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Travel stories from Dahab

Collection of 20 travel stories from Dahab, Egypt. Written by your friends on the road.

Picture from story Lounging by the Red Sea

Lounging by the Red Sea
2009-11-01, Dahab, Egypt. By: mala

Dahab, a low-key beach town on the Red Sea, was to be our decompression from the Egypt we had expected. After ten days of abuse for the sake of world-class ruins, we would laze on the beach to collect...

 
Picture from story Luxor to Dahab

Luxor to Dahab
2009-01-07, Dahab, Egypt. By: saffa2

At first glance, the surroundings of our final destination within Egypt seemed like something out of a Disney movie. With somewhat of an “Arabian” genre, Dahab comes complete with trinket shops, camel...

 
Traveler tamtam31

Dahab part 5
2008-06-20, Dahab, Egypt. By: tamtam31

We were in the bus for almost nine hours today. It was horrible...the bus had been traded for a smaller one, as two of our members had decided to stay a few more days. The bus was hot, cramped, and ...

 
Picture from story Dahab part 4

Dahab part 4
2008-06-19, Dahab, Egypt. By: tamtam31

Today was yet another lazy day. Ian had promised Mohammed that he would teach him how to play chess, so we spent a few hours in his shop. As Ian taught Mohammed the rules and moves, I walked around ...

 
Picture from story Dahab part 3

Dahab part 3
2008-06-18, Dahab, Egypt. By: tamtam31

Georgie had arranged for some in our group to go snorkeling the next day. The group wouldn't be meeting to leave until 10:30am, but Ian and I had decided the night before that we wanted a day with no...

 
Picture from story Dahab part two

Dahab part two
2008-06-16, Dahab, Egypt. By: tamtam31

The next day was more of the same...relaxing! I spent a few hours next to the pool at the hotel two doors down, and Ian and I spent two hours having lunch overlooking the Red Sea again. I went to a ...

 
Traveler tamtam31

Dahab, part one
2008-06-15, Dahab, Egypt. By: tamtam31

We had a few more hours on the bus before getting to Dahab, our home for the next five days. I attempted to sleep on the bus but wasn't able to. Ian and I were very happy to arrive at our hotel. It...

 
Traveler sdell

Time To Leave Dahab and Civilisation After 9 Days
2007-08-29, Dahab, Egypt. By: sdell

Well after 9 days of pure rest and relaxation our tan building session has come to an end. Country number one is complete Country number 2 here we come. Tomorrow at 10am we have another nine hour m...

 
Traveler sdell

Mt Sinai - If I found it hard think what poor old Moses had to carry down it!!!
2007-08-28, Dahab, Egypt. By: sdell

Well after chillin by the beach for several days on end we thought we better get active and do something. Last night we left the hotel at 23:00 and drove for 2 hours to prepare to climb Mount Sinai. W...

 
Traveler sdell

Diving, Diving, Snorkelling and more diving thrown in for good measure!
2007-08-25, Dahab, Egypt. By: sdell

Within an hour of being in Dahab, just as our eyes were beginning to close, I enquired about the PADI diving course. Within another 10 mins I was on the diving course studying my backside off! Ove...

 
Traveler sdell

Finally We Get to Dahab!
2007-08-21, Dahab, Egypt. By: sdell

What we forgot to mention on the last entry was that at 11pm on Hannah's birthday we had to catch that bloody train again. We got to Cairo after 12 hours then spent the day in Cairo again. That night ...

 
Traveler chaveiro

Hot and chilling
2007-07-17, Dahab, Egypt. By: chaveiro

And this is where we are now... Dahab! It was a whole challenge to get from Wadi Rum to here but we made it! We left Wadi Rum on a friday (free day for the muslims) so we had only one chance to g...

 
Picture from story Dahab

Dahab
2007-06-28, Dahab, Egypt. By: jake

I can almost imagine being here in the 70s when Dahab was a notorious hippie haven. Although it is a lot more touristy now, it is still an extremely chilled out place. The barren mountains transition ...

 
Traveler thenomads

Sudanese Visa Hell
2006-11-04, Dahab, Egypt. By: thenomads

Yup, that's right, this experience gets its own journal. What can we say, we were told from the get go that it wouldn't be easy, that it may not happen, that we need to be patient. So it starts like...

 
Picture from story Hands up if you don't like Gypos!  Pick me, pick me!!!

Hands up if you don't like Gypos! Pick me, pick me!!!
2006-11-01, Dahab, Egypt. By: thenomads

We started off our Egypt leg without really feeling like we were in Egypt. We spent 4 days in the Red Sea resort town of Dahab. It was very relaxed, the weather was gorgeous, and we caught up on a l...

 
Picture from story The Red Sea

The Red Sea
2006-07-18, Dahab, Egypt. By: drewby

I was unaware that the Red Sea was famous for its diving and snorkeling. the reefs were extremely colorful and full of life. Every inch of the reef was alive. There were giant mouths openening all ...

 
Traveler abrookdg

My body
2006-07-04, Dahab, Egypt. By: abrookdg

Traveling is wearing me down...but not my spirits. Unable to work out, I feel "soft" and "smaller" than when I left. I noticed I can walk a long ways, and that my feet are very important, as well as...

 
Picture from story Sinai

Sinai
2006-07-05, Dahab, Egypt. By: abrookdg

Hello all. We made it. Our bodies are more tired than they have been the entire trip. The trip to Sinai goes like this. We leave at 11pm and arrive with many other tourists at 1am. You then beg...

 
Traveler nickvdp

Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt
2004-08-28, Dahab, Egypt. By: nickvdp

17 Aug - Palmyra Spent the day on the road, stopped at some road signs that said Iraq 150km and Baghdad, so had to stop for the obligatory photo stop to scare the parents with :-) Arrived in Dam...

 
Traveler lomotravel

assalah...
2003-01-16, dahab, Egypt. By: lomotravel

cairo was left behind by the dust of our night bus, a short journey in theory, but not in practice. it took only 7 hours to get from cairo to nuweiba, so we thought we would get a nice long sleep and ...

 


 
 

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