Today a group of us took a van to Ain Sukhna, a resort town on the West bank of the Red Sea about 2 hours from Cairo. We went to the Ramada Hotel beach, (you have to pay to use the hotel’s beach) and got to sit in the sun and swim a lot. The water was very warm, past the very best temperature Cape Breton can offer, even in August. The beach fee includes towels and a lunch from the beach restaurant. It is a sandy beach and has a lot of little tropical fish swimming as you swim. There was a huge oil tanker anchored off shore and some type of refinery close by but the water appeared clean and was the usual turquoise colour. Some of the girls saw 5 dolphins body surfing in the waves.
The beach wasn’t crowded and some Muslim ladies were there dressed in heavy jeans or full length heavy skirts, long sleeves and headscarves. Hot, Hot, Hot. The Muslim bathing suit consists of something like a full body wet suit and some wear a dress over it and the required headscarf ……... http://www.jelbab.com/Swim-Suit.asp
