Walk like an Egyptian

I just got back from Egypt late Sunday night. It was a really great holiday! We spent 4 days in Cairo and 4 days in Sharm El Sheikh. It was all really interesting and worth seeing. Our first stop was the pyramids which were absolutely amazing and completely worth the trip alone! We stayed in a hotel near all the embassies. The area is known as the rich part of Cairo, which really surprised me because it was really dirty and run down! I was really surprised at how "developing" of a country Egypt really is. The city is extremely polluted, very dirty and very poor. It was shocking being in the taxis and seeing how crazy they drive around (and don't crash!) Cairo wasn't my favorite place to be, but part of the point of traveling to see completely new places than what you're used to. The people were absolutely lovely and I learned a lot. The food was great, but I got a bit of a stomach bug that lasted basically the whole time. I just think that our stomachs aren't ready for all the changes in diet! We stayed 4 days, but I would really reccommend only going for 2. You can see everything that you need to see in 2 days and it's better for your health to get out of there asap! :)

On Wednesday we took a 1 hour plane ride to Sharm El Shiekh. It was SO nice to breathe fresh air when exiting the airport! There we stayed in Naama Bay. This area is 100% for tourism, it a relatively new area with loads of nice hotels and restuarants all set on the Red Sea. It was really nice and relaxing! There's not much to do there other than the beach, but the water is absolutely gorgeous!! There's isn't much of a tide and beautiful fish swim right up to the shore! The water is crystal clear and the perfect temperature! We had a great time snorkeling around and spending time on the beach. We took a boat out for a day to snorkel around Turin island which is quite close to Saudi Arabia. It was a lot of fun. Nick climbed Mt. Sinai in the night, he took a 3 hour bus to the mountain and from 2am-5am he hiked up, stayed there till sunrise and walked back down!! Sounds like an experience, but not one that I fancied having!! I was in bed watching Mona Lisa's smile while he did that. It would have been cool however to be on the same mountain that Moses received the 10 commandments! There also at St. Catherine's Monastary is the burning bush! Egypt has it all!

We had a great holiday, it felt super long, but I'm glad to be back! Work has been great and I'm glad to be home here in my Chiswick flat! Below is a slideshow of my trip, I plan on posting pics here via smilebox as I think it's a much better experience!! :)

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