Good morning! The #projectsharm marathon on the blog is continuing today with the answer to some FAQs. From tomorrow it will be all about inspiration, so hold on tight until then because I will finally share with you not one, not two, not even three but 5 (yes, FIVE, baby!)inspiration moodboards, followed by a desert pre-wedding shoot on Friday and some stationery inspiration on Sunday! But, until you get inundated with the prettiness, today is one more admin post for you. I really wanted to share with you one of the burning questions Ive been asked time and time again during the past few months, so here it is (and head over to the blog for more!): ♥ Is Sharm el Sheikh safe? This is the one million dollar question. Political unrest aside, it’s like asking: is London safe? The answer is YES, of course it is. But like all places, there are things you need to be weary of and security measures you need to adopt whenever you are in a foreign country. The bottom line is, if I didn’t think Sharm el Sheikh was safe, I would never dream of bringing my services to such a place. Years ago Sharm el Sheikh suffered terroristic attacks (but so have London, New York, Boston and many more Western cities!), and as a result security has been tightened up considerably, with check-points every few hundreds meters on all major roads and strict security measures in hotels, so that no one can enter, including locals, unless they are guests or work in or for the hotel. In terms of the political unrest and violence the country has experienced in the summer, the only effect this has had on Sharm el Sheikh is the decrease in tourism. Cairo and all the locations that have experienced protests are several hours away from Sharm el Sheikh, and because of the importance that tourism has for Egypt, the government has been very keen to ensure holiday resorts remained safe at all times. For your own peace of mind, visit the UK travel advice page (FCO). Mainstream media seem to take pleasure in discouraging people from travelling for holiday to the Red Sea resorts, but I can honestly say hands on heart that the unrest the rest of the country has experienced was in no way reflected in Sharm el Sheikh. As of yesterday the government has also lifted both the curfew and the state of emergency, meaning that in just a few days excursions to points of interest, such as Luxor and hopefully Giza (pyramids) will resume. Of course, if you have questions, feel free to ask and I’ll do my best to answer. Hope this answer the concern many of you have had. Thank you all again for the support! xx Betta
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 07:59:30 +0000
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