Accommodations and Sight The HI Youth Hostel (tel- and fax 60 03 17) is
located on top of Sharm ash-Sheikh’s hill, near the town’s main square. Get off the bus, cross the street, and walk up the hill opposite until you see the hostel’s basketball court. This hostel is heavy on restrictions (curfew 11pm, no coed rooms) and light on toilet paper, but reasonably clean with semi-effective air-conditioning. Lockout 9am-2pm. LE10.60 for dorm beds (includes breakfast), nonmembers LE11.60. Another option is Safety Land (tel. 60 03 59, fax 60 03 34), located at the bottom of the hill across the street from the bus station. Budget options include thatched bungalows with locking doors and fans (singles LE35, doubles LE45, extra mattress on floor LE20), three-person tents (LE20 per person), or open tent sites for LE10 per person. Breakfast included. (Reception open 24 hrs.)

Just before you enter Sharm ash-Sheikh from Na’ama Bay (back and to the left) is Ras Kennedy, a rock formation that looks so much like the slain president that Mother Nature could not have acted alone in creating it.