1st night out / 3rd excursion: Blue Hole

Yes, I finally managed to go out. Thursday is the night to go out in Sharm El Sheikh and that is what I did. I met with Victoria, Valeria and Susi at the main Taxi Stop in Naama Bay. Victoria is my brother’s girlfriend, Valeria is Victoria’s sister and Susi is a friend from Valeria who is here for a two week vacation. We went to the Camel Bar where they had a live band playing. The place was full and I even knew a few people, which Miki had introduced to me. They are all working for Camel.

The evening was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed my 1st night out. The Manager of the bar offered me an alcoholic drink which was really good as it only contained the half of the alcohol it would normally do. I also had two Tequilas but Josy and Denise know that I definitely wasn’t drunk just of this small quantity of alcohol. Somehow I don’t get drunk very fast, even though I am not used to drink. When I had the Tequila I had to think about Reto Voser with whom I worked at CEFS and had my 1st Tequila with at one of the Lollipop parties I went to.

So it was really good to go out and meet some people. Until now I was mostly working and when I wasn’t, I was in my room.

I got home at about 3am and I had to get up at 6.30am as I went on my 3rd excursion: “Blue Hole”. This is a place in Dahab, where you can snorkel or dive and where it just goes very deep down and you can’t see anything below, everything is just blue. But let’s start at the beginning. We got picked up at 7.30am and drove into the desert. Our driver was really cool because he did drive fast and over anything that would be fun for us. The Marhaba tourguide was mad and told him that he should slow down and that he should drive in the group. I swear, sometimes these guys are so boring. They stress in the wrong moments and leave too much time where there is no reason for. After about 50 minutes Safari in the desert and after two stops (Bedouin cemetery and Mountain called “Breast”) we did some camel riding and then had tea and bread with the Bedouins. I didn’t do the camel riding anymore because they smell too strong and I can tell you, it was just tooooooo hot in the desert. Afterwards we had a one hour drive to Dahab where we went snorkelling. “Blue Hole”, amazing, really very impressing. The only thing is that it was VERY touristic, Jeeps and Camels everywhere and too many people in the water. At about 3pm we had lunch at a restaurant in Dahab called “Ali Baba”. The restaurant was really nice, just next to the sea, clean, good and fast service and the food was delicious. A quick visit at the bazaar and then we went back home. At 6pm I was finally at my room and the plan to go to the office was cancelled by me falling asleep at about 7pm.

The trip is really good but for Swiss people some things would have to get changed. We want adventure, so the Jeep should do safari and not drive behind the other cars on the road. The tourguide should not tell them that they can order a drink and as soon as it arrives, he tells them that they should make sure that they have all their belongings and go to the car. He also should not bring them to a bazaar which is in a building like a shopping centre, in general Swiss people prefer to walk through little roads and visit little shops.

It’s really not easy to work with them, but I just tell myself that I don’t care. One of them always talks in a very rude way to me and next time I’ll see him I will tell him to relax. They think they know everything but in regarding to Swiss guests they could learn so much. People here don’t listen. When you talk to them they think they already know what you want to say, what in most of the cases is not true, but still they don’t listen. They know everything and don’t let anybody tell them anything. I know that I am in a different country but still, sometimes I really just have to walk away not to be embarrassed by them. Even though the weekends are very tiring, I always look forward to the moments I can pick up new guests from the airport. The contact with the guests from Switzerland makes me enjoy my work.

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