I just came back from Sharm Al Sheikh, where I got my scuba license. The laws are pretty lax in Egypt so a lot of us Parisians do the course there to save time. My favorite part of the whole trip was the crazy art scene. Look at these pictures.
It’s basically a center for Russian hookers and really trashy European tourists, although it’s stunning underneath water!
The Russians were boycotted by the dive centers because they would skip the classes and go in the deepest waters on their first dive with the equivalent of a bottle of vodka in their blood. My hot diving instructor’s name was Dixit.
It was big fun!!! The Russians are so not classy there, they don’t even care if it’s a Muslim country. They walk around in glitter g-strings and 12 CM high heels on the beach. They’ve also got bleached blond hair and big Russian gorillas covered in symbolic Russian tattoos with a can of booze before snorkeling among the jellyfishes.. and this is all with poor Egyptian males cleaning their rooms and serving cheesy cocktails!!! FANTASTICK!!!!
Anyway, back to the terrible (great?) art…
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russian hookers. that’s quite the selling point. for the ladies(or men): poor egyptian males doing menial tasks AND serving drinks! we can all guess lesley’s next soul searching destination now.
05.08.08 at 9:03 am
It’s by Anne Honing not Lesley.
05.08.08 at 10:00 am
i for one think that penguin statue is amazing – she should go to Dahab to to round out the Egyptian Euro cheese tourist scene – plus its full of corny Israeli backpackers – when its not being bombed that is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Dahab_bombings
05.08.08 at 10:39 am
i like how everybody who comments on these things is on a first name basis with everyone who writes them. that’s embarrassing for you.
05.08.08 at 12:13 pm
What happens if you have booze in your blood and you dive? I’m seriously curious.
05.08.08 at 12:46 pm
I want that deer/penguin statue in my front yard. My suburbs need a touch of class.
05.08.08 at 6:18 pm
“What happens if you have booze in your blood and you dive? I’m seriously curious.”
probably pukefest 2k8 or you’d do something dumb like go to the surface too fast and get the bends
05.08.08 at 7:47 pm