[aykalam]

Not good, they think people don't understand why they are on about.

When challenged they are the biggest sissies ever, same goes with the taxi drivers.

Not at all, my friend is Egyptian and they were speaking Arabic

 

[marenostrum]

Not at all, my friend is Egyptian and they were speaking Arabic

i see.

i've had this with taxi drivers with the customary sharmuta and kossomac mar whatever that means.
Again, never been verbally insulted anywhere else by taxi drivers, not even by london cabbies

 

[King.Tut]

Well another Horus post on here...

Horus, I've found the internet dongles to be quite sufficent and I manage to run my business on them. You have to learn to work around things here in Egypt, it's easy enough when you know how. You've paid £60 for a dongle? They seen you coming didn't they!

Developments in Sharm, and not just the Nabq area, have slowed because of the lack of tourists means lack of income and people purchasing property. You can't moan that Nabq is a building site because it was like that when you moved here - you knew the situation. Work hasn't ceased, it's just slowed. As for Hard Rock it is due to open 2013, this was due to the company behind the development and NOT the Egyptian contractors.

You need to understand that Sharm is a tourist resort! It's shops and amentities are therefore based around this trade so don't moan there's no where to shop. People like myself who have made Sharm their home get by quite comfortably, it's not difficult!

You're moaning about the state of Nabq in regards to unfinished building work and the rubbish around and you're moving to Hadaba? Good luck with that as Hadaba is no cleaner, if not worse than Nabq for it's litter, stray animals and the noise is greater too!

The 'pubs' you desire aren't really found in Sharm, never mind Egypt. If you want a pub...the UK is where you need to be. Also attacking people for their weight is pathetic, you live your life as you choose and they are living theirs as they choose, it's not for you to comment on. Sometimes obesity isn't down to just eating to much and lack of exercise.

It's simple Horus and as I've said many times before if you don't like it here in Sharm no one is forcing you to stay. Yes, the tourist industry is struggling and therefore the effects are being felt by everybody and people are getting desperate but instead of focusing on the negatives try looking at the positives.

You seem to be alienating yourself even further from the Sharm community and not just with posts on this forum.

I wish youy luck Horus because the current situation isn't going to dramatically improve within weeks, probably not even months so you're going to have to learn to live with what you've got and be grateful for it. There's people worse off than you in this country and in this world.

 

[Horus]

Well another Horus post on here...

Horus, I've found the internet dongles to be quite sufficent and I manage to run my business on them. You have to learn to work around things here in Egypt, it's easy enough when you know how. You've paid £60 for a dongle? They seen you coming didn't they!

Developments in Sharm, and not just the Nabq area, have slowed because of the lack of tourists means lack of income and people purchasing property. You can't moan that Nabq is a building site because it was like that when you moved here - you knew the situation. Work hasn't ceased, it's just slowed. As for Hard Rock it is due to open 2013, this was due to the company behind the development and NOT the Egyptian contractors.

You need to understand that Sharm is a tourist resort! It's shops and amentities are therefore based around this trade so don't moan there's no where to shop. People like myself who have made Sharm their home get by quite comfortably, it's not difficult!

You're moaning about the state of Nabq in regards to unfinished building work and the rubbish around and you're moving to Hadaba? Good luck with that as Hadaba is no cleaner, if not worse than Nabq for it's litter, stray animals and the noise is greater too!

The 'pubs' you desire aren't really found in Sharm, never mind Egypt. If you want a pub...the UK is where you need to be. Also attacking people for their weight is pathetic, you live your life as you choose and they are living theirs as they choose, it's not for you to comment on. Sometimes obesity isn't down to just eating to much and lack of exercise.

It's simple Horus and as I've said many times before if you don't like it here in Sharm no one is forcing you to stay. Yes, the tourist industry is struggling and therefore the effects are being felt by everybody and people are getting desperate but instead of focusing on the negatives try looking at the positives.

You seem to be alienating yourself even further from the Sharm community and not just with posts on this forum.

I wish youy luck Horus because the current situation isn't going to dramatically improve within weeks, probably not even months so you're going to have to learn to live with what you've got and be grateful for it. There's people worse off than you in this country and in this world.

