Ras Mohamed National Park Sharm El-Sheikh

Ras Mohammed was the first national park in all of Egypt. It is a 15 minute drive from
Sharm El Sheikh. My van was full of Russian tourists. I was one of two non-Russians in the van. Claire decided to relax and read her book by the pool today. This was the first time we have spent a minute apart since we met almost 4 weeks ago. There are two …

Once I avoid being stranded in St. Catherine, as busses are not running there as frequently due to recent events, I make it to Na’ama Bay in the south of the Sinai peninsula. I am overwhelmed with tourists and taxi drivers in the downtown area, this is definitely a tourist haven. I only want to get to my Hyatt hotel on the beach and relax …

Sharm el Sheikh is a city that basically didn't exist 30 years ago. Built exclusively for tourists, this place is a little different from Cairo (and looks a lot like the outskirts of Vegas, just off the strip - with trash littering the streets next to the relatively new and strikingly white buildings). We didn't know what to expect, but we booked …