In Egypt – visit Pharaoh and his sons were used to live nation 13

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The first chapter 08: journey through eastern desert to the Red Sea

Through the eastern desert to Hurghada (20 November)

Must grasp wrote! don't hurry to write, those memories will be brain forgotten ~ ~ ~ ~

From the paper sedge art out of the store, we proceeded in the Nile River on the edge of a cafeteria had a lunch.

The cafeteria is large, but are foreigners inside dining. Then we noticed that it seems we have been to scenic no how to see local people (staff), some strange. Looking back at home, even the forbidden city, Summer Palace such attractions, our man in Beijing a thousand to one, but inside the visitor or the majority of Chinese people around me. Do not come to Egypt where pleasure?

In the afternoon, our bus to Luxor convoy collection Department.

Next trip will be away from the Nile River, cross the eastern desert to the Red Sea. The eastern desert it seems there are still uncertainties drops, so our van to together form a convoy, police open before and after a road, televised go start.

Afternoon at a little, the car had already gone into the desert in the hinterland.

Avenue a named Gali post, the car stopped to let everyone "parking pee". We also took advantage of it. Post the rest area still is very clean and tidy, toilet charges a El lbs (now almost certain local people should not use the toilets, which cannot be so fees or one month's salary was not enough toilet use it).

Stop at the door, he saw a black veil draped package tough women with a little girl, little girl hands also hold a black lamb.

Everyone liked the little girl and have Bleater tips for women, the woman asked the photo does not like us in Cairo, Luxor saw as the mouth of the Arabs called the "one dollar", but a sound does not hang, not a nod or a smile or said thank you, that is from the veil of eyes can see the license. Get start again later, na tour guide and our introduction, the mother is the eastern desert Bedouin.

The so-called Bedouin (Bedouin), is located in the desert in the Arab world.

These ethnic origins from Saudi Arabia desert, a.d. 642, along with the Arabs in the Arab world and the Middle East violations with extended residence, now from Arab, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, North Africa, the entire Arab world desert everywhere their tracks, even today the Arabs in the Arab world as the most formal of Arabs.

Bedouin live mainly in the desert where-by-case basis.

Most of these peoples into one by not more than 100 people small settlements, through experience in search of underground water in the desert, once found, according to a well settled here next to the raising of camels, sheep, ducks, find the desert plants, built a simple house lives a quiet life until well isolated Draconis took time to leave, again looking for another place and have the water source the place.

Despite the hardship, Bedouin people still insist on living in the desert; the Government of Egypt said that listening to their House, hope the Bedouin desert to quit, but they refused.

Bedouin depend on elders to educate generations of children learn their language and culture. Their countries and legal concepts very indifferent, apart from the tribal sheikhs, almost not to obey any power. Some people the Bedouin society "without government social". They implement their own law, has its own civil courts, civil courts are also responsible for mediating conflicts and disputes between neighbours, etc, they also have their own language, Egypt Government hope they open their own culture and language, it is said that did not receive.

Listen to Nana tours that live in the Gali station nearby Bedouin people all know some of our fleet, they will arrive here to here ahead of time, against the tourists to the point, camel riding, photo tips, or tourists bring their own food, they earn one point for cooking.

In Gali station that large tracts of barren, a few shabby house straggling stand, looking ahead, the land is arid desert with Bedouins also straggling to stand, sit, look very small, only to see laughter, mostly in the child's face, there are camel face. No wonder the Nana said both Bedouins "very serious, very conservative."

Although the environment very harsh, but tenacious Bedouin did not give up their traditional life, most of the Bedouins still and modern society, but their own cultural pride, lived a simple simplicity but very contented life.

XX total, each trip you can see and own a completely different way of life, particularly those pristine nature does not like it, not because the living conditions of backward well-being lower, on the contrary, we from Bedouins face see is enough and peaceful expression, there are those innocent children in distress for further studies, because they do not need to study, as long as the master in desert survival skills, life was all about, perhaps knows contentment is wealthy Changle!, for them, this is their home, this is their way of life, and in our eyes over barren, perhaps in their eyes has endless treasure.