The dongle is the 20mb not the cheap 3mb, this is the one that you get with the premier unlimited Etisalat plan. You might be able to run your business however I have a virtual desktop on a dedicated server that is run on a VPN, plus I listen to streaming music and youtube while I work so everything is perfect now

As for Hadaba no noise where I am and it's a private villa

As for Sharm community the few friends I have soon learned that people with an opinion here are not liked however I bet a few tight retentive sphincters are twitching at the moment looking at every piastre wondering why the apartment block they bought is empty

Fact is I will still be here as my business is run in the UK

Sadly pubs are not my scene, they are more for ones who slap each other on the back when a goal is scored I much prefer nightclubs and I have many women yet before July to meet and greet

I am sure many people have things worse off than me, for me there is no expense spared and I have no regrets for me the sun always shines in Disneyland

I have no issues with Sharm, Naama has everything and more that I need

As for obese people my business is fitness, I know what makes people fat

 

[bostgwen]

I agree 100%, Tourists who are coming to the Nabq resorts have a fab time! Check tripadvisor! They are taking the hotel bus to visit Old market, Naama bay or Soho! Some of them are visiting La Strada. Me and my husband love to visit Peking Chinese, the 3 crowns or Onions, because we can park the car in front of the door! Never had any problem in Nabq. Arab sat is a place where Egyptian staff meet in the evening!

Well another Horus post on here...

Horus, I've found the internet dongles to be quite sufficent and I manage to run my business on them. You have to learn to work around things here in Egypt, it's easy enough when you know how. You've paid £60 for a dongle? They seen you coming didn't they!

Developments in Sharm, and not just the Nabq area, have slowed because of the lack of tourists means lack of income and people purchasing property. You can't moan that Nabq is a building site because it was like that when you moved here - you knew the situation. Work hasn't ceased, it's just slowed. As for Hard Rock it is due to open 2013, this was due to the company behind the development and NOT the Egyptian contractors.

You need to understand that Sharm is a tourist resort! It's shops and amentities are therefore based around this trade so don't moan there's no where to shop. People like myself who have made Sharm their home get by quite comfortably, it's not difficult!

You're moaning about the state of Nabq in regards to unfinished building work and the rubbish around and you're moving to Hadaba? Good luck with that as Hadaba is no cleaner, if not worse than Nabq for it's litter, stray animals and the noise is greater too!

The 'pubs' you desire aren't really found in Sharm, never mind Egypt. If you want a pub...the UK is where you need to be. Also attacking people for their weight is pathetic, you live your life as you choose and they are living theirs as they choose, it's not for you to comment on. Sometimes obesity isn't down to just eating to much and lack of exercise.

It's simple Horus and as I've said many times before if you don't like it here in Sharm no one is forcing you to stay. Yes, the tourist industry is struggling and therefore the effects are being felt by everybody and people are getting desperate but instead of focusing on the negatives try looking at the positives.

You seem to be alienating yourself even further from the Sharm community and not just with posts on this forum.

I wish youy luck Horus because the current situation isn't going to dramatically improve within weeks, probably not even months so you're going to have to learn to live with what you've got and be grateful for it. There's people worse off than you in this country and in this world.

 

[MaidenScotland]

I agree 100%, Tourists who are coming to the Nabq resorts have a fab time! Check tripadvisor! They are taking the hotel bus to visit Old market, Naama bay or Soho! Some of them are visiting La Strada. Me and my husband love to visit Peking Chinese, the 3 crowns or Onions, because we can park the car in front of the door! Never had any problem in Nabq. Arab sat is a place where Egyptian staff meet in the evening!

Sorry you meant to say?... 100% of those who bother to use tripadvisor

We have in fact one of our regular posters tell us about her experience only last week but I take it she is not in the 100% your are talking about.

 

[Horus]

I agree 100%, Tourists who are coming to the Nabq resorts have a fab time! Check tripadvisor! They are taking the hotel bus to visit Old market, Naama bay or Soho! Some of them are visiting La Strada. Me and my husband love to visit Peking Chinese, the 3 crowns or Onions, because we can park the car in front of the door! Never had any problem in Nabq. Arab sat is a place where Egyptian staff meet in the evening!

If they were having such a "fab time" why are they taking the bus outside the area? The answer is because that is EXACTLY what you need to do as there is no real infrastructure here to support tourists and to find anything of interest you need to travel at least 30 minutes to get out. Pay NO MORE thank 50 LE each way for Nabq to Naama or about 3 - 5LE on a blue and white bus which is like a moving rubbish tip

Sure if you like drinking and stuffing I am sure you will be happy where ever you can find those places.

