We were halfway through a week of relaxation in Sharm El Sheikh and to break the week up we decided to take a trip into nearby Naama Bay. We were picked up by minibus from our hotel for the 15 minute journey, in the bus with us were a strange looking Russian couple who we christened Stacey (due to her similarity to Essex air head Stacey Solomon from the X Factor) and Vladimir (seeing as it was probably the only Russian male name we could thing of).
Naama Bay was dreadful, it was the Egyptian equivalent of a market run by African lucky lucky men selling all manner of tat. Thankfully we had only got less than two hours in the place so after being greeted by the mandatory Hello Boss by virtually every stall holder we decided to do the only thing that we could do in such a situation, find the nearest bar, we weren't exactly spoilt for choice however The Tavern Bar looked as good as anywhere..
What a find it was, who needs go looking at pyramids when you've got this kind of impressive artefact hanging on the wall in an Egyptian watering hole?!!..
The Tavern is owned by a Blues fan called Charlie who is seemingly a good mate of former Blues striker Geoff Horsfield as several of his signed shirts decorated the walls...
There was more Birmingham City memorabilia in the pub than you could sheikh a stick at with this being the centrepiece...
The pub itself wasn't a bad one, okay it was a bit blokey and Shelley was initially impressed but it was a well in the desert as far as I was concerned and after a glass of Egyptian vino she was all smiles..
330 Egyptian pounds bought me a pint of beer, granted it was Heineken but I had been drinking all inclusive halves of Pharaoh Beer all week so it made a nice change. Given the Brummie feel to the place I was disappointed that Brew XI wasn't available on draught !!
Two blokes literally propped up the bar, they were on a trip away without their wives and boy were they taking full advantage, mind you the one guy had certainly over indulged, he made two trips to the loo to throw up during our time in the pub !!
We stopped for a couple before quickly making our way back through the market to catch the minibus home for the agreed pick up time of 10pm. Unfortunately the time in Russia must be different as Stacey and Vladimir were late back and we went without them, either that or they took one look at the place when they arrived and thought no thanks and caught the first camel back !!
Okay, our time in Naama Bay wasn't romantic but all this changed when we got back to the hotel and had one for the road in the Caribbean Bar..
Yes, that's a heart shaped crisp. Aaaaah.
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