Back occasionally to watch the news, and found out that November 11 heavily armed Egypt Bedouin in the Sinai Peninsula to hijack a car carrying 25 policemen of the police car, a day before Egypt local police killed a suspected illegal immigrants Bedouin tribal members, Bedouin so offended, and so on local a security check post launched a surprise attack.

See the news after a bit sad, the outcome of these conflicts are both further non-understanding, but the causes of conflict initially, who can comment on who is right?

At night, the day was all black out, our car from black sand

Desert in suddenly burst into a patch of light. Hurghada to!

Hurghada (Hurghada), also translated as Helmut gyda, red knots, is the Red Sea on the West Coast a tourism city.

Through the Red Sea in the Sinai Peninsula side there are a similar tourist city, Sharm el-Sheikh (Shamm el Sheikh). People hear that Russia is the most like to go to Hurghada, the United Kingdom who like to go to Sharm el-Sheikh (Blair said old take my family to go on holiday).

Night illegible city, our car on the way into the us in the evening at the resort: Desert Rose Resort, translated as "Desert Rose" sounds better than "Dragon Inn" to luxury!

In the lobby, the team leader started statistics when the second day of participation at your own expense.

The second day in the Red Sea's activities have two spots to visit at your own expense, one morning by the glass ship at sea-the coral reefs (like 55 $/person), another is to sit in the afternoon jeep at the desert Bedouin tribal life activities (like $ 60/person); if not, then you can all day in the hotel's private beach in the Sun. XX and ZZ are in high spirits, a name, but the evening supper after the bath, tired feeling overwhelming, immediately on the second day of activities, some heart weak, hesitate to repeatedly canceled the afternoon desert activities (a few days later when writing travels — if micro sense regret was able to go to the desert, is also very fun AH ~ ~ ~)

Across the Hall into the hotel courtyard, found that "Desert Rose" as expected "Dragon Inn"! we get key card walking full quarter of an hour to find their own lives.

Put your luggage to the room had a bath, put on clothes, through the night to the hotel courtyard restaurant, full stomach had a back. Are catching up with the same mission of a mother and daughter find we adjust the room originally gave them divided a large bed room, separate sleeping shady want. For the purposes of the XX and ZZ are natural, so change the luggage. Two people climb into bed, suddenly remembered that this is the first time after entering Egypt to sleep in a real ground of Tavern! shrinkage in bed with the remote control idle in the German-Arabic-Russian-Italian-English switch between computers (that is, no Chinese station!), to sleep soon.

Red Sea and the Desert Rose (21 November)

Travel arrangements in the Red Sea's own expense by glass boat to see the coral reefs, as well as into the eastern desert to visit Bedouin's residence.

The former will be arranged in the morning, as the morning sunshine can make more clear translucent sea; while the latter will be arranged in the afternoon, because 4 point later will not so hot desert, you can see the sunset in the desert. See the travel arrangements so pay attention to Ah ~ ~ ~

Slept early morning 5 more eyes, spirit and fresh, ground bed I want to feel or different, Ah, 呵呵 ~ ~ XX and ZZ think of Hurghada Red Sea, this city is located on the West Coast, the sea should be in the East, so two people dressed up and grab wool jacket dark going to see the sunrise.

Yesterday was the night's hotel stay, there was no identifiable position.

Came in Nana tour guide told us of the Red Sea resort hotel has a private beach, so at night and went towards the private beach. To the round the coast of private beach, XX and ZZ cold towards the sea station 10 minutes, completely missed out there are signs of Sunrise, baffling, found just the right direction in the sky a piece of red and began dizziness: am I the sea to the East?

Back to google earth to see realized on Hurghada coastline of most of the city is to the North.