As for car outside the door that's correct, as Nabq is so spread out if you have kids or teens you will need some form of transport

 

[marenostrum]

Sadly pubs are not my scene, they are more for ones who slap each other on the back when a goal is scored I much prefer nightclubs and I have many women yet before July to meet and greet

I share your view on this.

The last thing I want to see when on holiday is a group of tatoeed "yernited" fans jumping and shouting in a pub for a football match played 3000 miles away.
Sadly this is the type of tourist that Egypt is trying to attract.

Also someone mentioned Benidorm, this is not the horrible place that is portrayed on the tv series or other shows. There is a nice part of benidorm which is quiet. Plus imho you can't knock the beach anyway.

Same goes with Majorca, there is rowdy place but also a more secluded beautiful spot.

 

[Sonrisa]

I have been in Sharm only twice. The first time we ventured out of the resort, we disliked so much what we saw, that the second time we stayed in the resort and didn't live at all (well only to go to the airport)

SHarm is simply not our cup of tea.

I don't even like the beaches. I much prefer white fine sand that doesn't stick to my body.

Never been to benidorm (althought I quite enjoy the series!) but if it is anything like Sharm...I won't be going there.
And I dounbt is full of sharks trying to rip you off.

 

[topcat83]

Forget about paid thugs,how about getting verbally abused by hotel staff?

...and that this happens now is sad too. We always loved the friendliness of the guys in Na'ama Bay shops, bars and restaurants - and they weren't just doing it for the money. I felt safe letting my early teenaged boys wander round (without money!) - and when we went back the following year, the shopkeepers still remembered their names! When my son was working there 3 years ago, he said things had changed (he did learn enough Arabic to converse with the local taxi drivers!), but it sounds like it's changed even more since he's left.

 

[samui13]

Well I still love Nabq. When I purchased there, it was a building site and everything was very spread out (I actually like the spread out feeling). There was litter around (as in the whole of Egypt) and there was wild dogs and there was..... Egyptian locals meeting in the evenings having dinner at Arabsat . I love walking through there with smells of the local food and the banter of the local guys relaxing after a day at work and meeting up and having fun together. I do not want to eat there, nor sit making idle chat with any of them, but for me, it makes my time in Nabq nice and adds to the atmosphere of the place. As for the shops, metro is the only shop I frequent when I am out there. I have no need to go into the tourist shops at all but its good that they are there because it gets tourists venturing out of their hotels.

Nabq is not for everyone, I certainly dont want it to be the next naama bay that is why we purchased because everything is spread out. Each to their own. I love visiting Naama, and I love coming home to Nabq even more and getting away from the hustle and bustle. Hadaba is not a place I would like to live, but then again if we all wanted to live in the same place with the same ideals and standards then the world would be a sad place. Horus I am shocked you took so many pictures of Sierra resort. It looked like this when you moved in and was running four years late, what made you think you would change that by you moving in for six months?

Like it or loathe it, it is not for everyone. By the way i dont have a vested interest in that I have property to sell! I just really love Nabq and its my home from home.

 

[Eco-Mariner]

With the greatest respect for travel companies, but Naama Bay and the Red Sea hotel resorts were originally built for two reasons.

Firstly, as a den of iniquity and the best income for Gamal Mubarak and his playboys and secondly for the watersport enthusiasts that will tell you the amazing underwater scenes are unrivalled outside of the Great Barrier Reefs.... And all so close to Europe.

The problems were always there lack of attention to detail and crude workmanship in creating these tacky tourist attractions, coupled with the ability to rip-off anything that has a price-tag with it. Tourists being the target of every Egyptian predator.

I had the pleasure for many years to witness the pioneering days of the Red Sea as a skipper and dive-master. Today I'm seeing carnage. Yes there are nicer places to sunbathe in Europe. Leave nature a chance to catch up and I will try to get Egyptians to clean up their act.

Alan.

 

[Horus]

. Leave nature a chance to catch up and I will try to get Egyptians to clean up their act.

Alan.

I would be interested to hear how you propose to do that, what action plan have you got in place and how can other people get involved?

 

[marenostrum]

I would be interested to hear how you propose to do that, what action plan have you got in place and how can other people get involved?

I would guess that many have tried and failed previously.

After what i witnessed the last time I was in a Red Sea resort I promised myself I would never go back. The environmental damage tourism is causing to these areas is unbelievable.

