Было не скучно It wasn't boring

I discovered Egypt after my retirement and I try to go there every year. Until now, I was only in Sharm and suddenly there was an opportunity to visit Mars Alam. If not for a direct flight from Moscow to Mars, I would hardly have decided to fly there via Hurghada. Departed from Terminal C Sheremetyevo. For those who arrive at the airport by Aeroexpress, do not be fooled by a taxi for a thousand, there is a free shuttle to Terminal C. They flew in 4.5 hours on a Boeing. There was a crush at the airport and confusion, two flights arrived at once. We filled out the cards and paid $15 to the hotel. 5 people arrived at the hotel, treated us to juice and quickly settled us. The first impression compared to Sharm was not very inspiring, but after going around the territory I immediately calmed down. And after dinner and a walk on the pontoon, he became kinder to the fish. Feeding, as elsewhere in Egypt, for breakfast is scrambled eggs, yogurt with melons, pancakes and cakes. I was surprised by the pale pancakes, I constantly asked to bake them. Juices are not ice, Water is only upon arrival. Lunch and dinner to the dump meat, fish, chicken and. t. In general, the food suited me perfectly, and when 7 people appeared at the table, everything went away in years. I was very lucky, I met wonderful people Lyudmila and Yuri from Ukraine and Tatiana and Sergey from Russia. Laughter and smiles never left our faces. After their departure, it was a bit sad, but the sea and the fish continued to delight. The staff is mostly friendly and welcoming, cleaned daily, no tip, of course, not done, the restaurant poured beer and alcohol without restrictions and friendly. but we did not abuse and behaved quite correctly, unlike some of our compatriots. Ibrahim, who oversees the work of the bars, left a good impression, the bartenders in the restaurant and at the reception were always friendly, which can not be said about the bartender on Muhamed Beach. He was biased towards Russians "joking". that the bar was closed, he poured juices and beer into small plastic cups, at the same time he brought everything to the German family himself and poured it into large glasses, and they went to the beach with them. Such a metamorphosis did not happen to him by chance. I witnessed how he "jokingly" sharpened a knife and pointed to a large bird tied in the legs, in my opinion a stork. After several of our indignations, a German grandfather came up, showed him the handcuffs, threatened him with the police and demonstrated a shot at him from a gun. After that, the animator came running and quickly unleashed the bird and it flew away to freedom. Respect to the German. Now about the Sea. It seemed to me that our reef was the most beautiful of the nearby hotels, I had seen enough of the variety of fish, I saw moray eels several times, dolphins swam in the morning. We rode turtles to Abbu Dabbab Bay for $ 25 on quad bikes, we all really liked it there. We didn’t go anywhere else on excursions, all the more so because it’s again restless there. A very budget hotel, there are boutiques with oils and other Egyptian things, but I did not need this. We went to the gym. Young people for dancing and for the evening show of animators, but the reviews were not very flattering, although the guys try to please everyone. They flew back according to the schedule, we couldn’t stand anything, in the morning they managed to swim, have breakfast and even gave out dry rations for lunch, but boarded at Domodedovo instead of Sheremetyevo, everyone was upset, but this is a charter. In a word, the rest was a success, now skiing and fishing and until the next meeting with the Red Sea