From the satellite, the "Desert Rose" hotel for this round of private beach and become very good on the diagram. You can see, the beach is a little towards the North East. So I do not see a Sunrise is logical. Down two climbed back into the room to the balcony view, all of a sudden surprise found that our balcony faces the East! so, XX and ZZ hold mineral water bottles (with a slice of Orange flavored effervescent tablets) sat in the balcony Chair quietly watching the sunrise.

After breakfast, approximately 8, go to the Red Sea glass boat project members to a collection in the hotel lobby, everybody on a bus, car all the way along the Red Sea coast to the Northwest in the direction of the pier.

CMB car peer is the work of the Red Sea local tour guide young handsome guy, he is responsible for our glass boat trip.

And he knows, handsome guy chat 24-year-old this year, 22-year-old University after graduation worked here, he said that Egypt's work hard, after graduating from college students have such a job is also very good. A road car audio playback is Nana guide contribution a tape: Egypt pop! rhythm very strong, rich of Egypt. Handsome guy all the way to sing, so guess this singer necessarily XX is a popular King — like in China almost young people will follow Jay's music as well. Get off, XX chasing a handsome guy asking for the name of the King of Egypt and hear a album name, warm and handsome in XX books made a record. In fact, the singer is the King of Egypt Arab singing King, is a modern Egypt live business card — Amr Diab! status equivalent to China's Liu Dehua, you'll find evergreens. Later the Bagua XX in Alexander Street also seen Amr Diab endorsement of Pepsi-Cola advertising posters, contrast in China of Pepsi-Cola makes a star's identity, the identity of the Egypt Ah ~ ~ ~ ~

Reach their destination, we proceeded to board a yellow taste strange cruise, this is our entire glass boat! length approximately 12 meters, a boat can sit for 30 years.

Our boat went up by tourists are Chinese, an inquiry under knew another group of people is a team from Hangzhou tours. Everyone in the boat overtime seat sit back, the boat is marching to the sea.

Cruise ships from entering the sea looked out, only to find earth colors so vivid! instead of the Red Sea is red, and

And the clear blue. Used internally at the Beidaihe, Qingdao China coastal haze or pale blue of the sea, came to the Red Sea, eyes bright, first, the vision has been greatly enjoying, no words to describe the sky is the man! ' deep blue, the Sun of the Red Sea is changing out many different colors, light blue, dark blue, sapphire blue, light green ... See the Red Sea before I do not know the original sea can have so many beautiful colors. In fact, because the depth of the sea, it was a sea of blue depth. Plus we type such as bananas, deep hull, do not have any professional camera can shoot out tourism posters on color effects! upwind stands the bow, suddenly saw a windsurfing windsurfing enthusiasts coming from our boat along the edge of a fly, sailboarding splashing waves one by one over the sea, like the lotus flowers in full bloom. Looking back to shore, ivory-colored slices of Hilton Hotel is located at the edge of our departure terminals, good school holiday extravaganza of Ah ~ ~ ~ ~

The first is the Red Sea is direct from Greece, Latin, Arabic translation, and the color of the sea, Red Sea and not red.

Nana guide said that because the sea is full of Red coral, thus come the name of the Red Sea. Read the information, view the "Red Sea" is the name of the available sources include:

First: the sea of red products.

This explanation including seasonal appears red algae, said many of the Red Sea, there are brightly-colored shells, making color Crimson; believe in shallow water of the Red Sea coastal areas have a large number of yellow coral sand in Hong-allows sea water to red; others said that the Red Sea is the world's tallest sea temperature, suitable for the organisms multiply, so the surface seawater blooms with a red algae, sea water on the red, which was named the Red Sea.

Second: because of the nearby villages.

Red Mountain range near the sea, Mount Sinai is rendered in the Sunset Orange, the landscape we see moving along the Red Sea.

Third: peoples and countries.

