Egypt: in search of shells

Of course I went beachcombing whilst in Egypt – I was hoping to find more material and inspiration for some Silly Saturdays, sadly there were very meagre pickings. I did find these few pieces of coral and small white shells

on the little beach near the villa

which I wandered along each morning (it was only warm and windless enough for me to swim there once). Most beaches are private, or have been snaffled by large hotels. We did make our way to a fairly newly built resort a few miles out of town, but shells – there were none.

The resort was a bit of a ghost town as tourism has been much reduced since the terror attacks as recently as 2017.

Abandoned dreams

and a fun piece of sculpture

on a lovely walkway.

And turning the camera dial to ‘Sketch’ mode

We sat and had a couple of drinks in the fading light and returned to the villa.