The elusive flavor of a third world country

Written: 8 august 2012
Travel time: 7 — 14 december 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 4.0
Was in Taba in December. The weather is good, during the day you can walk in shorts, at night - in a winter leather jacket. As a beginner in tourism, at first I was shocked, then I adapted, and even liked it. Everyone here already knows that the hotel is located, so to speak, very secluded (when going on his next vacation, he asked: "Is there a city around the hotel? "). A couple who came with me on one transfer immediately began to find out how they would go back to Sharm.
The staff is rather intrusive in places, does not directly ask for tips, just stands, is silent (sometimes smiling) and does not leave. I had to leave the person who escorted me to the room with nothing (I'm not greedy, there were just no little things), he left in anger. But the janitor became my best friend, for a dollar and a pack of cigarettes (it was possible not to leave them, but there was still nowhere to put them), left on the bed, I did not see him all day. Well, perhaps by chance ("Oh! Hi! Friend!!! "). He corrected the pastel regularly, he sculpted the traditional swan when I was absent for two days. True, in the end, the bastard got 50 rubles more!
I liked the food, especially the beer : ) I didn’t eat salads and soups (as I later found out, people hated them), but the meat was okay, and the side dishes were mostly not bad.

The water in the pool was very cold, so you had to swim very quickly.
There were not many people on the beach (maybe because of the season), so there was always a sunbed. But for some reason I always lacked reed walls from the wind.
There are no toothbrushes in the hotel, I warn everyone. Well, I didn't know what they were supposed to be : )
The room was good, there were no insects. He lived on the first floor and often went out through the window-door, leaving the front door closed from the inside. True, for the first time this trick cost me dearly - I forgot which window was mine. But the card does not need to be used! My truth went haywire somewhere on the second day.
There are five or more dogs, a horse and occasionally a camel. If you hail songs at the fountain after 22.00, dogs may come running to your voice.
Evening comedy show at the level of school KVN, I felt nostalgia. My companion really felt disgusted - she did not like the humor.
In the evenings in December there is nothing to do, it gets dark at 18.00 you can’t swim in the sea and it’s generally cold. So if there are two of you, walk along the coast in the moonlight. If you are alone, get to know someone and walk along the beach in the moonlight.
In general, in those places there is an elusive flavor of the country of the 3rd world. There is nothing to do there for more than three or four days.
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