http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Egypt , Red Sea , Hurghada en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:04:16 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:04:16 +0000 Giftun Island can be reached by many tourist boats taking off from Hurgada in less then an hour. The sand is really white and water magic. And we did lot of snorkeling along the coral reefs too. The area is protected and construction forbidden but there are too many tourists for my taste. Luckily the stay on the Island is limited so they donrsquot manage to disperse and make more damage but be http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-455576.html Hurgada is 36km long seashore resort on the Red Sea. It seamed rather new and boring so nothing attracted us except prospect of snorkeling in the famous waters and visiting our friends Tamara and Marko who worked in El Gouna.We decided to go over agency because it was impossible to get to charter flight from Belgrade to Hurgada otherwise. Joca lost a wallet on the plane and a friendly guy found it http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-455276.html Since being in Slovakia is such hard work...Sylvia and I decided we needed to get away from it all and take a little vacation. I convinced Sylvia that Egypt would be very interesting since the pyramids were something I had always wanted to see. We booked a trip to stay at a resort along the Red Sea near Hurghada and flew from Kosice on a chartered flight with nothing but Slovak vacationgoers. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-438745.html Hi there. We were in Hurghada in Egypt during one week in February 2009. We stayed in the Grand resort Hotel from Red See Hotels. One of the most beautiful hotels we've ever stayed.Astonishing landscapes pools lagoons... restaurants good food nice people But forget the beach lolJust enjoyed the hotel didn't do much else except a little bit shopping. It was a very nice and calm weekCheers http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-438561.html So a year has passed from my AMAZING trip around Europe and i have been getting very itchy feet needing to travel again.My in June my boyfriend Colin and I decided last minute to take a trip to Egypt as i have wanted to go there for so many years. So we booked a holiday to the lesser know area of Hurghada on the coast within reasonable distance to Luxor. The week was lovely as we went on the be http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-435537.html My family have visited Hurghada Red SeaEgypt for several years but over the last two years the newly introduced taxi service has become a complete menace. The taxi's ''curb crawl'' honking their horns touting for business the kamikaze drivers regularly doubletreble their fares for Europeans and cheat them out of their change.However this year a friend recommended an English expat who met us a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-435254.html Day 12This was our last full day in Hurghada so we thought we better get out and not spend the entire time by the pool. We went on a jeep safari. We were piled into land cruisers and off into the desert we drove. This time we were lucky enough to be with a large group from Poland. Again we were the only non Polish people besides the guides in the group.We arrived at a Bedouin village and after http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-411478.html Day 11The day started as our first day that we did not have to get up and had no plans. So we slept in ate a huge breakfast and then proceeded down to the pool and beach to start our day's activities of absolutely nothing. It was great. The weather was perfect hot but not too hot. We did spend a good part of the day answering questions to the workers of where we were from. Not one guessed w http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-410822.html We had to skip a few daysrsquo journals that we will make up later for because we just could not pass up telling you about day 9 and 10. Day 9Day 9 started with our departure from Aswan and the Nile cruise. Betty and Judy had an early flight to Cairo and then back to the U.S. This is officially the end of their trip. Now Kirsten and Chester do not have to worry about some woman pounding on http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-410545.html I hate computers After a frustrating hour of trying to get these photos up Tracy saved the day while I was chatting on the phone...thanks Tracy Take a look we could not have had more fun if we tried. Caroline even got to do archery which she just tried for the first time in PE and is very good at it. Tracy and I both had massages Thai lady 1 at the spa doing shiftwork with the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-407300.html We left Cairo at 11am with 2 cars 2 drivers 2 shopped out mammas 1 grumpy teenage girl 2 naughty little girls and Trevor. After a nostalgic teary drive through the desert we arrived in El Ain Sukhna on the Red Sea. After the usual confusion at the Stella di Mare checkin we got a free upgrade thanks to Tracy. The pool and beach were fabulous as usual and we even got lau sammat waiter http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-406973.html Hi if you visit airflights.co.uk and search for flights from the UK to Hurghada you will be able to book long stay flights egTuesday 16th June you can buy a flight duration of 185 days for 299 YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FLY BACK TO THE UK ON THIS TICKET plus many more in excess of 90 days. Once you arrive in Egypt you have to have visa and if you are long stay you then get an extended tourist v http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-400494.html So we left Luxor at about 5pm and drove five and a half hours to Hurghada. This is where the group split. Some people finished after a week and so stayed on the bus which was heading for Cairo 10 of us got off for our week on the coast. Into our rooms for 11pm and out on the town to the Hard Rock Cafe for free drinks And what a sight it was it was just full of Egyptian men and western women...a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-395943.html Egipt or Egypt as the English people call it. One of the countries that witnessed too much progress recently. They started investing lots of places to become touristic and destinations for more tourism for this very old country. What gave Egipt this fame as historic and touristic place is not only one thing but many aspects. Egipt's locationsThe Nile RiverHistory and other reasons but i http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-390389.html Watch out for those beer goggleshellip..and the resulting hangover After our afternoon lunch in Luxor we immediately made our way back to the campsite in readiness for our 2pm convoy to Hurghada where we would be spending the next two nights.What can one say about the town of Hughada Nothing in fact It is what I would call the Costa del Sol of Egypt filled with tourist resorts tacky s http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-344450.html 061008We were picked up at 7am for 9am transfer by boat to Sharm El Sheikh when on arrival at the boat harbour we discovered that the ferry had left at 4am as our guide had not confirmed our departure time we missed the boat. No other boats were going today so an alternative had to be found. If we couldn't get to Sham today we would miss climbing Mt. Sinai to watch the sun rise and miss v http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-333843.html 051008With a rare free day we decided to take a tour in a glass bottom catamaran to the coral reefs just off shore. Brianna wasn't keen to go as she gets sea sick. We assured her it would be fine as the water was dead flat.We had to wait for the 2nd boat as we just missed the first one not our fault the driver was late picking us up. While waiting we took a few photographs and Sandra almost http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-333829.html Hello Holly and I have just arrived back from the most amazing time snorkeling off the red sea coast at Hurghada.... but I don't want to talk about that just yet we have to catch you up on the last 7 days or so.Temples and tombs and enough history to make you wish you'd been paying more attention at school. We've been to Aswan Abu Simbel the High Dam and Luxor. I've taken around 1000 photos th http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-331123.html Unicorn Travelis a recently promising established Group dedicated to creating an everlasting vacation that goes behind our guest expectations. We aim to provide exclusive tours packages and other Ground services withexperiencedandprofessionalteam supported with the latestcommunication Technology connected online around the clock to keep our level of services at best all over Egypt.Our Services http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-315615.html Beach Holiday in Egypt HurghadaA short breakaway during winter time to Hurghada Egypt.We stayed 1 week in hotel Grand Resort a wonderful hotel Really 1001 nights Due to overbooking we received an upgrade to a family suite. TopMost of the time we did some relaxing at the pool of this great hotel. Or we went to the beach of partner hotel Siva Grand Beach which was also a nice hote http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Red-Sea/Hurghada/blog-295975.html