Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2015 9:08:49 GMT
The deaths of all those people on the Russian aircraft was truly terrible. The effect it has had on Sharm is also bad.
I've been to Sharm something like forty times in the last fifteen years. In 2007 I worked there for six weeks as a Dive Guide. I've also traveled over on the 'main' side as well, taking in such places as Hurgada, El Quasir, Mar Asalam and Hamata. Originally Sharm (or N'ama Bay to be more precise) was a small one-street village with a few hotels. Over the years it has been massively developed. What was once a great little center for Scuba Diving has been made into a monster resort for sun-seekers in their all-inclusive hotels. The diving is still fantastic, which is why I go, but there are fewer and fewer dive boats as they all trade in their dive licenses and convert to snorkeling boats for the beach tourists.
After the bombings in 2005, the shark attacks a couple of years ago, and the ongoing political unrest in Egypt, Sharm really struggled as visitors dropped off. However, in the last eighteen months the visitor numbers have picked up again.
As regards security, Sharm itself is now pretty safe. There are very few roads going into Sharm, and there are frequent checkpoints on those roads. Don't believe the crap in the British press about the airport. It's no different to most airports in the world. Yes you get your passport checked. Yes you get a security scan. Yes your luggage gets scanned. If someone decides to smuggle a bomb on board via the baggage, there is not much that you or I can do about it to be honest. Don't forget, the Lockerbie bomb was put onto the aircraft in Frankfurt, one of the most secure Westernised airports you could possibly get !
I love Sharm. It is totally different to the rest of Egypt, well, the rest of Egypt is basically a shithole, but I feel that the latest attack could well mean the end of Sharm as a mass-market holiday resort. Maybe it will return to being the quiet dive centre it used to be?
I've been to Sharm something like forty times in the last fifteen years. In 2007 I worked there for six weeks as a Dive Guide. I've also traveled over on the 'main' side as well, taking in such places as Hurgada, El Quasir, Mar Asalam and Hamata. Originally Sharm (or N'ama Bay to be more precise) was a small one-street village with a few hotels. Over the years it has been massively developed. What was once a great little center for Scuba Diving has been made into a monster resort for sun-seekers in their all-inclusive hotels. The diving is still fantastic, which is why I go, but there are fewer and fewer dive boats as they all trade in their dive licenses and convert to snorkeling boats for the beach tourists.
After the bombings in 2005, the shark attacks a couple of years ago, and the ongoing political unrest in Egypt, Sharm really struggled as visitors dropped off. However, in the last eighteen months the visitor numbers have picked up again.
As regards security, Sharm itself is now pretty safe. There are very few roads going into Sharm, and there are frequent checkpoints on those roads. Don't believe the crap in the British press about the airport. It's no different to most airports in the world. Yes you get your passport checked. Yes you get a security scan. Yes your luggage gets scanned. If someone decides to smuggle a bomb on board via the baggage, there is not much that you or I can do about it to be honest. Don't forget, the Lockerbie bomb was put onto the aircraft in Frankfurt, one of the most secure Westernised airports you could possibly get !
I love Sharm. It is totally different to the rest of Egypt, well, the rest of Egypt is basically a shithole, but I feel that the latest attack could well mean the end of Sharm as a mass-market holiday resort. Maybe it will return to being the quiet dive centre it used to be?