Do you remember this name from the history? The desert Battle of El Alamein was one of the most significant events during the second world war… Allied troops stopped here nazis on their way to the Suez Canal…
El Alamein lies only 100 kms west of Alexandria. In the morning I took the microbus to Mawas bus station (1 EGP) and then in the back of the station I found microbus stand for El Alamein. No timetable. They depart when they are full.
The fare is low – 7 EGP per person, but you travel squeezed with the Arabs… Ufff! Local drivers are crazy, nobody respects traffic rules, fortunately it was only 1,5 -hours drive…
On the way from the distance you will see blue Mediteranean See but the highway never goes to the coast. Another surprise was that they built along the coast many big and fenced resorts – so the acces to the beached is limited… At this season all resorts are completly empty!
In El Alamein I visited excellent war museum (entry 20 EGP and another 20 if want to use your camera). Then there is a Commonwealth cemetary with 7200 graves in the sand. Impressive! Finally I took few pics of the lovely lagoon…
I was hot a hot day.
Back in Alexandria I took a walk to the Roman theatre. Crowds of men were sitting in the sidewalk cafes. No ladies there! But Alexandria have pleasant atmosphere of the mediteranean cities.
Boys sells Arab newspapers with the big pictures of demonstrations in Cairo. But here it is quite…
And tomorrow I will take a bus to the Siwa Oasis in the desert – I will be very far from the noisy world.
