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Hotel Rocketa Dahab

Dahab, South Sinai, Red Sea and Sinai, Egypt

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A night in the Desert

A travel blog entry by winegalcj

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... for Alan either. But we both made it with all limbs intact.

After waiting at the camp shack and more tea, we took off for another gift shop and more tea. Alan bought a little something. Then Friday said it’s time to go to the camp. After about a half hour we pulled up to a very, very sparse and primitive lean too/shelter/poles with old rugs. This is it.

Friday asked as we neared Camp, “did you ...

Red Sea Snorkelling

A travel blog entry by tarabella

... Red Sea covered in a thick layer of salt. We rode the jeeps back to the hotel and headed start for the pool for the last chance to top up the Egyptian tan. Spent an hour in the shower trying to remove every last salt granule that was staining my skin white and patchy. Met the group at 5:45pm in the lobby to catch the good old 6m shuttle into town. We started at a cocktail bar tonight and tried a Rip Tide – Vodka, mango juice, pineapple juice ...

Arriving in Dahab...ALIVE!

A travel blog entry by tarabella

... the sea bass. It was cooked perfectly but had been douced in far to much salt, the tartare sauce had far too much dill in it and I didn’t particularly like the taste of the fish. Luckily I had filled up on bread. After the meal we walked through the markets. It was much better here as the locals hassled us far far less and the items for sale were pretty much the same. By 11pm we were ready to head back, jumped in a jeep taxi and returned to our ‘4 star’ hotel. Bed time.

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Bubbled Bliss

A travel blog entry by karsenault

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... and booked until today so thus, I've been here for three nights. (I think I know how many times I've slept in this place, buddy.) Showing him my reservation was the only way to get him off my back and with a deep scowl, he apologized and returned the passport he'd been holding hostage. I'm cute, not stupid.

Today's dive was far more inspiring. We entered the water spitting distance (literally) from a herd of camels and their ...

Scared of Sharks

A travel blog entry by ricduncombe

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... place to be for five nights, perfectly positioned and with me as the only guest, the shared bathrooms were practically en-suites.


It was a funny time to visit the country. It felt strange being the only tourist on the street or rather it would have if I had not spent the last six months being the only tourist pretty much anywhere, you just expect it in a place like Cairo, you expect queues and people wandering the streets with maps. None ...