Georgina

El Gouna has remained unaffected by the recent events apart from the departure of many nationalities of tourists due to the advice of their countries. Despite that the full time residents of those countries with travel warnings have remained in El Gouna.

We have always had private security in town and no police, and even when the whole country was quiet, security was always tight entering the town. Orascom like to do all maintenance and renovations on private properties themselves ...

Originally Posted by Georgina

Here is a ten minute video of the microlight flight over El Gouna:

Originally Posted by Georgina

First time for me in a microlight and I was very nervous but a wonderful experience!! A rare rain shower overnight had left all the sand damp and cloggy so after the pre-flight checks and the microlight moved to the compacted sand runway they had to remove all the clumps from the wheels so they wouldn't fly back into the propellor! The rain had also left turbulant weather and whereas normally the wind comes from the north it was moving from west to south and the wind sock going up and down.

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Egypt - not just for diving!!

The White Desert (my friend Vanessa modelling her souvenier from Egypt before she returned to Australia)



Ancient Temples


Karnak Temple by Georgina C, on Flickr

The River Nile


West ...