The worst sight of all is seeing some russian godzilla walking out of the sea holding broken pieces of live coral.
And they do have lifeguards who are supposed to police this sort of thing, but they don't seem bothered, I guess the usual 10LE in their Speedo backpocket did the job.

Also what I found disgusting was the behaviour of some of the divers getting really close to the sea creatures and sometimes pocking them in addition to the bad habit of feeding them (no wonder sharks became so aggressive in the are).

 

[Horus]

I would guess that many have tried and failed previously.

After what i witnessed the last time I was in a Red Sea resort I promised myself I would never go back. The environmental damage tourism is causing to these areas is unbelievable.

The worst sight of all is seeing some russian godzilla walking out of the sea holding broken pieces of live coral.
And they do have lifeguards who are supposed to police this sort of thing, but they don't seem bothered, I guess the usual 10LE in their Speedo backpocket did the job.

Also what I found disgusting was the behaviour of some of the divers getting really close to the sea creatures and sometimes pocking them in addition to the bad habit of feeding them (no wonder sharks became so aggressive in the are).

It always amazes me how many people walk on the coral.

Let's see them poke a moray eel that would be fun

 

[DeadGuy]

What a mess............

Horus made a mistake and compared spending a holiday in what he tends to call a "shabby" area to living there, it's NOT, and sorry for saying this, but you were told that long time before you came here.........

The rest made a mistake of blaming Horus for having an opinion and made it sound like it's Horus' opinion that's causing the whole industry to fall apart..........It's NOT, it's the people who work in the industry's fault..........

God bless the democracy

 

[marenostrum]

What a mess............

Horus made a mistake and compared spending a holiday in what he tends to call a "shabby" area to living there, it's NOT, and sorry for saying this, but you were told that long time before you came here.........

The rest made a mistake of blaming Horus for having an opinion and made it sound like it's Horus' opinion that's causing the whole industry to fall apart..........It's NOT, it's the people who work in the industry's fault..........

God bless the democracy

I doubt Horus would be that stupid to decide living in a place based on a holiday experience.
Besides one can be critical of a place but it does not mean one wants to go back where he came from.

One thing I will say about your country is that you don't have multiculturalism rammed down your throats, which imho is big plus. I have yet to be asked to leave a swimming pool because muslim kids need to swim, this happened to me in a well developed european nation, not in Egypt.

 

[Horus]

All I can say is I am totally happy in Egypt and it is the best move I have ever made and I am not leaving on my own free will. If I was forced to leave I would go to Spain or Portugal

I am having the most amazing time of my life suppose there will be a bit of a downer when my wife comes but hey ho she knows the score if she starts nagging me I am off out for the night and don't come back until next day.

I have done very well for myself here and can't wait to move to my villa it's all furnished now as well ready for the big day and I get on fantastic with the neighbour he is a single like minded male who likes Pacha, totally crazy it will be one non stop party I can listen to deadmau5 and armin van buuren until 3am without complaints :clap2:

Remember I don't live in Egypt I live on planet Horus in my own little world where every day is like Disneyland my dream has come true

Naama is right up my alley....heheheheheehe but then in my younger years I was club 18 -30 rep for 2 years in Ibiza never grew out of it..would have lived there but I met my wife when I was dancing on a podium at Es Paradis

 

[canuck2010]

We need more like you Horus!

 

[marenostrum]

All I can say is I am totally happy in Egypt and it is the best move I have ever made and I am not leaving on my own free will. If I was forced to leave I would go to Spain or Portugal

I am having the most amazing time of my life suppose there will be a bit of a downer when my wife comes but hey ho she knows the score if she starts nagging me I am off out for the night and don't come back until next day.

I have done very well for myself here and can't wait to move to my villa it's all furnished now as well ready for the big day and I get on fantastic with the neighbour he is a single like minded male who likes Pacha, totally crazy it will be one non stop party I can listen to deadmau5 and armin van buuren until 3am without complaints :clap2:

Remember I don't live in Egypt I live on planet Horus in my own little world where every day is like Disneyland my dream has come true

Naama is right up my alley....heheheheheehe but then in my younger years I was club 18 -30 rep for 2 years in Ibiza never grew out of it..would have lived there but I met my wife when I was dancing on a podium at Es Paradis

it is nice to see someone so full of life, carpe diem as the english say