Sharm El Sheikh Warning or Danger Tips by ratherton

When you land in Egypt, you must buy your visa stamps and fill in a landing card before passing through passport control.

However, you will need to pay for you visa with either US$ or GB£. I had just flown in from Russia so I only had roubles and the cashpoint (ATM) machine at the airport only pays out Egyptian Pounds.

Obviously this puts you in a catch 22 position which the half-wits at the airport only realised after a lot of shouting. I eventually was allowed to purchase the visa with Egyptian Pounds

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It goes without saying that when in the sea, you should never interfere with the creatures that live there.

Most of the fish are harmless but some are posionous. I took this picture of a Common Lion Fish while snorkelling at the beach. There are plenty of these fish in the sea.

They won't attack you but to be safe, it's best to observe from a distance.

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Some people enjoy haggling over prices for items. I don't but if you like it, then Sharm is the place for you. About the only thing you couldn't haggle with were the cashpoint (ATM) machines.

It's actually quite simple once you speak to a few non-salesmen locals. It goes like this:

You ask the price and get quoted something stupid
You offer about 25% of what they want and so it goes.
If you can get to about half the original price you have done well.

Remember, you don't have to buy from the first seller you see. It will be available somewhere else so don't be afraid to walk away.

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