Fun things to do in Hurghada

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You would NOT want to live on it let me tell you...its a fun trip to make and you get to see a lot of underwater life but there is a very worrying part where the roof leaks for a bit as you descend and the seats are hard and theres no safety features or information at all and its not particularly clean...

You sign up for the trip at your hotel reception on whatever day and time you choose from the list and you are collected by minibus to go to the pier where the sub leaves from...its not a long ride anyway.

The whole trip is just over an hour and the kids enjoyed it so much that the next time we were ikn egypt even though we were ikn a different oplace...this was all they could talk about!LOL

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We had a break and resting in a traditional bedouine tents which offering enjoyable refreshing. It was extremelly hot and sunny day with the temperature over 40 C degrees and this tents were real saviour. The bedouins offered hot tea, cold water and very tastfull fancy bread. Those who wanted could enjoy in smoking shisha, flavored tobacco in which the smoke is passing through water basin before inhalation. Waterpipe called narghile or shisha is traditional way of smoking in Arab culture.

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Dinner was pretty good and tastefull, as a matter of fact it was above all my expectations. There was plenty of grilled meat, fresh vegetables and small bread cakes, prepared in fron of our eyes. Each table got small grill in order to keep meat warm for long. We couldnt get wine but the beer was bad either.
The best part, at least to me, were traditional Arab dances after dinner, starting with the inevitable belly dancers. However, belly dancers could be a bit boring because I saw too many of them in almost every occasion wherever have spend the evening. Dervish dancers were very good and most sttractive part of the evening.

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The local pharmacist was a very talkative guy who introduced us in the secrets of the traditional bedouin healings. It is based on the creams and pomades produced out of desert vegetations. Most of the creams, as the guy told us, have miraculous and instant effect. Since I have spinal problems have bought a cream which later on had help me alot but unfortunatelly this positive effect doesnt last for long.

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"Keffiyeh", also known as "Ghutrah" is a traditional Arab headdress, fashioned from a square usually cotton scarf. It protect from direct sun exposure aswell to protecting the mouth an eyes from blown dust and sand. It is usually black and white or red and white, and colours indicating the tribe or origins of people. Palestinian and Syrian is characteristic for the red and white stripes.
Some ladies from our group were pretty skillfull with keffiyeh, helping other s to put it on the heads.

I didnt take any photo of so-called camels riding, it was the biggest forgery of all. There were only a few camels, five or six if I remember, and the route was no longer then 100 meters and back. Didn't ask for the price but even if paying one euro only it is far too much.

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This is so-called beduin village where nobody lives, it look alike poor copy of stage for a cheap movie. The low paid statists are all around, working from 9am - 5pm and barelly waiting to go their homes after spending long and boring day in the "office". Oh yes, this village has zoo and pharmacy shop. Zoo is for free but visiting pharmacy could cost you money, especially if attracted by the "miraculous" medicaments.

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Hurghada is typical touristy place situated right on the shore of a Red Sea. It is fast growing town with over a million of inhabitants. There isnt much to see around, huge hotel complexes dominating all over the place, especially along the shore. The town itself is totally inattractive offering few sights only. The town centre is huge shopping area, pretty much in total disorder and not very clean. To be honest, I didnt like it at all.