Egypt boasts many breathtaking vacation spots, but this summer, Sahel undoubtedly took the cake, cut it up and gulped it down all on its own. The trends that have been circulating in Sahel’s venues this year, however, have raised a question among our editorial team at the office: are they proof of the fact that we’re becoming more and more spoilt by the second, or are they just making our beloved getaway spot more convenient?
Let’s start with the whole fashion craze that’s sweeping Sahel’s coasts. Don’t get us wrong; we’re all for dressing up to the nines and looking all polished and glamorous, but… When you’re on vacation, you should get to slack off and relax a bit right? Nope, not when you have dozens of high-end fashion stores opening in almost every single compound and not when everyone seems to be competing for who has the best and most matchy-matchy beach cover-up, bikini, floral crown and sandals. Yes, we all love our shopping, but we’ll be damned if we have to sacrifice relaxing on the beach to go shopping for the latest clutch created by whichever uber-famous designer.
Let’s move on to exercising, which, before we add more, is of absolute importance to one’s health and wellbeing regardless of whether they’re on vacation or not. Hold on though, back in the day (which was like maybe a couple of years ago), when we wanted to exercise while on vacation, we’d either go for a run on the beach or hit up the single available gym. Now, you get boxing, yoga, crossfit, some-sort-of-creatively-fancy-named-sport classes on the beach. With all those overpriced classes available, we’re totally confused when it comes to which one we should blow our money, *cough* we mean our waistlines, on first.
Beauty-wise, we’re just purely baffled by the amount of beauty parlors and hairdressers that seem to be opening up at the speed of light in every compound. If that wasn’t enough, you also get a mobile hair salon- as in a moving truck/bus- hybrid where you can get your tresses blow dried into place. Um, we’ll be sticking to our messy, au naturel beach hair, thank you very much. We’re on vacation for crying out loud!
Moving on to our absolute favourite ‘sport’- EATING. Hey, with all the chomping, cutting up and belly-rubbing, it can easily be considered cardio, okay? Our argument’s a bit invalid, but we tried. Anyways, that’s the one thing we don’t find absurd. We’re loving all the new food trucks and little pop-up venues for grabbing quick bites!
Lastly, let’s talk about the clubbing/nightlife scene, which we would like to sum up in a single question: What the absolute hell?! Apart from the fact that when we want to go clubbing, the last beats we would like to be dancing to are Ehab Tawfeek’s and Latifa’s, let alone dancing to them live. Where did the good old days when actual great mixes were played and skillful DJs took the decks?
On an ending note, we’ll just go sip our cocktails straight from our watermelons and pineapples in peace- this rant just drained all our energy!
