Should YOU Visit Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt ?

absolutely beautiful hey everyone welcome back so today I'm in Egypt well in the Sinai Peninsula in charmel Sheck so I used to come here around about 10 years ago it's one of my favorite places to come because it's cheap the hotels are amazing but for the last few years flights obviously haven't been coming to Shamu Shake but it is now back open and it is perfectly safe so this place is amazing it has some of the best diving and snorkeling that you can do in the world it has one of the seven underwater Wonders of the World in fact you can actually see the fish literally just by walking just two steps into the water I'm gonna check out the hotel The Nightlife the old town of xiaom shake and so much more come on [Music] water [Music] well if you think to yourself I might have a walk around Sharma shake it is actually bigger than you realize and walking around in the heat of the day is not advisable luckily along this part of the road anyway there is a little bit of shade and you definitely need it the sun is so high in the sky here in May that you barely have any Shadow which means any trees they won't throw any Shadow your way either I'm sweating best way to get around shallow Shake of course isn't a taxi you do have to bark with them a little bit otherwise they will rip you off they do Drive rather crazy and some of them don't have seat belts now these have popped up um but they look quite old and there's not too many of them and if you want to use your own data it's going to cost you a fortune but you have to use it by an app there are some of these bikes that you can use but I haven't seen too many of these bike parks so I don't think they're probably at the moment such a good idea so let's talk about the beaches the beaches in chamo Shake are absolutely gorgeous and obviously the reason why people come to namibate which is where I am is because the waters are quite shallow you can go in quite easily and you can snorkel from the beach rather than going out onto these pontoons that dark patch there that's a massive Shoal of fish is that you say it shawl look at them basking and sunshine you can do loads of water sports off the beach as well but I do like Nama Bay there's not much going on in Nama Bay in the main town until night time as you can see from the footage it's pretty dead also it's a bit too hot to be walking around here just look how gorgeous this beach is can you see that fish down there just look how colorful that fish is wow so yeah a great Beach to relax oh yeah you'll find so many places on the beach that do massage as well a massage here is very affordable Shark spray does have loads of hotels that surround it and snorkeling equipment is normally free from your hotel if it backs out onto the beach however I don't have that luxury so I had to buy my own snorkel so the coral really drops off here you can see the edge of the coral just heal it how deep it goes there's fish right underneath my feet so here the Red Sea is considered some of the best diving in the world and the snorkeling here is also amazing how much can we see just from the beach I'm gonna find out by the way I've got no flippers on so this is hard to tread water I've got my snorkel gear I'm gonna take you with me and see what we can see come on [Music] thank you [Music] that was incredible and just literally from the beach found place where you can come and have a drink and check out the views wow look at that foreign [Music] so I'm in a taxi with very nice Muhammad who's driving me around shamal Sheikh at the minute he's taking me all down the back roads show me the sights it costs it cost me uh 250 Egyptian pounds from namibata here now I need to go back to my hotel I'm just negotiating with Muhammad um so should we say uh 150. problem 100 I think he's saying to me if I want to give him 400 Egyptian I can I can kill a taxi for an hour but I don't need to now are you going in the wrong there's there's a car coming Muhammad so I just got Muhammad's phone he wants to see my YouTube channel to subscribe to me here we go the Subscribe button is different in Egypt there you go yes pay attention to the road he's only watching one of my videos whilst he's driving [Music] it's good yeah it's good good good good good so I'll see you later see you later Mohammed if there's one place that you should visit though whilst in shall my shake is the old town and in the center is this beautiful mosque here you can do some traditional Egyptian shopping check out the spices and also I'm going to try some Egyptian tea come on Amazing mask just in the front look at this wow that smells amazing in here Egyptian scarab beetle there look they don't go under your skin like they do in the movie The Mummy by the way can we walk down here this shop continues down here in the mosque look at this I don't know I hope I don't get demonetized with the music you never know with YouTube wow look traditional snake baskets foreign I don't want to see a python coming out of there or is it a cobra this place also looks amazing at night wow it just continues down here there's a lift there's a random bags here are they for sale as you know I love going off the Beaten Track smell of incense and spices fills the air wow look at that am I seeing things Viagra natural I