Отдых на море без моря. Rest on the sea without the sea.

For a fairly experienced tourist to suddenly pack up and go to the first hotel in Egypt that comes across is a bit stupid. That is exactly what we did, for which we were punished) First things first. The hotel is located very far from the center of Hurghada. To get to Sheraton Street - the main shopping artery, you need to take a taxi (either at the reception or catch it on the street). The taxi service at the hotel costs $25 - they will take you to the center and take you back when you ask. So. . . the hotel is located on the outskirts. Which, oddly enough, is a big plus. Silence, calmness, cleanliness. The territory of the hotel is huge and very beautiful. The two buildings closest to the sea are still being completed. Many pools - one heated. Booked a room overlooking the garden, the reception offered $ 60 to change to a room overlooking the pool. For some reason they agreed. . . Internet is paid - $45 per week, or $5 for some small traffic. The restaurant is excellent, the food is excellent - tasty, varied, everything is always fresh. There are also 2 chargeable restaurants on site. You can visit one of them for free. The room was not very big, but comfortable, with everything you need. There are no complaints about cleanliness, cleaning, etc. As usual, the hotel guide aggressively suggests excursions. We decided to go to the pyramids, which were ignored during the last visit to Egypt. The tour costs $100 per person. Departure by bus at 1.30 am to Cairo. Somewhere around 7 am on the spot. At first, one stop on the bridge over the Nile - admiring the panorama, then the Cairo Museum (it is very cold in it, video and photo equipment must be handed over to the guards). The museum is interesting, one hundred thousand sarcophagi and the golden mask of Tutankhamun). Then - lunch. Pegasus tourist fell as low as possible in his eyes, because they brought him to dine in a shed - dirty dishes, torn tablecloths, creepy waiters with dirty hands and dirty clothes. Haven't seen this yet. . . I won't say anything about how they fed in this "restaurant". Didn't dare to try. The name of the restaurant, by the way - First Klass) A few words about Cairo - very, very, very dirty! Just indescribably dirty!! ! There is a thick dusty suspension in the air, a garbage avalanche covers the banks of the Nile, naked !! ! homeless people lying on the roads. . . well, to complete the picture - the military with machine guns, roadblocks and a lot of barbed wire! Later, local residents said that there are 2 parts in Cairo - one is dirty-poor, the second is pure-rich. We didn’t see the second one and I can’t say anything about it. The pyramids are good - somehow I didn’t know that he was right in Cairo, for some reason it seemed that they were somewhere in the desert. However, no - they are visible from the bus window when driving around the city. The Sphinx is very small, the pyramids, I repeat - are impressive, around the annoying Arabs - everything is as it should be) So. . . what else. . . Weather. In January, the evenings are cold. The wind cuts to the bone. By the pool and on the beach (in the sun) - hot. But with each day of rest it became a little warmer. Or just get used to it. . . And most importantly. Why is the sea without a sea. The hotel is located on a stretch of coast where the first 300m of water is shallow (ankle-deep). At low tide, the water is completely gone. To get to the water, you need to go along the water path, marked by buoys already indicated 300m. High tide - stomp on the water, low tide - on the viscous sand. Here is the spectacle of "walking on the water" vacationers at the same time amused and depressing. 99% of hotel guests swam exclusively in the pool. A pier is being built, along which it will be easier to get into the sea, but so far - so. Sea without sea.