Egypt - Sharm El-Sheikh and Cairo

Visited Sharm El-Sheikh with a 1-day trip to Cairo. The Cairo trip was tiring - we were stuck on border control for countless hours due to anti-terrorist measures.

Egypt at that time felt like a "tourist processing factory": everything made for tourists. Around our 4-star hotel in Sharm El-Sheikh there was literally emptiness. All the shops on the local bazaar worked just for us.

The good parts: the water and marine life are indeed fantastic, and the food in the hotel was excellent. The trip to Cairo wasn't worth even paying for, as we spent more time in sponsored shops than watching pyramids. I'd love to revisit Cairo properly - quite an interesting city full of life.

Fun fact: in order to keep the territory free from mosquitoes, they had to crop the area every evening which was done with lots of noise and fog. Also found the highest quality 100% cotton towels I've ever used at the local market!