wonder should I try it no I'm not gonna I wonder if I rub the lamp it might come true more spices here with no names on so I don't know what half this stuff is what are these could be wrong but is that a saffron probably not what do they say only a Mad Dog an Englishman walk around in the heat of the day maybe down here is a good place to try some authentic Egyptian tea about this place and again one Egyptian tea thank you it's best to put some sugar in it as well because I like mine fairly sweet obviously it's just loose tea they have their own different mixes just let that settle I first tried Egyptian tea 10 years ago and let's face it it is just tea leaves with hot water but obviously it's their own blend of tea let's try it it's like English breakfast tea but slightly fruity only just slightly fruitier and I add sugar because it does actually taste amazing now normally I can't drink black tea at home because it's too harsh but here in shamashek is lovely it's crazy to think that most of the locals drink this on a really really hot day I think it's like 40 degrees today but in the shade it's nice now since I've been come to Shaman Sheikh it's changed a lot but one thing that hasn't changed is that they still don't have Wi-Fi in many of the restaurants everybody's on their phones and they're all on WhatsApp for some strange reason but you won't be able to check Facebook unless you use your local data and from the UK it's an absolute Fortune so don't do that the guy's feeding the pigeons right now thank you now when it comes to money they don't take British money they do take American dollars they don't overly like take an Egyptian pound because it's not as strong as the dollar they do have cash points here as well but try to use the red ones if you can the Bank of Egypt ones because they'll charge you less fine thanks yourself this smells amazing [Applause] so obviously there's loads of different excursions you can do in chamo Shake you can go quad biking you can go out into the desert and you can also take a boat trip which I've decided to do it's cost me a little bit more in fact it's cost me 180 pounds for this to go out on a private boat trip to Turin Island so we've just left sharks Bay you can do a little bit of snorkeling and a little bit of exploring so the best thing about doing this is the Muhammad here will go up my pace so if I want to stop he'll stop if I want to continue it'll continue if I say let's go there well he knows where best place to go certainly is a little bit choppy out here some divers over there there's a big uh bit of coral here and there's a massive shipwreck that a lot of people who come and dive in Sharma shake they visit here and you'll see loads of them doing it not much of it left to be honest in probably about another 10 years there won't be much left construction ship Russian actually 40 years I'll go from from here 40 years ago wow you see the top end there bits the middle all gone so the end is over there this is like the midsection of the ship it makes you think didn't they notice the coral you can see just how shallow the water is here look at that and actually helps with the uh the sea life as well shipwrecks 10 minutes 15 minutes no that's okay see the beauty of having your own private captain no I'm not interested in the Shipwreck other than seeing it like that wow look at the color of this water that is amazing [Music] so we can't get too close to Turin Island it's owned by the Army the water here is pretty shallow so uh I think I'll get in should we see just how clear this water is they call this the Egyptian Caribbean the water now normally I'm a little bit nervous about um kind of snorkeling out in there it's so shallow I think I'll be all right well I definitely can't stand a little bit too deep let's go and have a look how clear this water is [Music] all right that was incredible so this is the closest we can get to Twin Island I can see some some army trucks out there the Arabian Army are out there and Mo just said this is probably the closest we can go until they might tell us off twin Island's actually massive Moe's letting me drive the speedboat oh I got a tent gotta turn it and this way a little bit this is harder than you realize am I a good driver let me slow it down a little because I just want to try and feel the speed a little bit just want to go ready floor it whoa go this way this morning I better slow it down a little bit so we just got into a taxi and I just noticed the mileage and I was like that can't be right 999 999 I think it's actually stopped before it's got to a million crazy another strange thing about sharma's Shake since the last time I was here the roads have improved but there's so many lanes on the roads but there's no traffic so let's show you the hotel that I'm staying at this is actually considered quite a small hotel for shallow Shake standards it's called experience Sea Breeze Resort and the width of the hotel that you can see right now is pretty much the same all the way down to the beach it's on a hill and it's stepped down with pools there's a couple of restaurants let's have a quick look obviously they cover the seating up on the heat of the day so it probably doesn't melt not such a big entrance like some of the hotels here in Sharma Shake the med detects will go off on it it's going off already