darren byrne
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| posted on 12-9-2007 at 14:05 |
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El Gouna?
Thanks for your reviews on Flag Beach, think I am going to change my booking..... El Gouna?? Reviews please (before I book this time)
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mNeil
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El Gouna is ok if you dont like waves and will put up with constant chop Darren.Al goes somewhere there with waves so drop him a
u2u........been once and once was enough for me, but each to his own + THEY DONT HAVE ANY DECENT BEER!!!!!!!!!
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Spooker
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I actually like El Gouna, been 5 times now.
Town - fairly new purpose-built resort, very pretty, not a lot of night life, very safe - armed guards at the gates, they keep all the
local riff-raff out so you don't get harrassed all the time. Stay at the Captains Inn at Abu Tigg Marina - top location. Reasonable
choice of local restaurants - including a very respectable Indian. The beer does get a bit samey so remember your duty free! Not much
to do apart from kiting, diving, snorkelling and lying in the sun.
Kiting - as Neil says, no waves. Flat water or chop depending on tide. The kiting area is a big lagoon, maybe 400m wide and several
kilometres long. Water usually knee to chest deep, one year on springs it was too shallow to kite at low tide, so you had to walk
across the lagoon and kite in the deep water. Reasonable swell there if you like that kind of thing. 3 kite centres to choose from,
been to 2 and they're pretty good, kite storage, bar, loos, showers etc. It has got busier over the 3 years I've been going, but one
day I counted 50 kites, and there was still loads of room if you hack upwind away from the centres.
So - no waves, but a great place to practise your latest tricks in the sun and shallow warm water. don't go July/August - its too
bloody hot.
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Pluto
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| posted on 13-9-2007 at 21:03 |
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Echo that from above.
I've run a couple of "school" trips there. I'd have no hesitation going back - As a school. I think I'd try somewhere else if I was
going free-riding.
Nice chilled out atmosphere in the evening. You should enjoy it, especially if you want to work on your flat water tricks.
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darren byrne
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Thanks guys very useful info. Sundays looking good. I take it some of you will be out this weekend
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Ben Turner K356
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anyone know about the windsurfing there
hey there, i used to work in abu soma and we visited there, just wondering what the windsurfing is like there, any kiters seen any
windsurfers around? what sort of strength was the wind?
any info much appreciated
cheers
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Ben Turner K356
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anyone know about the windsurfing there
hey there, i used to work in abu soma and we visited there, just wondering what the windsurfing is like there, any kiters seen any
windsurfers around? what sort of strength was the wind?
any info much appreciated
cheers
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dunk
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Hi Ben
I did see a couple of windsurfers when I were there. They didn'nt seem to be doing any good though.
It would need to be high tide or you'd have to sail outside the lagoon. The wind was anything from 10 to 30 odd knts.
As an ex windsurfer, I'm sure there're beter places to windsurf.
Dunk
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