Penguin Village Dahab

... 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 ...

... 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 just ...

We arrived in Dahab on Fri 8th Dec and checked into The Penguin village hostel for ten euros each per night. It was a great location right on the beach we just had to put on our fins and snorkles and walk out our front door and there was the reef right on ...

... wine and seafood The bewilderment of not being hassled anywhere The relaxed Bedouin village feel The funny reception guys at the Penguin Village taking a phone call from one of the customers wives and jokingly telling her that he was staying here with ...

... (and the resulting heavy security we had to pass through to get here).   We are staying at a place called the Penguin village which appears much better than other places we've stayed at but still has some problems, it's Egypt after ...

We arrive in Dahab and stay at the Penguin Village. We spend the afternoon chilling out on the pillows enjoying the view of the water. The next day is an early start to head to the Blue Hole before the crowds. We pile into a car with 4 Americans and a ...

... another beer before it was time for me to get my boat.  It appears to have been some Russian girl's birthday party (Dahab is packed with Russians) and allegedly some of the other guests were there making a Russian porn video.  Will forever be a ...

... your head and see a fireball rising was truly spectacular. I heart you Mother Earth, you are so amazing! It was difficult to leave Dahab, but my friend seeing a 2.5 - 3 meter long shark while snorkeling very close to the reef certainly helped.  ...

... 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 ...

... amazing coloured fish that were out there. I really wish I had bought an underwater camera so I could have taken their pictures. Dahab was a really wonderful place and I will definately think about coming back here on a 2 week holiday since it is not ...

Oh I love Dahab. So hot and I'm exhausted but it's totally beautiful - it has a real holiday/touristy feel to it & it's good to see the ocean again. Last night, Caoimhe and I climbed Mt. Sinai, so another night spent travelling rather than ...

... stuff in the back of the truck, where we sat on top of it and enjoyed the ride to the hotel.  We stayed in the quaint Penguin Village, but due to a little confusion with our booking, our room was not ready yet, so we hung out on the top deck of the ...

... 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 ...

... 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. It was ...