Hi everyone,
We're celebrating 25 years of happy marriage this year by going on as many holidays as possible!!! We have two children, a girl 23 and boy 21 who have both recently moved out, so very much an empty nest now, which gives me plenty of time to "surf", apart from when my husband and our beautiful golden retriever demand my attention!
Our first introduction to Egypt was around 15 years ago, when I worked for a company that did scuba diving training. My boss set up one of the first dive centres in Sharm and it was my job to arrange holidays there for divers to complete their open water dives! At that time it was only the backpackers and divers that went there. A couple of tour operators tried to open it up for package holidays, but eventually the flights got cancelled due to lack of interest! Needless to say I had to visit the area to know what I was talking about! Can't believe how its changed. When we first went there the airport was a tiny place and although there was a "dual carriageway", on the way to our hotel, the other side of Naama Bay, we only passed a few cars plus a couple of camels!!! The original hotels on the beachside of Naama Bay were there, plus a few shops, but nothing much else. We went back a few years ago and couldn't believe the "mini las vegas" that greeted us. Unbelievable how its changed.
We then visited El Gouna for a holiday in 2002 and decided to look at a lagoon front detached villa that was in the process of being built. I remember saying if only we were brave enough I felt sure it would be an excellent investment. But needless to say we weren't! A few years on we visited again, looking for property. I was still expecting to get a beautiful villa for our money, but prices had risen so dramatically that all we could get was a basic small one bedroom apartment for the same money we would have got the villa!! Thats why when I heard about Sahl Hasheesh we decided to buy an apartment in El Andalous, site unseen, and we haven't looked back since.
The company I have worked for for the last 11 years have recently opened an international department, and due to my love of all things international, I got a transfer and persuaded them to start selling in Egypt, which has been very successful.
I think these forums are an excellent source of information and maybe a list could be started for the main developments everyones buying on, so people could list their names and apartment number and maybe that way we would get introduced to your neighbours early!
Anyway, keep up the good work!
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