The morning after Chris and Lauren departed Egypt for the United States, my parents and I jumped on another plane to head to Sharm El-Shiek or as the locals call it, Sharm. On our short, 1-hour flight on Nile Air, we were fed sandwiches and juice. Before we landed, a very pretty flight attendant came up to us and started asking us questions about ourselves and asked why we were going to Sharm. Apparently, the flight attendants on this budget airline don't get the chance to talk to
speak English to Americans very much because they were very interested in us. Before landing, the flight attendant said she wanted a picture with us and told us to wait on the plane so she could grab her phone from the front! After landing, she pushed her way to the front of the plane to grab her phone. By the time she got back to us, the plane was mostly empty with the exception of a few stragglers. She and another male flight attendant took probably 5 or 6 minutes taking multiple photos with us. They even held up the shuttle bus that was supposed to take us to the terminal! It was the strangest thing!
Driving through Sharm is not like driving through Alexandria. There are few cars to congest the streets, honking isn't allowed and the cars that do exist are all very new. Sharm is probably one of the best-kept city in Egypt. The roads are well kept, the buildings are modern and they even grow plants and grass there. Sharm is the town that the president will usually have his meetings with foreign diplomats because it is so beautiful and cared for. We stayed at the Hyatt Regency as platinum members through a family friend. Due to our status at the hotel, we were able to have free drinks and food in the member's lounge and we were able to have free sodas and water on the private beach and at the private pool. We spent most of our days at the resort snorkeling as the coral is absolutely stunning in Sharm and is easily accessible from the docks at the resort.
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| The terrain near Sharm El Shiek is very mountainous |
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| Flying home from Sharm, we could see the pyramids out our window! |
speak English to Americans very much because they were very interested in us. Before landing, the flight attendant said she wanted a picture with us and told us to wait on the plane so she could grab her phone from the front! After landing, she pushed her way to the front of the plane to grab her phone. By the time she got back to us, the plane was mostly empty with the exception of a few stragglers. She and another male flight attendant took probably 5 or 6 minutes taking multiple photos with us. They even held up the shuttle bus that was supposed to take us to the terminal! It was the strangest thing!
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