It was in the middle of the town and when we arrived there tired from flight and a bit surprised by the surroundings, I thought the driver was wrong, we were suddenly in a jumble of honking cars, loud music and a lot of hustle and bustle !
Where is the red sea ?? I almost got a nervous breakdown, when I imagined to stay 2 weeks in this loud mess.
Reluctantly we entered the hotel and found ourselves in a beautiful entrance hall and almost in another world !
From the reception we could see the beach and the sea ! Was I happy !
From outside our apartment looked very nice too. The inside was funny. My bed broke the first evening, in the kitchen (which fortunately we never used) the electric wires hung out of the wall, the TV dated from the first World War and the furniture was used up. Apparently it is not a country to go for time sharing apartments, the hotel rooms were completely different and rather luxurious. Anyway timesharing doesn't exist anymore.
But then sitting on our terrace in the morning for a cup of coffee, suddenly a huge truck arrived and sprayed I don't know what on everything ! It stunk terribly we almost suffocated.
We quickly escaped into the room, and when the smoke slowly disappeared we hurried to the beach ! Of course I asked what this spray was and they told me that it was against the mosquitos, that stung the people and that itched horribly. This spray was supposed to be the only mean that lasted for a long time.
They sprayed three times per day, early morning, when we had lunch and in the evening. It helped probably, because the mosquitos didn't like us but this was not the case of everybody.
Meanwhile all this has changed, and they use a more environment friendly spray which doesn't smell.
In a mosque, we got nice green coats !
Linking to Linda.G.Hills SOCS - Spray
What an extraordinary (and memorable!) holiday!
ReplyDeleteSure is a pretty green. My oldest went to Cairo
ReplyDeleteEgyptians are friendly people, and Egypt has lot of 'must see' things.
ReplyDeleteThe picture with the green coats looks rather funny!
Egypt is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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