Near the ancient Red Sea is said to have a nation of races is considered as red red. Also, in ancient times, the ancient Egypt in foreign population was to become the "Red Earth", next to the Red land sea nature called "Red Sea".

In the Red Sea is red, but that kind of shocking blue.

This blue XX only in China of Yalong Bay seen.

Our glass boat about banana to sea travel for half an hour or so, gradually slow down, the crew indicated that we can lower the underdeck compartment at the bottom of the glass.

From the deck of the small door along cockle came into the cabin, before rendering a piece of dark blue, original cabin another universe! the whole cabin is slotted, on both sides of the Groove sides with huge glass mosaic, direct sunlight to the bottom of the sea, making the blue ocean scene through the whole piece of glass refraction in, tourists sit in the tank bottom of watching two rows of stools, feels very much like sitting in a large fish tank.

The boat we sit back to continue to move forward on a first-come, first-time only see a white sea bed, moving forward, a flock of colorful fish just before our eyes skimmed over the bow a view, almost stuck to the bottom has a large coral reefs in the front row! carefully and slowly to identify, a lot of fish.

XX and ZZ for tropical fish are all thumbs, "fish" for us is to trichiurus, flat fish, yellow croaker, grass Bighead, fish here may not have yellow streaks! of Angel fish: Blue Ribbon-like tail, and there is a yellow to bright; there are faces Butterfly fish: yellow flat, eyes around a small piece of green; flute fish: silver, shaped like trichiurus, however zuijian is very long, like a pipe; skinning fish: white, big boxes so great, there are a lot of bar stripe; there is also a particularly beautiful Lion fish: the body is brown red and white to white, who have a lot of feathers General fin, although there are a lot of fin, she was not in the water for swimming, just in a harbour on the edge of the rock at it quietly stretch of the "Feather". Are we watching the fish to see when a creepy Monster aside from Boulder, but in a large Octopus! its soft body between the rocks and corals, color with neighboring tengnuo objects change instantaneously change, become a butterfly white, and suddenly become Blue Ash pattern and rock and false difficile, while we have a glass clamored-stamp, the big monsters suddenly become black as the night's heroes like dodged disappears in the rock. Gasp!

Recall in huagangguanyu, dropped a piece of bread, large group of multicolored fish competing to win food, I do not know what the spirit of the tropical fish? ZZ from purse out of a piece of XX "rations" chocolate run test on the deck, XX is sitting in the "fish bowl".

Don't for a minute, suddenly found the glass ship starboard fish swam towards the water, rise up, slowly in water between the falling dollar coin size of chocolate, is a big tiger skin fish snatched up and ran, followed immediately by a group of their guard up, a contest between the chocolate is split into several pieces, it was more complete rear stop their guard and plundering. XX see rise also pocket a final grain chocolate upper deck. However this did not happen, and other delights, the reason is simple, chocolate tinfoil XX poked aside for the moment the subconscious room first sent to his mouth "deduction" half a block, only the last nail size piece of hastily thrown into the water, there will be no cause fish's note ...

In this way, XX and ZZ in glass boat deck downstream go Afar.

May be accompanied by other passengers is not sitting on half a deck watch is no longer under the cabin, we look at on the deck, we all face looked sallow, holding a plastic bag, vision blurred. Original, glass boat in the sea constantly shaking, many people have seasickness ... But faint, XX has his face against the cabin glass on the outside, shake it back and forth, finally went to sleep ~ ~ ~ ~

Return on the road, everyone from seasickness, the mood is clearly not to as high.

There are a lot of people off the afternoon desert project, Nana guide told us to the desert at least six people a car or sharing the cost of 6 individuals. The last is how to solve this problem, we also do not know, just know the regiment of a foreign number called "Arafat" honeymoon couples underAfternoon went to the desert.

ZZ and handsome tour chat, announced that Ford Motor Company went bankrupt.

