Uma ungakazi lapho uSahl Hasheesh, khona-ke i-Egypt isisele kuwe "terra incognita"! "I-Green Valley", futhi yilapho igama leli resort lihunyushwa khona, libhekisela ezindaweni zokuphumula ezingakaphethi izivakashi eziningi. I-resort entsha uSahl-Hasheesh yiholide lokunethezeka ogu lolwandle oluBomvu.
Amakhulu eminyaka edlule le ndawo ibizwa ngokuthi i-Isis. Leli gama lamukelwa ekuhlonipheni unkulunkulukazi, ukuhlonipha umlingo nokuthakatha. Iminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili u-Izis wasebenza njengechweba elikhulu lokuhweba eGibhithe, wabe eseqothuka ebusweni bomhlaba ngamanzi, njenge-Atlantis evelele. Akunakusho ukuthi indaba ka-Izis icebile njengomlando we-Atlantis, kodwa lokhu akuvimbeli abatshalizimali abahamba phambili ukuba badlale imizwa yezivakashi, besebenzisa izimfihlo nezembatho zendawo ngezinhloso zabo siqu. Ukwelula kwamakhilomitha ayishumi nambili ogu lolwandle oluLwandle Olubomvu, lapho ukwakhiwa kwengqalasizinda yezokuvakasha kuyaqhubeka namhlanje, sekulungele ukufanisa ikhwalithi yenkonzo nezindawo zokubhuka ezithandwa kakhulu zaseGibhithe.
Ayaziwa ukuthi ubani owakhulume ngokuqondile ukubuyiswa komuzi wasendulo ngaphansi kwamanzi, kodwa umqondo wathathwa ngumdwebi odumile uNorman Foster. Njengamanje, amahotela eSahl Hasheesh ayaqhubeka ekwakhiwa, kodwa abanye babo sebevele bebamba izivakashi ngokuzikhandla, bebafaka ngezinga elingenakulinganiswa lenkonzo namabhishi amahle ahlanzekile.
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Ingqalasizinda ye-resort
Uma uhlela iholide eSahl Hasheesh, qaphela ukubhuka amafulethi emahoreni kusengaphambili, ngoba azikho eziningi kakhulu, hhayi ezingaphezu kweshumi nambili. Izimo zokuphila ezikhazimulayo zihlinzekwa "ezinhlanu" njengePhirramisa, i-Old Palace, iCitadel Azur Resort, i-Oberoi, uNdunankulu Le Reve noNdunankulu Romance. Kukhona ukwakhiwa okusebenzayo kwezakhiwo zokuhlala, lapho abantu abacebile kakhulu emhlabeni bezama ukuthenga izindlu. Futhi amafomu amafutha omhlaba nama-Arab sheikhs ayadingeka. Le ndawo egwadule, mhlawumbe, iyona ebiza kakhulu emhlabeni! Yingakho kungekho mbuzo wokuphumula kwesabelomali kule ndawo.
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Ngokomqondo kaNorman Foster, eSahl Hasheesh cishe amaphesenti angama-85% kulezi zindawo azonikezwa izingadi, izigodi, amachiza kanye negalofu. Kakade namuhla, ungabona amakholomu amakholomu eHopostyle Hall eThekwini laseLuxor yaseKalak. Lezi ziqhwaga zihlangana nabavakashi emnyango weSahl Hasheesh. Eyingxenyeni ephakathi nendawo ye-resort, i-Piazza ihlukaniswe ibe yi-alley ebanzi ehlanganiswe nemithi yesundu. Lapha lakhiwe i-gazebo enkulu, lapho kunendawo yokudlala evula umbono weLwandle Olubomvu.
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Ngokuqondene namabhishi, lapha kukhona isihlabathi, sihlanzekile ngokuphelele, kodwa akuyona yonke insimu ehlonyelwe yonke imishini edingekayo ukuze uhlale ukhululekile. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi akuwona wonke amahhotela akulungele ukuvula bonke abavakashela iholide ngenxa yokwakhiwa okuqhubekayo.
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Abaqambi babekhathalela abathandi bokudibela. Kubo, izimo ezinhle zenziwa eSahl Hasheesh. Futhi njalo isimo sezulu esihle eGibhithe, futhi i-bay ye Sahl Hasheesh ngokwayo ithanda ukudida okuthakazelisayo. Njengamanje, ibhuloho ye-pontoon iyakhiwa. Ngokudla, kusekhona izinkinga. Uma uhlala ehotela lezinkanyezi ezinhlanu, ungajabulela ukudla kwendawo naseYurophu ezindaweni zokudlela emahhotela. Ungaphinde uvakashele eHurghada engumakhelwane, lapho ukudla kukuhle khona. Ukusuka lapho bahlela ukuvakasha, ngoba kusuka eSahl Hasheesh ungaya kuphela e- Safaga naseMakadi Bay.
Ukuxhumana kwezokuthutha ne-resort kunikezwa ngamabhasi amancane aseHurghada, ibanga elingamakhilomitha angu-18. Kukhona futhi isikhumulo sezindiza emhlabeni wonke.