Egypt 1
Bondi Tram
Peter Colquhoun and Sandra Colquhoun
Fri 4 Apr 2008 11:06
We have had a good time in Egypt, taking the opportunity to do
some travel to see the sights which included Cairo and the pyramids,
Luxor and the Valley of the Kings, Karnak temple, a 4 day Nile riverboat
trip from Luxor to Aswan, and the temples at Abu Simbel.
There are many tourists and security is tight. Abu Tig
Marina, where we are now, is at El Gouna, a large resort area.
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Entering Egypt at Port Ghalib. Port Ghalib is being built by a very
rich Kuwaiti and he is spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
In Stage 1, he has built an airport, power station, desalination plant, one
5 star and four 4 star hotels, a marina, and a complex of
condiminiums and shops. Stage 2 includes a golf course and expanding
the marina from 300 to 1,000 berths. There is also
a stage 3 planned!
Standing on (what will be) the golf course to take this photo.
Port Ghalib waterfront with dive boats
Shops and condos.
Morrocan restaurant with shisha (hubble bubble) pipes
Palace Hotel swimming lagoon
Learning Egyptian backgammon
The shopkeepers had little to do as there were very few tourists...the
resort had not officially
opened.
This yacht missed the harbour entrance by 150 metres.
Abu Tig marina at El Gouna
Floating bar in Abu Tig
Mediterranean style mooring
Restaurants around the marina
The Tuk Tuk taxi to El Gouna shops
The Sphinx at Giza
Saqqara step pyramid...one of the world's oldest buildings.
Sandra meeting one of the locals
Statue of Ramses II at Memphis
