Egypt diaries continued..

 Day 3 (26th)

Got up late, had lunch and lazed around. R has her manicure and pedicure and K and I just checked out the beach and library. R did 2 .5 hours of Chemistry first thing in the morning ( even k and I were impressed!). I Went to bed early, these two checked out the entertainment in the hotel.

Day 4 (27th)

R and I chatted and had breakfast. K skipped and slept in. We then went to the beach that was a 3 minute walk across the hotel. It was fabuluous! The water was rich in salt but crystal clear and we could see shoals of fishes. I floated on my back and these two went as far as they could snorkelling and swimming. The food at the beachside bar pizza, hot chocolate etc was anmazing! We changed and went to the other end on the floating sunbeds and read our kindles under the sun for a while.  

It was then time for our massages and her facial ( ready for Luxor the next day). We did the same, had our hairs washed and blow dried , ate a nice dinner at the aGusto restaurant and packed for the 4.20 am start the next day.

Some thoughts about Egypt. Everything is old and rickety but relatively clean and in working condition. The roads are smooth. Lots of sparrows everywhere which I believe indicates a good ecosystem. People are prompt and for cities and beaches with so many tourists, there is no garbage and the sites and beaches are very clean. The economy is interesting as even the tiniest stores accept euros, dollars and Egyptian pounds. The camel riders accepted cards! Smoking is widely prevalent and most women wore headscarfs and relatively conservatively dressed. The roads were smooth and well built as well , be it Cairo to Giza or Hurghada to Luxor.

In all it sadly seems like a wonderful infrastructure and  a citizenry with civic sense and a once great infrastructure, now all beginning to decline. 

Also surprisingly for a country that was under the British, English was not easily understood. There were fun moments where ‘dms dimples queen’ was described as a ‘dumbled queen’ and laundry collection ‘ day after tomorrow’ was replied with ‘ of course, tomorrow’ ( This happened a minimum of 5 times!)

Weather in December is dicey as well, as the wonderfully warming heat hits between around 11 and 3 pm but before and after it is like England in April. The sun is deceptively out and bright but the chill wind makes it unpleasant.