been said about the BOB about the opening of the beaches, dissolved by the Russian media. Well, the tour operators paid, anyway, all God's dew is for our people ...As the local Pegasiki explained to me - "The beaches are open ...You can lie and look at the sea ... ": ) That is, "The canteen is working! You can't eat anything but you can look at the food and even lick your lips sometimes! "
About "free buses to open beaches" - none of this happened, of course! Generally no compensation for the absence of the sea. It's quite Egyptian.

Beach:
Plus - the relative protection from the wind. Although the wind was But it's tight! Highly! During rush hours (after breakfast) the people stacked up almost in piles! Almost over the ear in the bar they cut the music to the frank wheezing of the speakers.

The same playlist was repeated every day, by the end it was already sick. This was diluted with the hubbub of the brothers in the CIS who were pumping Ollinkud's liquor and the constant whistle of guards. But there were also quieter periods - early in the morning and in the afternoon. At neighboring hotels - emptiness, calm and silence. Already enviable. Well, and still - pestered the flies. Even in the wind!

Food:
There are no complaints about the service in the canteen, except perhaps the queues. During peak hours it is difficult to find a place. Plus one music (a playlist of 4 songs about Christmas was repeated all 11 days). The buffet looked almost Swedish. What can you say about its content. i. e. dishes. Recycling rocks! Dishes left unfinished yesterday or the day before yesterday (and beyond) will be served to you in one form or another today. Sometimes the same. same as yesterday. Completely stale dishes are given a facelift - they are poured with sauce or garnished with a lettuce leaf. Yes, and stale yesterday's cupcake can be poured with icing - and now the new dish is ready!
What do you want from four stars? (with)
Even normal foods are not always edible - they don't know how to cook. Or they don't want to.
Meat: none. What they call meat is the sole of the army kirzach.
Sausages and frankfurters - some kind of inedible surrogate, I don’t understand what.
Soups are almost always inedible.
There is a chicken. Sometimes normal.
Fish. 2 times got on a good one. A couple of times there was tuna (overdried) - it was cut off by an employee for the redneck-perestroika portion (no more than 20 grams (! )). Maybe they have a blockade?
Vegetables. Like a lot, but edible few.
Fruits: Always guava (unripe), sometimes bananas, dates, oranges (delicious). Once tangerines were (! )
Drinks: You can drink only water from the boiler and sometimes milk. Although it is mercilessly diluted with water, it is semi-sour. . local "tea", "coffee", well, UPI - no comments.
Salads: As a rule, their composition is vegetables, potatoes and even pasta that were not eaten yesterday (! ). With rare exceptions, they are inedible.
The eggs are pretty good.
Baking: there are delicious things, although the assortment is small, and they are repeated every day. Breakfast is an assortment of puffs.

With the arrival of a mass of good Catholics for Christmas, the food improved noticeably, which kagbe hints at ...


Room: Good bed, good bed linen, towels, though often instead of changing it all - neatly fold what is there : ) We were cleaned every day without any baksheesh, so in this regard OK.
The bathroom is not bad, although it creates a certain feeling of unsanitary conditions ...The furniture, although not old, is somehow shabby ...Or is it such a vintage-look? Balcony is good. Curtains are thick. BUT! Noisy, beeping from the road and a drunken orgy on the floor above (audible as in a panel house) may well ruin a dream.
There were no bedbugs, but there are mosquitoes. Small but disgusting. 2 fumigators coped with hellish plates.
Refrigerator and hair dryer not working! There was a power surge and they are in the process of being replaced. Judging by the previous
reviews - the process dragged on for years ...so they supposedly do not exist : ) The TV works, but it has one shield.
Territory: Beautiful and tasteful. BUT! Cold pool. hangs 19 degrees, but this, apparently, was measured a month ago: ) For icy. That is, egypt-style - it looks graceful, but it's no use, but they saved money, and the Russians steal everything! By the way, many, loaded with local nasty whiskey, frolicked like walruses in Ledovity. I silently envied. Because there was nowhere else to swim.
Entertainment: I went to watch the fish, all other entertainment for me is unwanted noise. Although there were arranged both dances and gymnastics.
Shops: There are a couple of shops in the area. Everything is expensive. Juice is almost 2 times more expensive than the same in the old market. Beer 0.5l - 150-180r (! )
Excursions: I went to Dahab. They bring it to the SANDY beach, there are no corals there, you can go along the spit to the other side of the bay. but they are not available there.
Weather: Wind! Only 3 quiet days out of 11.

Total: To put it mildly, I did not get what I wanted.
But the hotel is not to blame, just this fact forced to pay attention to its shortcomings. But now I will consider Egypt as a place of rest in the last place and only if I will. Because no one can guarantee you anything. Even the seas, as it turned out.