Jessica in Egypt (7)

The seventh day

To the Sinai Peninsula, a tour of the prestigious Sharm el-Sheikh, another was at Sinai mountain Sunrise and visit the monastery of St. Catherine.

But the Sharm el-Sheikh, so I just want to leave early in the morning as soon as possible.

Morning to the front of the check-out, and asked for a taxi to bus station, I want to go to Dahab.

Front called the hotel driver, 20 Yuan to send to the station.

To the station, without a car, because this is an old station, already.

He then went to new stations, the driver will take the opportunity to even $ 20. Damn what a shame that this station not be today without the driver, it is so deliberately wanton extortion, in addition to resent berate a few words, but also can do?

Go to Dahab's car is 2 hrs drive, now only 10 points, and can only wait.

Then came the soliciting, taxi to 150, I offer 100, fail to reach an agreement.

As I prepared to wait, then comes a price 130, I was 100. Finally say good 110, go!, he also or intermediaries, the driver is a strong young blacks, ferocious, unaffordable.

Along the way, I assumed a repellent to thousands of miles of posture, not saying a Word.

Black was not let me sleep, said it would throw his sleep. Then, start asking me whether the mobile phone, you can call me alarm calls. How this Egypt people and my mobile phone than anything about me, watching his ferocious appearance not on kindness. No, I said I don't have a mobile phone,

Then, he said the POLICE, the POLICE.

Then said the money you want to add. I know he was going to say is to accompany the police, now not accompany, so must the money you want to add. I pretended not to understand everything, with English than he looks bad, do not know, no, do not understand!

He was very anxious to see Dahab is just around the corner, he also became worried.

I'm afraid he drives to the place where there are no people, that's bad. So I began to question him, is not to add money, he said, I said so to send me to the hotel, I will give you. And then say, good price for a total of $ 20, $ 130.

Enter the city, he stopped his money.

I said, no, you take me to the hotel I give. He had all the help I asked in the past, take me to the hotel door.

Imagine a hotel booked up, along with luggage.

Fortunately the city, on a road. Just after the junction in front of a hotel. Here is the entrance to the pedestrian street, I worry too noisy at night, but the storekeeper clap chest that there was no problem. EGP 50 only for one day.

There is a time to go shopping in the afternoon, the whole city is along the seaside Street, no cars, the cars in my hotel at the edge of the road turn to internal.

If the Sharm el-Sheikh is diving city, Dahab is seafood city. The coastal road is a restaurant, as in Sharm el-Sheikh, no beach only stones. So there is no parasols stand of rest area, all the space is occupied by the restaurant, tourists can only pity from two restaurant in the middle of the lanes at launching and space water people.

I walked along the beach until the end, there is no restaurant, but some people on the beach catching fish.

In the past, is the use of fishing nets caught fish, colorful, fishermen is an article from the Web to the solution of the fish caught. I look at the curious and want to get a return, the fishermen get blocked me, because the fish back fins will break.

His next fish, and throws me in the sand, ornamental fish alive, and then, he took it to the water a throw, HA HA, letting them go! the fish shake a few, there is no waiting for me to shoot down when he disappeared.

Looking at the color of the fish, I doubt whether or not to eat.

Fishermen said restaurant selling this kind of fish.

On the other side of the land, few workers are masonry wall to wall studs on tile, each post piece with spirit level logging, see vertical degrees.

But also with thick rubber gloves, seems to be in contact with any chemicals. Think in China, this small, 3-5 in addition, several hours of live, but they were like in the archaeological excavations.

Like photographs, smoke, chat, Egypt ordinary people actually still very simple and friendly.

Go back, go straight to the booked hotel, ask whether there are going to see the Sunrise Mount Sinai, the result of the mission was told, because the next day is Friday, the St. Catherine monastery is not open, so we have to wait a day, round-trip ticket is $ 80.

Poking around for a long time to return to the hotel bath, rest, then go out at night, trying to find a place to eat seafood, but most are sold to the whole fish.

Encounter a soliciting restaurant waiters, talk about a few words, he let me guess that age, I know that the Arabs see the old, so very politely guess his 55 years old, but he said he was 35 years old! Halo die!

Finally, finally found, in the pedestrian street a seafood platter, like one, then you want to copy.

This Egypt is hungry GUI reborn, I mean to Bowl, they came up with a soup with vegetables of a bunch of these already have exceeded my appetite, then a big plate of seafood, including squid, shrimp, clam, clams, grilled fish and so on. I can only eat the seafood, then reluctantly took some rice. A total of $ 80.

With a full stomach the food, I started to walk the streets and blasting away to absorb excess food.

Bought 2 postcards, stamps affixed good send home a memento of the occasion.

Find a travel agent, I want a desert tour to the Bedouin village dinner team no, man strongly recommended me to sea diving, I am not interested.

Just when I return to the vicinity of the hotel, I also found a travel agent, in the very specially, tomorrow's desert tour is already booked, but now there are several visitors to sign up, so basic can take place, the agent asked where I live, come to pick me up. I refer to a street: there, upstairs. Well my 8 am tomorrow to the gate agent groups, and so on.

Because of these two days are more affected by the strike, I suspect you have such good luck, I have repeatedly and generation

There must be some reason recognized tomorrow! cannot breach Oh!

And then go back to sleep.

This Dahab tourists, the pedestrian street in the evening was not too busy, then beaten before they begin early, people are diluted down-scaled.

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