The world changes really fast Ah ~ ~ read the news in a few days, and a large cattle Enterprise ruined. In 2008, the financial crisis, Economic Crisis, a global common chat topic.

Back to the hotel, the time is still a little early, before lunch to dinner.

Then XX pulled ZZ on swimwear to private beach in the Sun. The sea wind is big, but a little cold, and stroll to the open air swimming pool and sunbathing swimming. The water is the same blue clear, sunlight, water temperature is very comfortable. Sun room and saw a number of mouth is often mentioned by Nana "elephant" in Russia. I was surprised how these middle-aged women will own fill into the build, and how has the guts to wear a bikini at the beach debut. One elephant sister very alarming, Bikini of shoulder straps, no shoulder, can only barely mention arm, 99% of the meat is exposed to the outside of the "clothes", indistinguishable-point exactly what section shielding. The build is to only a few little fabric quality of bikini poses severe test!, however, elephants sister unruffled, holding a book and a serious lack of co-ordination body proportion of small book has been read in the Sun. In the hotel for two days, have seen the elephant sister, two days with different color styles, but the results are bikini.

Tour stop ashore changing clothes, overturn after lunch, a asleep helpless again at dusk.

Remember ZZ nosy cousin let us buy the "refrigerator" requirements, two people stroll out opposite the hotel, shopping street.

Egypt brother sellers way are very positive, I see you first with Thai, Japanese, Chinese, all play a greeting (is the variety of languages "Hello") is a country identification, anyway, not go wrong, and then hand shake hands with you, at the same time, since the report of the House and went on to ask you: "what ' s your name?".

ZZ beginning with others say their name is Mohammed, then watch other people do not believe and think "lines are not renamed, do not change of surname, with the last name is what people say, do not fear their magic let me buy things. Know what you, tell me that you are friends, to give you a "good price." ZZ unambiguous. The owner doesn't allow the wantong, cut of XX to hide away lest splashes as blood. In alien, slightly convergent, but nonetheless one pound said Shun mouth, everything from one point to start hacking. XX is still behind, but this time hide soon returned, a handsome guy outside Egypt saw a single set of XX start, call XX "porcelain" big sister "," You ' re so beautiful! I love Chinese girl ~ ~ ~ "," big sister "is a bit of a failed, ran back out again, ZZ Top, and then saw a handsome guy, thought it would be embarrassing, woke up this morning, I didn't expect each other to continue blowing:" Ha ~ ~ ~, You are so lucky guy!!!! " 我＃％×％＃￥※×

In wantong, first on the quotation, then the owner doesn't allow, when people didn't ask you came back to the next one and then to reference point.

In Egypt. Those who tell me honestly not a beginning, a point of asking price ask you how much you want to buy. Moreover, once the offer is non-let your counter-offer. You also want the basic price, it is difficult to get out, he would say that the price of things we have, like this .... They prepared a lot of things one pound against ZZ. But ZZ prepared a sentence in English dealing with tell me: "I just want to know the price", was also the fact that there is always something one TM with your molars.

Comparison, Egypt brother while doing business will get one, but not hastily scratch, wantong colleagues should learn, also the foreign company's sales to learn.

Expensive? here's a cheap, anyway, as long as you get into my door, I will try to make you pay, one pound.

That's pretty hilarious, but in the end we had bought 4 refrigerator magnets, Middle back someone broke one, they didn't let us pay, this attitude is very precious, XX a buy more excited again.

Other ornaments, jewelry, there are packed into paper sedge painting sells Reed pictures didn't buy, think, work and roughness.

By the way, speaking of Hurghada, is Russia the elephant in the resort, which is equivalent to our China vision of Hainan Sanya.

No wonder here sell things of Egypt handsome guy who speaks Russian, even the swimming pool while delivering beer page will also be speaking, most TV is in Russian. But let XX puzzle is that the hotel room wall stickers "green initiative" sign only English, German, and Japanese, Russia did not need to know about the environment?