“We’re in Dahab, on the Red Sea coast. The wind blows fresh off the ocean
right through the beach-side restaurants where travellers sit around low
tables, drinking milkshakes and listening to the music, invariably illegal
MP3s of obscure hip hop and house being run through a dodgy PC protected
from the elements by a muslin cloth. It’s a weird town – the kind of Egypt
that advertises specials for ANZAC day.”
– morgue at large email, April 25 last year
“At least 23 people – including three foreigners – have been killed and 62 wounded in three blasts in the Egyptian resort town of Dahab, officials say.
The explosions occurred in a bustling area popular with tourists during the early evening when many people would have been out in cafes and restaurants.”
– BBC News report, April 25 this year.
2 thoughts on “It Is Worse When You’ve Been There”
Comments are closed.
I hadn’t realised the dates matched, I just can’t visualise that happy go lucky, relaxed town and explosions and deaths.
I keep looking for the names of the place that we stayed, where we dined and dived and hoping not to see them. Wondering if the dive instructors we met are still there, whether they are ok.
Shrinking freaky world.