Habibi Beach Blog

It's been a little while since I updated the Habibi Beach Blog so let's bring everything up to date. First, some nice water shots taken a week or so ago when Jem Hall was out on a coaching week. The shots were actually taken on his 'day off'. We went up not really expecting much as the forecast was for quite light winds, but it kicked in for a couple of hours and gave some excellent waves for jumping and even for riding. It's actually much easier for swimming about and taking pictures than I'd imagined and I managed to get a load of nice shots and not destroy the camera, which makes a nice change! I've also heard that we've managed to sneak one of them into the contents page of the next Boards mag, so watch out for that.

 

More importantly, what's happening on the building site? There are no dramatic advances in hotel building to report, but there are signs of life. The rooms have received another coat or two of whitewash and some fancy decorative brickwork around the doors and windows so that they finally look a bit more like a hotel and less like a prison! The main reception area is about twice the height of the pictures below, and they've now remembered to put some windows in that as well. We has some clients sailing at Habibi who worked in the building trade in the UK, and while they had a bit of a chuckle at some of the workmanship they generally gave it a thumbs up. 

I would have taken some pictures, but faced with a dilemma of whether to go for a sail or set up the camera for land shots the waves called me. On the plus side I got a sweet back loop!

I'm back out to Egypt in a week's time and will do a proper Habibi report with shots of the hotel once I get there, and hopefully be able to report an updated estimated date of opening...