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Middle East - part V

Dahab, Luxor, Aswan, Cairo

Hector Yague
2005-10-07 18:12:02

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Note: First of all, I must say that somehow I fucked up my digital camera's memory card while downloading the pictures into the computer, so I have lost ALL the pictures from Egypt. I know, it sucks mean ass. So I will simply attach some random googled pictures of the places I have been visiting. Such a shame :(

Dahab

On April the 23th I was supposed to take a ferry boat from Aqaba (Jordan) across the Red Sea towards the Egyptian side. Well, the ferry was scheduled for 6pm, but the departure was delayed 5 hours for no apparent reason. Then another 3 hours on the ferry. Then another 2 hours waiting for the border officers to give me the OK to go though. Then wait another 2 hours for the bus linking the ferry harbor to Dahab. Then another hour on the bus to Dahab. So, I arrived there at 7am after what'd been a sleepless, nightmare day.

Dahab is a small town in the Sinai peninsula. Actually, it's rather a hang out resort rather than a town. Basically, it's a bunch of large camps and tents spread along the shore for a kilometer or so. It somewhat carries a hippy'ish feeling all around: people couching about in the tents barely a meter off the sea, Bob Marley playing on the Hi-Fi, bars with such names as The Laughing Buddha , tropical juices served all day long, world-class reef diving, and overall a very laid back hang out ideal to spend a quite and relaxing holidays.

In fact, I had already been in Dahab 8 years ago with my friends Thomas and Nicholas Zlotnik. I have noticed quite a change on Dahab during the two visits. Eight years ago it used to be backpackers's territory. You know, people on a very tight budget stopping by on their way to or from somewhere else. Right now, Dahab seems a tourist destination in itself. Still extremely affordable (you can dinner within-the-hour fresh grilled fish for 3 euros) and mainly visited ...