so the restaurant is up there it's actually quite a small restaurant for the size of the resort there's a bar over there on the right a couple of shops then you come to where the entertainment is at night that's the stage first pool that we see not much of one but this is also classed as a beach resort because the beach is right down there so literally the hotel is in like a big rectangle and then all the accommodation continues and it's just stepped down to the beach you can see what I mean from the air here's the first pool we've got a bar in there and a slide I'll tell you what the only problem is is when you want to walk to the beach it's about a good five to ten minute walk down here so the room I've gone for is just there and if you want to see the video make sure you just click up there or the link is in the description how I got to show my shake the Room Tour is there but what I paid for was something called a swim up pool room and well you can see how far away the pool is I thought the pool was literally right on the uh the doorstep but it's not it's still pretty nice The Fountains were working don't seem to be in anymore I do like this area with the different pools all staggered there's one two three and four quite nice it's like an underground cave they've got there what's amazing we're in the desert but you see all the grass everywhere even leading up to the hotels always looks so green and Lush it's very well watered see what I mean look at the grass so thick and spongy as well love these I tried to grow these in the UK once I think they sold them outside of Tesco they didn't last very long look at that Hill is it exhausted I think this is uh a bit pricier this accommodation because it looks completely different to everything else I think these must be sweets I'd say this is the main pool right down by the beach it's pretty small so I'm gonna head down to the beach of this little Bridge another little pool down there and of course the swim up bar all-inclusive so an all-inclusive in Sharma Shake is so cheap compared to anywhere else in the world you'll be surprised so again the beach is also staggered down to the coral now this would be nice to get a massage here not open today so there's another bar down here and also a place to get some food I think all this sand has been imported though and the other thing the hotel has access to is water sports and snorkeling so you can go right from the hotel and this is what is amazing about Sharma Shake you can see I don't know if the camera picks it up because I'm quite far away you can actually see the exotic fish straight away before you even get down to the bottom it is amazing when you see it thank you all the different fish that you can see here in the Red Sea I don't think I've ever seen a turtle I haven't seen any of those I have seen these apparently these are poisonous lionfish you'll see loads of these and honestly the colors of the fish are literally like colors of the rainbow the coal really does drop off there and it does go quite deep but literally as you snorkel all the way along you can see some beautiful coral and some amazing fish this is the bottom of the hotel you can see how it all staggers all the way up to the top well dinner was great dessert was better it's time to go out I thought I would go to Nama Bay and Soho Square to the places that you definitely need to go and check out in Sharma shake at night I'm gonna go buy a taxi but not with Muhammad because it's slightly cheaper going from the hotel and the cars are a lot nicer foreign Bay and it's quite busy but it's still quite early the temperatures around about 33 degrees so I do apologize if I've still got a little bit of a sweat on it's still very warm number bait is a great place to come and get some food to go and have a shisha and you can go and have a KFC or a McDonald's and also do a little bit of shopping but you must be prepared for people stopping you a lot and asking you to come into their shop worst thing you can do I did it once if you go into their shop they'll shut their door they'll bring the family down anyway you'll be interesting to see how many times I get stopped tonight last summer I was here they just asked you just to come in now they say I give you my business card let's see how many times they do it come on now I'm actually recording I bet you will hardly hear anybody but earlier today when I walked down here to go and get a a milkshake I'd got stopped about five or six times even up until this point I got stopped so well we're doing all right wow designer shops look at those watches there's even a Rolex up there a lot of the Shisha bars are all on the right hand side and they often do shows as well if you're lucky there's a guy dancing on the stage there is that a drink you sometimes get belly dancing that's not what's going on in there [Music] hello [Music] from England no I'm okay I'm okay wake up welcome if you like Liverpool no Vicky no do you like it no so last time I was here there's like exotic dances now it's just guys just doing a funny jig on each stage random do you know what I think the camera percent discount 50 discount for massage wow how much is your massage [Music] 500 pounds Egyptian Egyptian yeah uh one hours yeah five pounds 500 pounds okay I'll think about it come back okay thank you the fresh fish here