Egypt 2016 - in the land of the Pharaohs

Egypt 2016 started for us with a quite exhausting Condor flight. There wasn't even free water. Since then, we try to avoid Condor as much as possible. But that didn't harm the holiday at all.

Egypt is fascinating. Especially snorkeling is incredibly beautiful. We saw turtles, a thousand colorful fish, an octopus, and Jannik even discovered a small shark, which I unfortunately missed. Already during the approach to the landing, you could see dolphins jumping out of the airplane. It was simply unforgettable.

The most beautiful place we visited in Hurghada was the island where the pictures were taken. Our tour guide Peter, who accompanied us and our excursion group, called it the 'Caribbean island'. This designation definitely deserved it.

Actually, the highlight of the excursion should have been snorkeling. In the end, we found the reef in front of our hotel more beautiful than the reefs we visited with the group.

Initially, we wouldn't have thought that it would be the island that would impress us the most. But it was actually fantastically beautiful, the water turquoise and the sand snow-white. We had lunch there and enjoyed the view of the sea...

For some reason, the photographer who was on board had it in for us. He filmed and photographed us continuously and finally wanted to organize a photo shoot with both of us on the beach. We agreed and got some good pictures together (of course, we had to pay extra for the CD that contained pictures and videos... But it was worth it!)

However, you could tell that the photographer didn't really know what he was doing. He sometimes asked us to pose in ways that didn't look professional or good, but at least made us and our family laugh when we looked at the pictures later. So, it wasn't a big deal!

We decided relatively spontaneously to take a 2-day trip to Cairo for 140 euros because we really wanted to see the pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. So, we sat in a relatively comfortable bus with a small group for five hours, but after a while, we felt sick. I couldn't even sit anymore 😂.

When we arrived in Cairo, we were absolutely surprised. It was insanely crowded, and the streets were a constant honking concert. A five-member family sat, however they managed it, together on a moped and waved at us friendly.

One thing that amazed me was the fact that the city's population has increased so rapidly in a short period of time that many people now live in the city's cemetery.

The buildings in the city seemed run-down and neglected, but that's because of all the desert sand that quickly damages even the facades of new buildings. Cairo is overwhelming, interesting, fascinating, but not aesthetic. But still, you should definitely see it!