Jaz Makadi Star & Spa Hurghada

... 6 years ago. It's dirty, and there are alot of russian prostitutes running around with egyptian men. Our hotel was definatetly not worth the $21.60 Us we paid, but at least we had a swimming pool.<br>We couldn't wait to wake up early at 6am to catch the ferry to Sharm El Sheik!! We got to the port and we were told that the ferry was broken for a week!! I was ******! I crushes my water bottle in my hand and yelled ****! hahah... I did. <br><br>Soo we took a taxi back into ...

We had intended just getting off the boat and going to some vendors which we thought might be on the wharf but there weren't any so we stayed on the ship.<br>When we arrived a ship in front of us has just unloaded a crowd of Egyptians and they had trolleys full of what looked like their worldy possessions. There were hundreds of them and they were all taking their loads of goods into a big warehouse which was the customs area. We don ...

... us in comfort and safety to our hotel for a fraction of the local taxi cost. We used him as our driver for the whole of our stay and even arranged trips to Cairo and Luxor through him again with courteous safe drivers and at a fraction of local/hotel costs.<br><br>This service made all the difference to our holiday and I would thoroughly recommend it to all visitors to Egypt. The website is: www.goldencar-eg.org

... Egyptian tourist memorabilia you could wish to take home &#8211; spices, Egyptian clothes and figurines with oversized penises. We browsed and bought, before being taken to look at the papyrus gallery next door, where hundreds of different sized papyrus canvases bore oil paintings depicting Egypt&#8217;s history and culture. <br><br><br>We stopped for freshly squeezed fruit juice in a local caf ...

We arose the following morning at 5am (told you about not getting lie-ins), this time of our (read: Ed's) own accord to watch the sunrise over the beach immediately outside our hotel room. I didn&#8217;t wake up particularly easily on the morning in question and was nothing short of grumpy, though Ed spent most of the time behind his camera (perhaps hiding from my mood&#8230;). We meandered down the beach slowly as the twilight sky turned to orange, only disturbed by ...

One of the primary reasons of our visit to Egypt was it famous Red Sea diving &#8211; Ed won't easily pass up an opportunity. So for three days, the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of our trip, Ed was let loose of the stunning underwater world of the Red Sea, whilst I was confined to classrooms, tests and homework in order to become accredited with my own PADI (scuba-diving) skill.<br><br>The photos will always say more than my blurb when it comes to diving. As I discovered ...

On Sunday we arose at 4.45am....man, why do I never get lie-ins?! Our bus collected us shortly after and - complete with breakfast box - we boarded our (tour-operated) coach to Luxor with a number of other sleepy tourists. Our guide was called Mahmoud and not only fluent in English but also Egyptology, having read it at University. After attempting to regain valuable shut-eye, he awoke as 3 hours later as we entered Luxor - one of the hearts of Ancient Egypt.<br><br>We ...

... was reference to a pharaoh of Egypt that was not a native of the country but one of the conquerors of the country. His name was Alexander the Great. It is believed that his body was returned to Egypt after his death for burial, but that is note a confirmable fact. Also inside of the temple was a painting of a group of people that looked more like later Romans than earlier Egyptians or Greeks. This is one fact that I will need to explore with our Egyptologist on board. Our day ...

... we are going to sit outside after dinner and watch the performance tonight if they would like to join us when they are finished. They have to go for a walk, but will look for us later. We go for a walk, no stars it is cloudy. We walk towards the other resort and decide to go in and find out what it is. It is a huge resort, mostly German clientele, and mostly empty. It is a 5 star Holiday Inn, quite a fancy place. We talk with the man at reception and find out it is $132 ...

... 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 their country and their knowledge of our language. Without them I don't know what we would have done. While we like to travel on our own there are times you really need a guide to fully understand what you are seeing ...