Ghannah Lodge
Travel Blogs from Nuweiba
Chilling in the Red Sea & Farewell Mamdoh!
... in a very nice way without yelling but rather talking to him along the way.
The water in the Red sea was cold and was perfect for a hot day like this. However, some of us got a little restless and decided to kayak our way to the deep end for some snorkelling. Michael 2, Cheng, Mark & I kayaked out to the deep end. It was mid-afternoon and the sun was at its peak perpendicular to the sea water. The visibility was amazing. An hour later tiredness started to ...
The Fast Boat - a 1 hour trip that took 4.5hours
... was going where. After this the kids all went in for a swim, and a number of masks and snorkels were bought from the nearby shop so they could go snorkelling. They all had a good time doing this, and the rest of us just relaxed on the beach, and we were supplied with some Bedouin tea. Both Caleb & Alvin needed to get some Egyptian money, so they went for a wander up the beach - while they were there they found a place to eat, and found that they needed to ...
Road trips are measured by moments, not miles
... Schneer as wish to catch up on history of the countries we are passing through. The declaration you'll recall, said Britain would use its “best endeavours to establish in Palestine a national home for the Jewish people” and “nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.” Britain, as usual, played and plotted and deceived all sides, the Arabs most of all. The then Pope had ...
A destination is not a place but a way of seeing
... sites; the latter being collections of slightly ramshackle huts, built of palm leaves , wood or brick plus, maybe, a restaurant and toilet block. We stayed first in City Beach Camp – lots of bright flashing lights at night in the palm trees, a wide sandy beach, and apart from us just two German guys staying (the first overlanders we have met on this trip!) on their way to South Africa. We moved onto Petra Camp (www.petra-camp.com) as it has delicious food, a ...
Red Sea Adventures
... bookmaker for free. You know I love free. I meet Philip who was a very nice converted Egyptian. He was now Coptic(Christan). He called a friend of his who would give me a fare price to get back to the hotel Sharks Bay in Na'ama Bay. Ali was the driver. We talked about his family and how proud he was to have three boys. Ali was very special and made the ride special as well. The room at Shark's Bay was the nicest so ...