Sunday 5th July
The holiday blog! The one I've properly been so excited too write for a long, long time. It's finally here! We're thousands and thousands of miles up in the air heading to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to celebrate mine and my boyfriends 6th year of being together. We sadly had to change our holiday from Tunisia due to the awful, heartbreaking news of a shooting. As a couple we have faced many challenges along the last six years and this has been the first time were able to hop on a plane and head thousands of miles away from home to make an amazing memory that shall last a lifetime in our life together.
The view from my seat is MAGICAL. I choose a window seat as I haven't been abroad many times before so the view keeps taking my breath away. I'm pretty sure in all honesty that it doesn't matter how many times you have been on a plane before this view stuns everyone, every time especially from a bird eye view. We flew over some really amazing countries, these included France, Italy, Greece and Turkey. I saw beautiful mountains and Coast lines views that I would never see from Land. The flight is around 5 hours long. As the hours are going by, day light is also fading, yet again leaving a beautiful picturesque evening sky line.
Monday 6th July
Waking up to my first full day in Egypt, and it's like we've landed in paradise. The heat hits you, like KABOOOM! It's sooooooo warm... It's 8.30am and the patio doors are wide open, fresh air blowing through the Egyptian cotton nets into our room, and people down by the pool putting down their towels to reserve their sun loungers. I can not believe I'm really here. I feel like I'm in a film! I won't bore you too much about my holiday. Today's highlight: My other half being asked if he's Egyptican... TWICE... By two different men! Hilarious... It's an on going joke. Tobias has dark hair, brown eyes and he tans so easily! If he had a pound for every time he was asked if he is foreign, I'd be engaged by now! 😊
Tuesday 7th July
Staying by the Red Sea we have been told that snorkelling is a must do! I hate getting my face wet so we only purchased one snorkelling kit for my boyfriend. We headed to the sea in search of some exotic fish, after around 15minutes Tobias persuaded me to try out his snorkels, needless to say he ended up giving in to begging me for them back.. He went off to buy me some 😊 it was amazing! Our first snorkelling experience together, we saw a puffer fish, it was surreal! Tonight we have planned to go to Egypts SOHO market, it's like the land of the rich. It had African dancers, streets entertainers, dancing fountain, ice ring, ice bar & restaurants floating on a river through the street market which they called the River Nile (obviously) A no hassle shopping mall with so much choice. The streets were immaculate, it seems hotter in the evenings than during the day! We were both BOILING! P.s our tans are coming along nicely.
Wednesday 8th July
More sunbathing, relaxing and lounging around the pool was on today's agenda. At 7.30pm we had planned to go on an excursion we booked on Monday. We headed to Egypt's Old Market, apparently one of the oldest towns in Egypt. It was very much an experience to say the least. We got hassled by every man there was, every shop we walked past & an defiantly eye opener to what we saw. A complete different world away to the SOHO market we went to yesterday. There were men on camels everywhere, kids playing on motorbikes, people driving around with no sense of the high way code, stray cats & dogs wondering around, the roads had rubble and rubbish scattered everywhere, & a heavy stench of fish, but we did grab ourselves some good bargains. Apparently it's the place to go shopping for all your "designer needs" I'm glad we did this market, I'd go again. I think it's more the shock of how England and Egypt are worlds apart.
Thursday 9th July
Tonight we walked into charming Sharm, took around 30minutes each way, every "taxi" that went past they hooted their horns and flashed their head lights half of the vehicles that made out to be a taxi were crammed with Egyptian men. Every shop we walked past we got asked to head into "we have good prices, like Primark, I make you good deal my beautiful english friend" but we only went for a McDonald's and a few souvenirs for our families. Our McDonald's was HUGE, and delicious. If your reading this blog Mr. Ronald Mcdoanld we need a spicy chicken Big Mac in England! (obviously!)
Friday 10th July.
Today is our 6th year anniversary, this is why we're on holiday! This morning me and Tobias exchanged anniversary cards and presents. He brought me a 'looky looky Cartier love braclet' that he brought at Soho Marjet and I brought Tobias a stainless steel braclet from home. Today we decided to do a VIP Red Sea Cruise. Nothing I say, show or gabble on about will ever justify the amazing memories we saw today with our eyes. It was amazing! The best day we've had so far. We were collected from our hotel around 9am, taken down to the Old Market Port and headed out to sea with a snorkelling crew on a very posh boat. We stopped at three different destinations in the Red Sea And snorkelled around! I'm a little sad I didn't see any turtles but I suppose that's the beauty of this excursion, your never granted to know what your about too see. I can't believe the amazing sea life that lives beneath us. It's beautiful. If you ever come to Sharm El Sheikh you MUST MUST MUST do this cruise!! (I can't swim and I managed to doggy paddle around)
Saturday 11th July
Our last full day in Egypt 😞 we've not had the time to use our hotel beach yet, so we spent all day there. Its covered in sombrero style umbrellas to shade people from the sun, camels walking up and down with a few piers branching off. We were told during the week that if we snorkelled off the pier, we would see massive fish. We had to wait for the yellow flag to appear for it to be deemed safe! I still got knocked around and a massive bruise appeared on my leg (ouch) after the sea bashed me into the stairs (personally this yellow flag could of waited another half an hour before it went up, My legs are black a& blue) but it was all worth the view. I don't remember the names of the fish, but I think after this week I feel happy I actually faced a fear of getting my face wet as what lies beneath the sea is breath taking.
Sunday 12th July
We fly home today (I'm so sad!) it's been amazing! We can't think of one negative thing to say about our holiday (except it's ended too soon) The hotel staff have been sooo friendly, and can't even help you out enough. Showered us with drinks, smiles & plenty of ridiculous English words. We just sat around the pool getting our last minute tan top up, when the time came to meet our bus back to Sharm El Sheihk airport I literally thought I was going to cry. IV had the most amazing holiday ever and can not wait to go back again...
My last photo of our holiday.. The beautiful birds eye view of Sharm El Sheikh.
We were staying at Jazz Mirabel Beach hotel, Sharm El Sheikh. Its a 25minute drive from the airport. When we got to the hotel we were greated by the hotels friendly staff, check in was really quick and we had a golf buggy waiting for us at the hotels entrance with our luggage on the back. The entrance was beautiful with a fountain in the middle of the lobby. Its a five star hotel with its own private beach that you can snorkel off with a few piers either end of the beach. The beach also contains several beach bars to top up on drinks and snacks. Two large family swimming pools, with pool bars around to grab plenty of refreshments, a sports swimming pool and two children's paddling pools, plenty of sunbeds too choose from. Tennis courts, spa and an amphitheatre for entertainments. Our room was cleaned everyday, with fresh towels and new bedding and air conditioning. Our hotel balcony over looked onto the pool gardens. Plenty of restaurants to eat from & a little shopping market complex to buy bags, sunglasses and souviners from. It was just amazing!
Where did you go on holiday this year? Have you ever been to Egypt?
Love Katie xXx
Just a few lines that the Egyptian men said to me & Tobias that we thought we're funny:
Hello my good friend/ boss
Asda price like tesco
Cheaper than primark
I love England, my cousin from Camden
You lucky man
Dogs bollocks
Hey sister, sister
Ah I love England!
My names Adam.
If you call an Egyptian Mohammed, you've proberly got his name right.
Lovely jubbly
See ya wouldn't wanna be ya
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