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Red Sea 2008 (Topside)Just a few topside photos.The Hurghada skyline (where the M/V Tala is located) at night. Not the best image, but I had no tripod and a slow lens ...  Hurghada is an interesting town, but unfortunately we didn't have much time to explore it. Faisal told us that it's extremely safe for foreigners, and everything we saw seemed to back this up. The streets are full of crazy traffic (although nothing on the scale of Cairo as we were to find out in 7 days :) Apparently June through August is low season for Eurpoeans coming through Egypt in general, but peak time for the Russians (including plenty of advertising and billboards in Russian) Hurghada seems to have essentially be carved directly out of the desert, and I was told that it doesn't have any natural water sources, and all water has to be trucked in. The row of shops by the Marina is very clean and modern, and the local beer (Stella but not the Artois version) plentiful, reasonably priced and decent! The Sheraton Palace (Hurghada). Quite.  Kim couldn't resist a nice up of tea @ McDonalds  Borios anyone ? (Yup, not just the name is a clone of Oreos -- they are actually pretty decent)  The Tala's dining room  Gearing up area with plenty of room for doubles, scooters etc.  Next trip, we might have one more wreck to dive :)  Sunrise over the Red Sea 
5:17 PM - 8/17/2008 - post comment
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