Penguin Hotel Dahab

... the moray eel below - a talking point if seen on most dives but seemingly pretty commonplace here. In half an hour off the 'Penguin Hotel Shelf' (the reef is situated on a 10 metre or so wall here) I'd also seen a Lionfish, a multitude of very ...

... our Luxor tour. It turns out they had stayed two nights in Hurghada, so we ended up catching up to them. We stayed at the Penguin Village from recommendations of Steph & Si and CJ, who were on our Africa trip. The place was great!! We had a room ...

... be going much slower when he does these things.  This procedure was to happen one more time before we reached Dahab and our budget hotel Penguin Village.  As I exited the "vehicle", I was pondering why the Egyptians drive like this. Are they ...

... in Egypt, so most meat is imported.  Most of the livestock I see are goats and sheep because they can survive just fine in the desert. Well...today I leave Dahab and the Sinai Peninsula behind me and set off for a week or so in the Nile ...

Dahab is the place to relax. We spent most of our time in Dahab sitting in the Penguin Café. The cafés in Dahab are more like cabanas with pillows on the ground. You can sit for as long as you feel like which usually people pick out their spot and spend ...

We arrived at sharm at 6am and got on our third bus to Dahab to arrive about 8am at the hotel. Thankfully it is out of season ( everywhere we have traveled we have traveled out of season) and we have got a lovely room with a balcony overlooking the sea ...

... enough that we didn't need the distractions of the deep! Last night I had dinner with a group from the local dive schools, as my hotel has been invaded by a party of 25 Dutch divers who are taking over the place a bit!   It was a real ...

... our dive-flashlights and we stayed under for 58 minutes! Pretty long dives with our divemaster Hassan there! Thanks buddy! :) Back to the Penguin Hotel we went to get some rum, pina colada juice and coke, cause we had Rene's birthday to celebrate! I ...

... to a little confusion with our booking, our room was not ready yet, so we hung out on the top deck of the Penguin Restaurant.  Restaurants in Dahab not only taste great, but nearly all of them open to the Red Sea and have an upstairs area where you ...

... like 10 of them- we managed to pull one guy out and haggle with him for a good price to take us to our hotel, called Penguin Village (pretty eclectic).        We arrived, checked in, and were shown to our very simple room. ...

... so it was only right that our monkey and us should fit right in and leave ours there too. We stayed at the popular Penguin Village that had basic rooms right on the beach for AU$5 each person and is run by some very friendly, energetic chaps ...

... the best rooms in the place with a huge wooden balcony with a ocean view....and our price is $35 a night. Our hotel is called The Penguin Village....I have no idea why...there isn't a penguin in site. We have been spending the last couple days lounging ...

... with my name on it.  Someone asked if I wanted a taxi and I explained that one should be organised from my hotel in Dahab, yet still I was lead the taxi ran.  I managed to extrapolate myslef but still no sign of my driver. After checking ...

The mummy's curse strikes from many directions! We are at the Penguin Village Hotel in Dahab. We paid 26 Euros a night for the second floor room overlooking the Gulf of Aquaba on the Red Sea.  The rooms are not real clean. When we checked in we were ...

... style, the floor covered in rugs and mats, with cushions everywhere and palm tree trunks as back rests and dividers.  Our hotel had a balcony with a spectacular view of the sea and palm trees. There's not a lot to write about how we spent our ...

... here in Dahab from Cairo about a week ago (not totally sure since time stands still). We're staying at a place called Penguin's which has a hotel, restaurant, and dive shop on the southern tip of town. Did not move from the premises for the first 5 days ...

... the only bus down to Dahab due to the closure, we shared a taxi with 3 Americans we met in the queue. To be honest, Dahab isn't exactly what I was expecting. I thought there would be long sandy beaches, loads of other backpackers and lots of things to ...

... The night was beautiful! It couldn't have been more perfect. Full moon, and not too cold and no breeze. We were surprised to find that Dahab is known for its great windsurfing, because of its many days of wind here, and we have had quite a few, so it was ...