We had a great time at Marsa Alam last weekend! Twas a 4d3n summer beach vacation. In fact that was our first summer beach experience. Sebelum ni tak pernah (rasanya) melancong ke obesi pada musim panas. Ye lah Malaysia pun dah panas sepanjang tahun kan. So bila merasa actual summer lepastu pergi beach some more memang feeling dia wahhh camni ke haha
The plan was quite last minute. We were contemplating between few tourist spots namely Alexendaria, Fayoum, Luxor, Sharm el Sheikh…. Finally we decided to go for beach vacation as our kids (and us adults) didnt get enough snorkeling back in Hurghada haha. So Marsa Alam it is! Why not Sharm? Coz we dont have proper vehicle so think next time lah if ada rezeki.
Initially we planned for 2nights but last timw at Hurghada twas too short so this time around we add another night. Luckily it was Eid Adha and office close for whole week, yay!
We found a hotel where we can snorkel right from the beach and the coral reef are reachable from sea shore! Alhamdulillah. So no need for boat ride which will burn the the whole day of back and forth to reach the coral reef area (burn pocket too haha). However lesson learned from last trip, we need to bring our own snorkeling gears ie from the right shoes/fins up until life jackets! Tips : you can find almost everything at Decathlon. Seriously. Burn our pockets but inshaallah will minimise the risk of covid (or hygiene) via rental. Well the price was not that bad though, approx EGP2k/pax for full gears – thats RM500/pax. Life jacket, snorkeling gears & proper shoes/fins.
7hrs journey from Cairo to Marsa Alam. Plus minus rnr bagai jadilah 9jam lebih. Kami bertolak lepas late breakfast, right after husband’s 2nd Sinovac dose. 11am departed and arrived hotel at about 7.30pm with 2 stops for solat and makan. We potluck some pasta and i mad rendang w nasi impit hehe fefeeling raya. Oh btw we arrived back in Cairo malam raya ie the whole day of Arafah Day was Marsa Alam – Cairo.
Our hotel named Albatros. The room was nice. Got one king bed and 2 single bed. There was 12 of us and we took 4 rooms. We were upgraded to suite btw. Thats the perk of booking in group i think. We got room next to each other. On average, price per pax is RM500, all inclusive ie with bfast, lunch & dinner! Okla kan utk 4 hari. Plus its 5stars hotel (katanyalah). Mmg kat Malaysia susah nak dpt deal mcm ni. Huhu
Albatros ni ada banyak gila pool. Dari secetek2 sampai la ke 1.5m dalam. Macam2 jenis. Ada yg besar, ada yg betul2 dpn bilkk kami, ada yg berslide, ada yang bergazebo. Best gila ok. Cuma yg lemah nya tmpt makan jauh sikit dari bilik nak kena menapak dan time summer bawak baby lagi la terasa. Sebab tu dok berzikir nak repeat once autumn nanti hehe. Moga ada rezeki amiiin
Covidwise the hotel didnt jaga SOP. Mask pun staff tak pakai. Apatah lagi tourists. Most of the customers are non Egyptians smua mat saleh dari german russia (we think). Masa kitorg baru sampai bermask bagai semua org pandangggg je macam kitorg ni bwk penyakit huhu sabar je la. No mask, no social distancing so pakat jaga diri sendiri je la. Whole time i recited doa wabak moga Allah lindungi kami semua…
Kids had fun in the sun. ‘Aaqil practice with his snorkeling gear even in the pool. He loves snorkeling tak sangka. Good thing that he became brave-er in the water than before. Mana tak nya sepanjang hari dlm air. Ada hari tu dari 8am turun pool. Pastu kuar kejap je lunch tepi pool. Sambung snorkel. Kul 6pm baru masuk bilik. Rentung. Haha.
Me and husband took turn snorkeling as we have babies to take care of. Alhamdulillah right before my turn tu husband found a shop which sells the phone holder utk bwk masuk air tu. So I brought along during snorkeling. Perfect. Cumaaaaa we forgot to bring roti along so ikan2 semua lalu lalang je tak berkumpul pon haha. Tapi seronok je. Sejak time Hurghada tu sis kempunan nak snorkel akhirnya impian tercapai. Tq suami kerana memahamj. Happy wife happy life eh ❤️
Me and kak Ammal tried out their hammam. First time sis try hammam. Paling best jakuzi la. Massage by the arabs. Siap tanya you want soft medium or hard. I chose medium. I dont fancy massage but the areb did great. Tak sakit pon.
Ok think thats all. Nah minilove for you Marsa Alam. Thank you for the memories. Will definitely come again (once I got my 2 doses of vaccines, amiin)… ❤️