European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Flowering Bushes and sheltered alcoves make a Garden in the Jasmine Village resort a Pleasantin a. Sort ancient Egypt a latest attraction by. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau resort developers Are belting Mega sums Thal europeans will flock to bake under the searing Sun at i Lur Ghada. Whore otitis Are that even Veteran globetrotters have never heard of Hur Ghada Egypt but Odds Are Good that the red sea resort will be a much coveted destination in no time. I in Ghada basks in the Middle of nowhere on Egypt s Southeastern coast just South of where the Waters of the Gulf of Suez and the  of Aqaba mingle off the tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Its location at the Tunnel of the gulfs ensures Strong breezes warm to sweltering temperatures and provides entry to one of the world s most glorious undersea wonderlands. A few years ago the Hur Ghada area was a military bastion and the town of Hur Ghada was a Dusty no account port eking out a meagre living from fishing. Then european resort operators and the egyptian government focused on the area s potential As a Winter destination for Sun starved europeans and Hur Ghada started to explode. Up went one huge Beach resort after another and the tourists mostly germans flocked in. The persian Gulf War Pul a screeching halt to tourist traffic around the world and Hur Ghada was particularly hard hit. Last Winter Hur Ghada was a virtual ghost town. Now however Hur Ghada looks set to Boom. Everywhere along the resort s 15-mile-Long Beach huge new resort complexes Are being built. Big International hotel chains such As Sheraton and Hilton have scrambled to get in on the ground floor of development. The resort complexes typically Are sprawling affairs boasting As Many As 1,000 Beds. The landscape around Hur Ghada is Bleak. It s so Bleak that it could properly be called a moonscape on the sea. The beaches Are More dirt than Sand and immediately give Way to treeless desert backdrop Ped by a Range of saw toothed 4,000-foot-High mountains. The area does t look hospitable but the people certainly Are and egyptians Are especially warm to american visitors. And the red sea is electric Blue and Mirror Clear making it idyllic for snorkelling scuba diving fishing swimming sailing and boating. / the red sea is famed the world Over for the Quality diving it offers amid its reefs and diving centers Are located in All the major resorts. The centers offer everything from equipment rental to Complete scuba courses and Daylong diving expeditions. Glass Bottom boats take the less adventurous on a trip in which passengers can look Down into the aquarium like undersea world. A submarine a outfitted with Large portholes a dives daily into the shallow Waters to give tourists who pay $50 a trip for the privilege an even closer look at underwater life. A like amount will also buy a Lively Day s sail aboard one of the 47-foot sailboats operating out of Hur Ghada. Travelling musicians put on an Impromptu concert in a hotel lobby. Photographers Are expected to tip for the Quot privilege Quot of taking their picture. A amps photos by Jim Derheim s stripes Magarine january 16, 1992