After arriving at around 6:30pm in Centralen (Central Station) I had a rough idea of where to go. Walking around aimlessly with large suitcases isn’t much fun, so after admitting defeat, I decided to find help. Help came in the form of a giant man, dressed in a long trench-coat. I asked him where Tulegatan was (the road our hotel – Birger Jarl) is on, and he immediately whipped out...
We arrived at Taba Airport around 7pm, and, after a short (we’re talking 30 seconds) bus ride from the plane to the terminal, we were put into various que’s. One for people who wanted a visa, and one for people who didn’t. If you intend to leave the Sinai, you’ll need a Visa. That means, if you intend to go to Cairo, you will need one. If you only want to sit by the pool...
First impressions of the resort were very pleasant. Although we arrived at night, the grounds still looked good. We had filled in a check in card on the coach, so were checked in within literally 5 minutes, and shown to our room by a friendly chap. I’d read that the staff here seemed to be miserable, however I didn’t find this the case. After around 10 – 15 minutes, another man...
Dinner at the Marriott (for those staying Half / Full Board) is provided in the Al Alandalus restaurant, located near the pool. It’s a “help yourself” buffet, with many different things to choose from – various meat dishes, salads, homous, bread, pastas, fish (the fish by the way, is excellent) For desert, they have on offer one of the larges selections of cakes etc…...
We were picked up from the hotel at a nice and early 3:30 am, which meant getting ourselves out of bed at 2, to be sure we were ready. Dissapointingly, me phoning up reception the night before and asking for an early breakfast wasnt enough, and they had forgotten to prepare anything. So we faced the 6 hour journey on an empty stomach…. This wasnt necesarily a bad thing, as the road we were...