It all started with a text message;
" Wanna go to egypt next week?"
To which my response was "What?!" and then "yea"
So we got down to start planning (most of which my friend did"
The plan was for 2 days in Sharm El Sheikh and 3 in Cairo
1/7 Sharm El Sheikh
1/9-12 Cairo
Finally the day came and we began
DAY 1- TRAVEL
We set off for a 10am Egged bus to Eilat. We get there and of course the bus is fully booked, but they tell us to wait anyways maybe people won't show up. Of course in classic Egged fashion they managed to stuff almost everyone onto the bus and off we went.
So most of you like to write about your plane rides - all I can write here is that it is equivalent to 5hrs of coach (I did find a lie flat seat in the aisle )
We finally arrived in Eilat and hit up Itzele Shwarma, last macolet with kosher food, and chabad to chill a little before cabbing to Taba Border.
The border was quite the hassle not going to go in detail now - I can upon request. Anyway we cross border and are immediately heckled by cab drivers. If you ever thought Israeli cabbies were bad this is like x10. You have to be good negotiator and tough to make it in Egypt. So we managed to bargain cabbie down to 300le and we were off to Sharm El Sheikh.
After about a dozen checkpoints in which our nationality kept changing we arrived in Sharm. We had decided that this trip would be cheap but with the Sheraton at only 3k a night we felt we couldn't refuse. (Thanks @drago for plat status) The hotel was really nice but the service was unhelpful and wifi was down (something that we were relying on). We asked the concierge where we should head to as it was only 9pm but they just told us everything is closed, so we started schmoozing with random guests and one pair of English Jordanians told us they were headed to a place called Naama Bay so we went with them.
Naama Bay is basically Sheesha (hookah) bars, restaurants, clubs, and a bunch of shops. It stays up real late so don't rush to get there. We settled on awesome Sheesha bar where we sat on floor (paid 20le each for a beer - sheesha included) and just chilled. We bought a couple of souvenirs before finally heading back and calling it a night.
Random note - while things in Egypt are cheap it definitely began adding ip and I quickly learned trip was not as cheap as I originally thought but also not that much more...
Day 2 sometime soon
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