Chapter 1170 The Beach of Mahru Port
Alexandria is basically located at the center of the route between Port Mahru and Cairo. After a similar drive to the first half, Zhang Zian and the elves finally arrived here.
Port Mahru is an out-and-out tourist city with a permanent population of only about 15,000. It is considered a small town in China, and some large villages may have a larger population than here.
If you want to visit the inland and ancient sites of Egypt, the hot summer will definitely cause inconvenience to the journey, but for Mahru Port, summer is the peak tourist season here. The number of tourists far exceeds the local population, and all hotels will be full. Fortunately, it is just summer and it coincides with Ramadan, so there are not so many tourists.
The tourists who come here are mainly Egyptians and Europeans. Asian tourists are completely new faces here, because there are only beautiful beaches here, but if it is for stepping on the beach and swimming, there is no need to travel all the way to Egypt.
According to legend, the establishment of Mahru Port is also related to Alexander the Great. When he passed by here on his way to visit the Temple of Amun in the Siwa Oasis, he ordered some of his men to build this small city.
According to the map and travel guide, Zhang Zian drove along the coast.
By Egyptian standards, the streets of this small city are surprisingly tidy, not like Egypt, with few vehicles and pedestrians, but when the sun sets and the bell rings for breaking the fast, the streets will be like other cities There was an outpouring of hungry locals.
“Beautiful beach!”
Zhang Zian stopped the car temporarily, and a huge U-shaped beach appeared in front of their eyes.
I have to admit that the beach of Mahru is much more beautiful than the beach of Binhai City, like a graceful and luxurious lady, which makes the elves amazed at the first sight.
Old Cha sighed in admiration: "The color of the sea water in the distance is very different from that in the near one. The near one looks like jasper, while the far one looks like sapphire, and the yellow-white sandy beach encircles the bay like a jade belt... It's an eye-opener for the wonder of creation! "
As Lao Cha described it, this beach has a breathtaking beauty. Looking down from a high place, the sea water is extremely clear, and you can even see the ups and downs of the bottom of the sea. The color of the sea water gradually transitions from light green to dark blue.
Zhang Zian observed carefully for a moment, and said: "The topography of the seabed here seems to be more complicated. The irregular dark colors among the emerald green and azure blue are the seabed mountains, trenches, and reefs that rise close to the sea surface."
Here is the famous Ajiba Beach. The length of the beach is not too long. There are not many tourists walking on the beach. There are cafes on the cliff to provide drinks for tourists, but there are very few people swimming in the sea, and most of them are concentrated in shallow water. In the area, there are only a few people snorkeling in the deeper waters.
Zhang Zian glanced worriedly at the dark colors in the sea. Seen from a height, they looked like monsters lurking in the sea.
He said: "This beach is beautiful, but it is not suitable for swimming."
"Oh, why?" Old Cha asked puzzled.
"This...it's a bit complicated to explain. Let's find a suitable beach and release Shihua first." Zhang Zian took a few photos here as a souvenir, and called the elves to get on the car and continue on their way.
The famous beaches of Port Mahru, one is Ajiba Beach and the other is Gram Beach, which means "Beach of Love" in Arabic. These two public beaches are picturesque, but they are all tourists. It is definitely not suitable for Shihua live broadcast.
About 15 kilometers away from the urban area, there is another lesser-known beach, which is called "Cleopatra's Bath". As for whether she really took a bath there, I am afraid no one knows. It may be a guise for locals to attract tourists.
When Zhang Zian drove to his destination, he understood why this beach was not so famous.
Different from the previous Ajiba Beach with fine white sand and magnificent and magical water color, the beach where Cleopatra's bathroom is located is completely unsuitable for ordinary people to swim, because there is no sand on the shore, only hideous and weird rocks, Reefs and jagged tidal flats.
But any famous holiday beach must have a sandy beach, and the sandy beach must be gentle and submerged in the sea, and the depth of the seawater should not be too deep. Unfortunately, none of the above conditions are met here.
The sea water is still beautiful, but not as magnificent as Ajiba Beach. The average depth is relatively deep, with interlaced light blue and dark blue, and there are large reefs distributed under the sea surface.
The wind was very strong and the waves were also very strong. Waves of waves washed over the reefs on the shore repeatedly.
Seeing such a scene, Zhang Zian knew that 99% of the rumors that Cleopatra used to take a bath here were false. The picturesque Ajiba Beach and Gram Beach were not used. Swimming in dangerous shoals, is Cleopatra tired of living?
Of course, the biggest advantage here is that there is no one here. There are no tourists in sight. The cafes on the shore seem to have delayed the opening time because of Ramadan. For the time being, there is only Zhang Zian's car on the huge beach.
"Just here."
He got out of the car, took out a folding sun umbrella and a few folding chairs from the trunk, and found a relatively flat place to set them up. These were rented from a local vendor when passing by Ajiba Beach.
Fina, Lao Cha and π each occupied a chair, enjoying the sea view while enjoying the cool air.
Vladimir couldn't rest for a moment, and ran off to look for stray cats nearby.
Anyway, there was a sun umbrella for shade, so Zhang Zian simply let the snow lion out. This was the first time it came outdoors in Egypt. As soon as it came out, it would squeeze the same chair with Fina.
"Xinghai, how about we play hide-and-seek in the water today?"
Zhang Zian sat down on a rock and began to take off his shoes and socks.
"Meow ~ go into the water?" Xinghai timidly looked at the blue water and shrank. Although he liked playing hide-and-seek very much, he never thought that he could play hide-and-seek in the water.
"Well, let's not go to the deep water. The deep water area is very dangerous. We only play in the shallows. I just saw that the water on the shore is extremely shallow." Zhang Zian smiled, "You can try it."
Xinghai ran to the shore carefully, and looked into the water. The clear water reflected its shadow, as bright and clean as a mirror.
It stretched out one of its front paws, stretched it tentatively into the water, and retracted as soon as it touched the water surface, the ripples in the sea made its reflection ripple in circles.
The warm sea water brings it a very novel experience.
The first time it was born, the second time it was cooked, and with its first experience in contact with seawater, it became a little more courageous, and once again stuck out its front paws into the water, and even hit the reef at the bottom of the water all at once.
The sea water here can only cover the soles of an adult's feet.