Before and after the diving trip, a night spent in each of Port Ghalib and Hurghada. Enough hours to appreciate that this is one very complicated and interesting place.
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- First view of the Nile Delta, looking eastward into it.
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- Further south in Egypt.
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- How can a geographer not be glued to her airplane window? City of Hurghada in the distance.
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- Yes, it’s the same Hurghada where terrorists have attacked tourists.
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- After a 3-hour drive, I ended up in Port Ghalib. The first morning from my hotel window, morning #1.
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- Shop clerk, sharing some tea and being taught basic Arabric phrases.
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- View of Port Ghalib marina/shopping from our moored boat.
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- Merchants inside the tourist compound of Port Ghalib, about 50′ from our boat.
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- Four signs for Viagra. In case you’ve left home without it.
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- A typical morning-after scene in Port Ghalib. Mostly German tourists here.
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- On the drive from Port Ghalib back to Hurghada. Creative continents on that globe.
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- One phenomenal lunch in Hurghada.
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- the main mosque in Hurgada
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- view from my Hurghada hotel
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- Uninspiring street scene #1
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- Uninspiring street scene #2
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- View from the airport looking westward. Bye, Egypt.
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