Taking an overnight bus (due to the slow ferry from Hurghada being closed for repairs) the long way around to Dahab, was fine. It was reasonably priced at $16 and although it was night I was able to see Hurghada, Suez and Sharm-el-Sheikh as the bus passed through.

Dahab was a place I planned to stay for a day or so, but my plans changed after I saw that it was just another traveller chill-out haven, and I had had enough of those in Southeast Asia. I did go for a swim in the Red Sea over coral during the ... (more)