look at that you'll also find quite a few cats around hello that's not to touch them because if you get scratched you never know what you might get they do have KFC McDonald's and Pizza Hut if you're missing tastes of home but when you're all inclusive what's the point they even have well they did have a TGI Fridays not open anymore oh doors just open I'm not gonna go in there I do have a Hard Rock Cafe I've been in there it's actually quite good last time I was here I never saw all these signs everywhere wow that's very realistic and you can get little Buddhas as well oh my God that's scary look at his feet looks so real although I don't think you'll find one smoking one of those normally [Music] foreign [Music] shopping center on my left Nama Center is called you can get some electricals in there again I would probably try and save you money but you know you can get some cheap designer wear in there now I'm probably a little bit too old for this but if you're still young or you're still like dancing in the open air then Passion Nightclub here in charmo Shake is apparently the place to go forget Ibiza there's also a space here there's no space in Ibiza but there is space in charmel Shake is it the real one I don't know you'll probably tell me in the comments but if you want to get that authentic Egyptian Market feel um there's a place just down here that I discovered today let's go and check it out never heard of Preta Cafe I've heard of press and mine show but not pretty Cafe before I know you you know me I know you man look at that brilliant yeah you watch my videos all the way from Channel Shake yeah respect thanks very much buddy thank you cheers I didn't think many Egyptians watch my YouTube channel but yeah apparently one does so respect to you sir honestly you can get lost in Nama Bay I'm completely confused where I am now maybe like something get in my shop and have a very good t-shirt there's only a very cheaper price for your money chance you know my only chance you know cost how much how much two English pounds 40 shares wow that's good enjoy your time see you later okay thank you oh I just got a bag a what automatic belt I shouldn't be walking in it no Hustle no I'm not gonna go in you want something to go yeah I've got to go I've got to go I've got to be a friend come come out come out come out yeah what is it automatic film automatic belts how much cheap price strong the belt I keep it for his special people inside not like this I shouldn't be believe I don't really well much this classic yeah not for this I know it's great but I don't wear belts I know someone who needs a belt so I'll send them over how much okay I'll be all right I'll come back I'm not blocking you I'll come back I'll come back another time I'll come back promise lovely red carpet this is where I bought my bag from earlier hey good evening hello wow look how old these are they're really dusty worst mistake stopping blimey England no bloody Hustle okay can I get like a an apple shisha I thought I would try a proper she shirt I'm gonna go for an apple one um and maybe a drink as well I'm not really a smoker but when whenever I'm in Egypt or Dubai it is nice to have one wow that's uh pretty big foreign [Music] I'm not endorsing smoking but of course when you're in Egypt you've got to kind of blending with the locals [Music] so this is Soho Square in 2006 when I came to Egypt for the first time they were just building this I think it was 2006. the floor looks like it's ceramic tiles very nice to be a pain to clean shops on the right one thing you'll notice is how colorful it is around here wow I remember staying in uh Hotel just somewhere around here Sierra I think it was that's the sister Hotel the Savoy and in Egypt they do have their very own ice bar I'm not going to be going in there tonight because I'm far too toasty that's the Ice Bar 350 Egyptian yourself distinctive telephone box there oh can't get out of here for wannabe celebs their own photo wall I don't really understand these cast iron figurines they're literally everywhere as well it's a bit of a mismatch of stuff so much it's like London at Christmas hard to believe all this was just a hotel one side of the road and a hotel on the other side of the road albeit quite a very wide Road and they've turned it into this it's pretty good I can't get over how clean the floor is especially being in the desert quite a few places to eat but you'll see them being pretty empty because most people will do self-cater all-inclusive I think that's what one of the problems with uh money and Egypt and Shamo shake and restaurants is because everybody does do the all-inclusive you can even take a camera ride if you fancy it no I'm okay thanks so comment below if you've been to Sharma Shake If you haven't been here before and maybe you're thinking about it it is actually really cheap to come and stay in what is considered a five-star but it's probably more like a four or three star all-inclusive it is so cheap guaranteed sunshine and it is much safer now come and visit the city of Peace don't forget to give the video a thumbs up make sure you hit that subscribe button and if you want to see Tenerife click here if you want to see my visit to Dubai click here I'll see you next time

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Published: Sun Jun 04 2023