Hoot Family Adventures: South Camp - Our Private Resort on the Red Sea!

After the long bus ride, this was my first glimpse of South Camp on the Red Sea.

Bob's ICT Branch at South Camp is a much smaller office.

This is Khaled, who works at ITC South Camp. He's been with the MFO for 25 years, and is the one who has planted all the landscaping around the office!

We had reservations at an all-inclusive resort in Sharm called the Delta Sharm. When we got there, we were extremely disappointed in our accommodations and the fact that we not only couldn't see the sea, but that we'd have to take a shuttle bus to the beach! After some discussion, we decided to check out and go stay in a hooch at South Camp instead of going to a different hotel. The accommodations were wonderful, on a cliff with the Gulf of Aqaba as our back yard, and we had the private beach just steps away down the hill! Best of all, it was free!

Bob in the sitting area of our hooch

This was the bedroom - facing the sea.

The bathroom.

Our private terrace overlooking the Gulf of Aqaba.

The officers' club was just outside our front door. We didn't go there, though... we had too many other things to do and went into town every night for dinner!

A view of Tiran Island (see previous post "Trip to Tiran Island") from our terrace.

Bob decided to go swimming... there are a lot of rocks and boulders in the water, and he lost his balance! He had a nice bruise on his toe from the rock!

There was a little gift shop right on the beach, but unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) it wasn't open any of the days we were there.

My handsome man with the gulf at his back.

Bob found a beached whale and took a picture of it while it was sleeping in the sun...

Just us... having fun!

We took our morning coffee on the terrace each day and watched the parasailors, as well as the MFO patrol boats (Italian Navy) and tour boats go by. Next time we go to Sharm together we are going to parasail!