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Travel Blogs from Hurghada, Egypt, Egypt
Countdown to 2011..26 Dec to 2 Jan 2011
This is a top pick! ... a special contract that says I am Alaa's Egyptian wife which means we can stay together in hotels and apartments. This is because Egypt is a pretty strict Muslim country and without it we would be breaking the law. We have to show this wherever we go. ...
History Made - People Power 6th- 11th February
This is a top pick! ... of history in the making. I think we should go and celebrate if and when it happens. This will be an amazing time for Egypt. Mubarak has just spoken live on State TV and he has not stepped down as the news channel would have had us believe hours ...
Life begins at 40!.....
This is a top pick! ... in my 20s thinking about this day and what I would be doing on 4th January 2011. It has come around very quickly. Here I am in Egypt, the sun is shining and I am with my family and Alaa, apart from being able to share this day with other close friends ...
Ras Mohommed to Hurghada
This is a top pick! ... in. More swimming and snorkelling after lunch until it was time to catch our ferry across the Red Sea to the port city of Hurghada. Walked down the road from our new hotel for dinner and found a cool restaurant called Café del Mar. Nice pizza's. Day 6 ...
Becoming an Egyptian 6-14 January 2011
This is a top pick! ... remove them and its not me…(see the photo and decide yourself!!!) Tuesday 11th January Today I officially become a resident of Egypt! No I have not married…All tourists visiting Egypt automatically get a 30 day visa upon entry. We get them ...
Hurghada - Guide Hany's Last Night.
This is a top pick! We arrived at the hotel at Hurghada in the dark and there seemed to be a bit of a reservation problem as we were relegated out the back to an old holiday apartment block separate from the hotel. Our room had no power, no hot water and was quite ...
Living the Life of Luxury
This is a top pick! I eventually resigned to the fact that Jordan was financially unrealistic, so I put a plan in place to extend my time in Hurghada. What a brilliant decision actually. I found a fantastic CSer who works at one of the top seven star resorts on the coast. He ...
The Red Sea
This is a top pick! ... dyes. At 11:00AM after I was good and melted, the driver or should I say two drivers, picked me up to take me to Hurghada. I found it a little awkward that we picked up a second driver but I guess that is the law that it requires two drivers when driving ...
CONTIKI - RED SEA
... of transport. I had a 5 second dip in the pool, got changed and hoped on the bus for a 7+ hour trip. Unfortunately the infamous Egypt stomach bug kicked in, so I felt ill the whole way. It was the longest trip ever... Once we arrived, I headed straight ...
Giftun Island
Today we went to Giftun Island (a must see according to all reports we have read). We took a boat over to the island and along the way one of the crew was filleting the fish we would have for lunch. As he tossed the heads and such into the ...
Hurgada
... temple which was probably the best one we have been to and I went to a bazaar to stock up on souvernirs. After Luxor we headed to Hurgada by the red sea where we partied the night away on the beach. The club was so close to the sea you could hear it and ...
under the sea
... tour group downstairs for 2 hours of 'Retro Dancing' with DJ Mido." So, goodnight. Start: Sea Star Beau Rivage, Hurghada, EGYPT. End: Sea Star Beau Rivage, Hurghada, EGYPT. Distance Traveled: 0 Road Conditions: - Temperature: cool and ...
Cairo to Hurghada
... getaway spot for the Cairo wealthy, with miles of wind farms behind them generating their power. We stopped at a nice hotel in Hurghada for the night since the only other option was the public beach, and after our Libyan beach experiences we were not ...
To the Red Sea
Luxor is the last of our temple stops. From there we head to Hurghada to check out the beautiful red sea where we enjoy some great ...
Canada Day Treat
... Guy - thank you! * Happy Canada Day everyone! Start: Rezeiky Camp, Luxor, EGYPT. 08:00 End: Sea Star Beau Rivage, Hurghada, EGYPT. 13:00 Distance Traveled: 292 km Road Conditions: in convoy on good roads Average Speed: 67 km/hr Max Speed: ...
Status Update
... in Europe came to an end on May 26 when I flew from Rome to Cairo and for the last 2 weeks I have been travelling through Egypt with an Overland Tour (I'll explain this later). Currently we are staying in Hurghada, a resort town on the Red Sea where it ...
Happy New Year!
... bus). We ended up going to the Intercontinental Hurghada which we'd held as a backup (you need to have a backup plan in Egypt, we'd discovered!). We arrived, and Kate talked her way into a room with a view of the Red Sea on a high ...
Ballooning Over Luxor (But Do Not Forget Karnack!)
... on bus for a much-needed little nap! After that, it was onward and upward for our three and a half hour bus ride to Hurghada, Egypt. We arrived, tired and hungry, at our hotel sometime after 7pm – this time a beautiful beach resort on the ...
Bringing you up to date
... to thank Mohamed and Explore Egypt in the UK for helping us plan our trip. They guided our way throught Egypt from start to finish without ever infringing on our independent spirits. Our guides were all exceptional in their knowledge of ...
Hurghada And Mt. Sinai, Egypt
11.12.09/11.13.09 Hurghada, Egypt – And Mt. Sinai Our hotel in Hurghada – Sunrise Hotel & Nile Cruises – has a mediocre room but an absolutely killer balcony with a ...
Day 64 - Hurghada Has Slipped Down To Herangle
... ;At Qena the route takes a sharp right and crosses the 160km of desert that separates the Nile from the Red Sea. Egypt really is a huge desert with everyone living on a very small percentage of the land - either on the banks of ...
Hurgada
... at 4am and takes 5 hours; but nothing is planned other than the beach... Hotel: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/hrgeg-hurghada-marriot t-beach-resort/ Another convoy... But for me it is worth it, because I want to see the Red Sea, and when ...
Hurghada
As a couple of divers, there was no way we could visit Egypt & not make a detour to the Red Sea. The diving was great (no pelagics, but plenty to make up for it), but with my whole body shaking with the cold afterwards, I am now a fully qualified ...
Running Amok in a Resort Town
Everyone's expectations of Hurghada had been lowered by Jody. She was telling us not to expect much more than a tacky resort town geared towards the throngs of Red Sea diving tourists. We were all pretty tired from the 4 hour drive from Luxor and our ...
To Hurghada
... bus station, a very unimposing place. The trip itself was uneventful, with several stops along the way. We arrived in Hurghada later than scheduled on a gray, windy day and checked into the Empire Hotel. This is a large centrally located 3-star ...