Soma Bay, Egypt : 7 Days in Sunny Paradise

A girlfriend and I went on a short holiday in sunny Hurghada. It was sort of a last minute plan for me. I thought of just staying in Moscow for the whole winter break. But the gloominess and depressing-ness of Moscow made me change my mind. And plus, I was bored. A week into my winter break I was already dead bored.

We arrived at Hurghada in the evening and was surprised by the warmness of Hurghada’s weather even after sundown. Coming from a -20°C region to 18°C felt pretty awesome. The weather was just nice; not too hot, not too cold. We even overheard a Russian tourist saying “Ой такая тепло!”

The temperature during the day was about 22-25°C, an awesome temperature to go swimming in the Red Sea. Of course the water’s temperature is lower but it was rather refreshing having a dip in the cool sea water. But I have to say, Red Sea taste awfully salty. Red Sea is known for being one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth and it does not taste good. Though that did not stop us from snorkeling and swimming in the sea. Who cares about the big swimming pools that the resort has when you have the whole sea to swim in eh?

I shall not say anything more, feast your eyes on these splendid views of the Red Sea

The water is crystal clear. From the jetty, we could see corals and all the fishes swimming down below so clearly. Snorkeling in Red Sea was exceptional.

I don’t know what these fishes are called, but they were floating around gently along with the tide. The weren’t swimming at all, so lets call them lazy fish. hahahaha

The beach on low tide

On the 5th day at the resort, we went to the beach again. It was cloudy and there was no wind. Thus, the sea was very very calm. I’ve never seen a sea without any waves before. The view of the corals and fishes on this day was awesome.

Look at what we found! Don’t worry, we put it back in the sea after taking pictures. It was unharmed.

With Khalid. He was the awesome lifeguard that showed us around in the water. At first we didn’t know what to look at while snorkeling, but he showed us so many things. And he let us touch all sort of sea creatures. I like touching the sea cucumber the most… so soft and squishy. Of course we were VERY careful not to hurt any thing.