Egypt on Oct. Even if you go to the sea alone, you will always find something to talk about

The Red Sea coast near Sharm El Sheikh is famous for the availability of underwater beauty. Even without going into the water, you can see fussy fish flocks.

Immediately at the pier depth of 30 m and a lot of fish. The most beautiful of them are a surgeon fish, amela fish, a needle fish and a zebra lionfish. The favorite of vacationers is Grisha, a huge Napoleon fish. He is fed buns and boiled eggs from the buffet, which, in fact, is prohibited, but the picture on the railings of the fences has already worn out, and you can think that there are no prohibitions, which tourists use (from different countries, by the way).

By the way, if we talk about the nations of the guests, here rested Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Italians, Germans, British, any clear advantage in anyone’s direction I did not notice. In captivity, you pay more attention to Russian speakers, but the proportions, in my opinion, are about the same. The staff addresses the guests in English and Russian, but they talk confusedly and constantly smile, wanting to like (what they have no mind - one hell knows). And to fulfill the requests of tourists, such as replacing towels or cleaning pipes with blockages, especially in no hurry: a day or two will have to endure, but smiles and all sorts of oaths and sympathetic views you will get more than enough.

They speak their native Arabic best. Outright theft in the room was, left unattended on the territory of the hotel expensive things like a laptop or camera disappeared. At the next table after dinner sat the company of guys from Yekaterinburg, during the gatherings they quarreled among themselves, and one of them in an impulsive impulse ran away from the table, leaving the laptop. The others also soon dispersed, without paying attention to the technique. After 10 minutes, they returned, but the laptop was gone. Further searches were unsuccessful. However, my sunglasses also attracted someone, well, that only on the last day of rest.

The beach of the hotel is located in Naama Bay, this location explains the strong current at the pier. From the pontoon, the wave does not seem any serious, and on the water too, but it will drag on - you will not notice. And no matter how actively you try to warm up, it does not work.

A lifeguard, his name is Lemony, throws a lifeline if that's not enough, jumps into the water and pulls out negligent guests. Negligent because the current is warned by whistles and screams, often already hoarse with the efforts of the throat. If swimming is dangerous for any of the visitors, the entrance to the pontoon is fenced with a chain and a flag of the appropriate color is hung - yellow or red. When the sea is calm, Lemony dissolves a rag of green color, releases long-awaited lovers of scuba diving and makes jokes about Grisha.

A good guy who loves his job: he swims perfectly, protects reckless swimmers from dangers, is friendly and joking with guests. In a small cupboard on the pier, he has a juice bottle, a pair of cafeteria buns and an Arabic-Russian dictionary (when I happened to see him, it was opened on a page with cranberries and blackberries).

The hotel is located in the Nabq district. Apart from hotels, there are almost no shops. There are numerous shops along the main street. Basically, these are souvenir shops, there are also large shopping complexes with open-air restaurants.

Here you can admire the belly dance, snake charmers and performers of the national dance with skirts. The dance is called tanura, it is based on a religious ritual. Generally speaking, we are talking about the cycle of life on Earth, about the movement of the planet around the Sun. During the circling, the dancer lowers one hand and raises the other up, as if connecting heaven and earth. The rotation of the skirts repeats the traditional bypass of the Kaaba in Mecca during the Hajj. Although the dance resembles the Turkish dance of dervishes, it is distinguished by the brightness of the colors on the costume and the number of skirts (weight can reach 10 kilograms). Performing alone. The movement in a circle is fascinating, the dancers are impressive endurance, because the dance lasts at least 15 minutes. That is, 15 minutes of constant rotation along its axis! In this case, the admiration to move around the stage or pass between the audience.

Belly dance is also performed on stage, but at any time any of the visitors or even several can join the dancer. Not only is this not forbidden, but it is encouraged. Girls welcome and politely or perhaps out of sympathy applaud at the end of the dance.

In Sharm El Sheikh, it is good to relax with friends or family, enjoying sunshine, scuba diving and moderate entertainment, from time to time go on excursions. Or spend hot nights in clubs on Naama Bay.

Egypt is a difficult country, with its own customs, alien to the Russian mentality. Locals can easily deceive or mislead. But, keeping a firm spirit and a friendly tone, you can get along with them.

Anna Ovsyannikova