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Images of Egypt and
the Red Sea Riviera

These photographs were taken in and around the Red Sea Riviera resort of Sharm el Sheikh in 2005.

This is an area essentially 'man-made', created for tourism at the edge of the Sinai Desert. It was hot, slightly exotic, and the people very welcoming.

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On and around the Red Sea shoreline Beaches have been created for visitors, with wide expanses of sand against the deep blue of the red Sea Beach at Sharm el Sheikh - 1 Beach at Sharm el Sheikh - 2 Beach at Sharm el Sheikh - 3 Beach at Dahab Riding the edge of the waves The moon over the Red Sea Beach entertainment Beach at Naama Bay Exotic, brightly coloured flowers Colourful flowers are everywhere, but especially along the edge of the beaches and around the hotels Flowers 1 Flowers 2 Flowers 3 Flowers 4 Flowers 5 Flowers 6 Flowers 7 Shops Many of the shops are aimed at tourists, offering souvenirs (often in the form of clothes or perfumes) Food and other shops used by the local population can sometimes be found up the side streets Bedouin style street cafe in Naama Bay Spice shop, Naama Bay Shops for tourists, Old Sharm Waterfront shop in Dahab Tourist shops in Dahab Shoe stand, Dahab Fruit and vegetables Old Sharm Live chickens for sale Old Sharm Delivery service The Sinai Desert The Red Sea Riviera has been 'created' along part of the shore of the Sinai Desert. The desert stretches for hundreds of miles, barren and unattractive as a place to stay too long St Catherine's Monastery is more than 200km into the desert from Sharm, said to be the second oldest monastery in the world Bedouin homes in the Sinai Bedouin in the desert The barren desert Inside St Catherine's Monastery in the desert Moses Mountain, close to St Catherine's Monastery Former Presidential holiday home Arab with camel Windswept palm Desert bush Other images of the Red Sea Riviera There could be many other images of the area, but here are just a few Mosque on the outskirts of Sharm el Sheikh Tower of the mosque Mosque decoration Model of a pharaoh Tiled Sign Surveying the Red Sea Road sign