Ramada Ras Sudr

... to the beach, took a nap, ate dinner, went to the pool, had a beer, and went to bed.” That’s all folks. In other words, no efforts were made to better ourselves or humanity.




View from our villa

I would like to note that while kicking sand around with my feet Jesus appeared…sort of. It was an image of Christ on a tile from a broken bracelet buried ...

... which is ideal both for families and children, and people who actually want to swim properly. There is a bar and restaurant by the pool, then there is the kitesurf/windsurf school that hires out equipment, organises lessons with fully qualified, western instructors, all at extremely reasonable prices ( well, it is Egypt after all). The kite school (Club Natalie Simon) is ran by an extremely nice multilingual Swiss French couple who will ...

... Conservationists estimate that there are more than 1000 pleasure boats as well as fishing boats sail across the Hurghada area and until recently there was no one to stop them anchoring on the coral or divers and others taking pieces of coral or shells home. Another big problem is the fact that crews of ships throw all their garbage overboard and we encountered hundreds and hundreds of empty plastic bottles on the beaches and in the desert which is also being treated as a garbage ...

... technicians aboard who are repairing something (the air-conditioning, I hope). By 09:30, we were in the Great Bitter Lake, where a southbound convoy was at anchor, waiting for us to pass. We went very slowly for a while, and then continued along the "regular" canal for the rest of the day. In the evening, it transpired that we were heading straight ...

... sentece started "When we arrived at Port Said..." and it was a book about sailing to India. Quel Coincidence! Ships start queing up at midnight. The Star Clipper is slow, so we are nearly always at the end. This is lucky as we don't start sailing until about 5:30am, giving us light to see what's going on. This time we had only 28 in the convoy. So now we are engaged in a 14 hour sail through the ...

... Suez Canal. Before dinner, we watched several huge vessels passing through the canal. Quite amazing. Start: Sea Star Beau Rivage, Hurghada, EGYPT. 12:00 End: Red Sea Hotel, Suez, EGYPT. 17:00 Distance Traveled: 375 km Road Conditions: good Average Speed: 77.6 km/hr Max Speed: 100 km/hr Temperature: nice humid sea breeze

... just happened to be the most expensive place in town, something the taxi driver was well aware of, which probably explains why he demanded more money then he deserved for his services. The pain of having to shell out 400 Egyptian pounds (€50) for a night's accommodation was only slightly lessened by the fact that our room had a Suez canal view. The view from the 6th floor restaurant was even better however, but neither view could match the view we had ...

The time came to head back towards Cairo. No one was in a big hurry. We would drive for a couple hours and then stop and stretch, drive, stretch. Then we happened upon an oasis.(no it wasn't midnight) But the contrast of the normally barren, dry Sinai against this lush, green garden was incredible. We stopped to say hello and have a look around. The people were very friendly, like most Egyptians. They were very proud of ...

... picked the right guy to help, because he did come to get us and got us and we all boarded safely on the correct bus. The bus ride was interesting, it was three hours with a view of sand, lots and lots of sand, while watching a very loud musical. I had heard that there wasn't much around Ras Sudr, but was still surprised when we arrived to a small bus station that didn't even have taxis there ...

... but strangely enough, it didn't bother me since he just seemed to be curious, rather than hateful, sleazy, hostile...etc. A couple of hours into the trip, an Arabic DVD was put on loud enough to make my ears buzz. I was saved from the blaring movie by my MP3 player (I had it turned up really high, so I am surprised I didn't burst an ear drum or something) poor Mum just turned kind of glassy-eyed and put up with it. Every now and then I would open my eyes and watch a bit of the movie ...