Bel Air Azur Resort Hurghada

... the nest and I got a couple of <br>photos which hopefully hsve come out ok.<br> <br>Well that's it really for the Egypt blog, we travel tomorrow back home <br>starting from here at 10am and getting home around 10pm. We are both <br>sad to leave but looking forward to seeing the kids again and everyone <br>else. I hope it won't be too long before we return.

Our 20th wedding anniversary today which started with some shopping <br>and then the hotel offered us a free meal tonight mainly because of <br>the problems at dinner last night but also because of our anniversary.<br> <br>Rest of the day is quiet with a relax by the pool this afternoon <br>because it is has been really hot today and it helped us cool off.<br> <br>Dinner tonight was excellent in the hotels al la carte restaurant <br>which was all the better because it was free!<br>

Meryl's Birthday and we spent the day on the dive clubs boat going out <br>to Dolphin Point to do snorkelling. It was pretty good to see the fish <br>again like yesterday plus we got to see a few dolphins as well.<br> <br>Got back to the hotel around 5pm and guess what? Another cake has <br>arrived! Woo hoo!<br> <br>Going for dinner tonight on the side of the marina with a show as well.

Wow and wow again, that diving lark was spectacular. I saw all sorts <br>of tropical fish including scorpian and lion, rays and moray eels, BIG <br>moray eels. Plus I got to swim with Nemo, a couple of clown fish came <br>up and said 'hi' it was truly amazing.<br> <br>Had a Dutch instructor called Zietza who was just as crazy as his name <br>suggests but he was good ...

... for some reason <br>my instructor thought it would be good fun to make me sink straight <br>away which caused me to panic slightly and I did for one brief second <br>think i couldn't do it but we did a couple of surface swims and I got <br>used to breathing under water without drowning. After that it was no <br>problem and I can't wait for tomorrow to do the proper dives.

Quiet day really sorting out the plan for the rest of the week. The <br>welcome meeting this morning was useful from the hotel guest relations <br>girl as she gave us a tour of the hotel which was good as it is a maze <br>of corridors. Another thing she told us was the mooring charges for a <br>boat here, 90,000&#8364; a year! Plus another ...

... noisy, <br>industrious and always moving. The Nile has been about Egypts history, <br>the background and it's heartland. El Gouna is it's surface veneer, <br>fresh, clean and shiny, nothing like we have seen so far.<br> <br>If I were to liken to it to anywhere else I would say it's like Dubai <br>but not on the same scale. It's very much under development but it <br>looks good with many street restaurants and ...

... br>One bottle of mineral water for each person<br><br>English Egyptologist tour guide<br><br>Service charges &amp; Taxes<br><br>Exclusions:<br><br>Any personal extras not mentioned in the program<br><br>Tips for the driver, guide and company representative<br><br>Contact us:<br>info@goegypt-travel.com<br>Tel: 00202 24052246<br>Fax: 00202 24052249<br>

... ever had. Back on shore again, we went down to the hotel salon and got our hair cut. After months of dust and sand, my hair was a knotted mess. I merely wanted a simple trim but they wouldn't accept that and in the end, I had to "choose a model" from their dozen or so magazines before they would start. Matt, sitting in the chair behind me, got the full treatment and was this close ...

... s Beachclub. This is where things started to go wrong. Tequila was making an appearance along with lots of overpriced beers. I'm not sure how we all went from drowsy friends going out for a quiet meal to raging alcoholic dance machines in such a short period of time, but we did. I still think it was that dodgy egg **** beer, but we'll never know. Papa's Beachclub was pretty empty when we arrived but had a really cool setup! Everything was ...