I have been in Safaga on the Red See years ago. But now the port is much bigger… They give us the ride to the port gate and then I took a walk – first to Al Balad – south to the old quarter to see the poor beach with the nice view of our ship. There is also a little, nice mosque – the caretaker was happy to switch on the light for the rare visitor. Egyption pound is weak – for the dollar they pay 25 pounds. For one dollar you can buy as much as 5 kilos of tomatoes or 4 kilos of oranges. But the place is dirty ad all contemporary Egypt…
Then I turned to the new quarter – north of port. Nice mosque with two minarets is there. In the poor hotel they requested 1 dollar for 5 minutes of internet connection. Shame! But in front of this hotel I met the local people whe drove me to the local, atmospheric cafe where I ordered the tea and had opportunity to surf the network listening to the arab music and watching the men in galabiyas smoking shishas… Ahmad Yousuff Cafe – come and enjoy! 🙂
