My Holiday to Egypt

My Holiday to Egypt
Last year in the summer holidays I went to Egypt with my family and we stayed in a hotel called Tropitel Sahl Hasheesh, which is located in Hurghada, right on the beach. I stayed for a week and it was amazing being in 40 degree heat instead of rainy Bristol! The six hour plane journey down there with a crying baby was quite strenuous though.



As soon as I got off the plane the tropical weather was intense. It took a few hours to get used to and enjoy. When we got the hotel my family were greeted by the very friendly and welcoming hotel staff. They took our bags and showed us around the new hotel resort. The hotel was deluxe and spacious. There was and onsite pool and private beach and restaurants. This was very surreal. Once we were shown to our room I stepped out on the balcony and took this picture of the resort.

 

This was the image I took of the hotel resort. As you can see the pool was very spacious and the area was perfect to spend most of the day lying by the pools in a sundeck by the pool bar and relax. This is where we spent most of our time if we weren’t on the beach playing volleyball or in the hotel trying to cool down from the heat! The Egyptian people are very nice but can sometimes be over friendly to women but this didn’t put me off the holiday as it was a very secure area.

One day my Mum decided to book a domestic flight which was from Hurghada to Cairo, in purpose of seeing the Pyramids as they are one of the great wonders of the world! The flight there was very quiet and we were given a Twinkie bar which was a bonus! When we got there the city was a lot more run down and dirty, in contrast to the pristine condition of Hurghada. After the coach to the Pyramids I got off and seen many camels! The people offered an experience to ride camels but I was petrified that I may fall off and also the camels were dribbling which was off-putting. The Egyptian men were very pushy and tried to sell jewellery and camel ride to tourists. The Egyptian men joked about trying to buy me for “a million camels”. My family found it very funny but I was anxious as I was not used to this attention and didn’t think they were joking. My mum thought she was being funny by jokingly saying “You can have her for free” I didn’t find it so entertaining, but laughed it off anyway.

The Pyramids overall were very interesting and here is a picture of me stood by one. I look tiny compared to the massive Pyramid!

As you can see I look very tanned and dark! This was a bonus of going to somewhere hot like Egypt I caught an amazing tan. Overall it was an incredible holiday full of relaxing and also day tripping the Pyramids. I would go back there again but this time just go for pure relaxation and no day trips as I am quite lazy and prefer to lie down and tan.