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Entry: Dahab, Egypt - A6026717
Author: Beatrice - U190170

Holiday plans in the air, thought it was time to submit this one.

Well done, Beatrice

I enjoyed reading this!

Two spelling mistakes:
Aquba -> Aqaba
appartment -> apartment

Icy

>>Being to the east of the Gulf of Suez means that it is technically geologically part of Asia, although some travel insurers will class Egypt as Europe, their definition being "it's on the Med".<<

- I gather, (I think) that Dahab is on the Sinai Penninsula? That makes it Asia (and not Africa). But the rest of Egypt is African.

Anyway, what I'm saying is that the above sentence is ambiguous, because it sounds like it says that Egypt is part of Asia, though some insurers consider it Europe. Actually, Egypt is part of Africa.

Thank you. I've corrected those spelling errors, and removed "geologically" from that other sentence - does that read more clearly now?

It sounds delightful! Maybe one of these years...

Could you please include temperatures in Farenheit as well? 50 = ~122, 23 = ~73.

The almost guaranteed cloudless sky >> almost-guaranteed

Double quotes " should be single quotes '

Could you explain humous and tahini?

Thanks - I found a gudie entry on hummous to link to!

House style suggests I should say 50 tag&deg C, but I can't seem to make that work! Can anyone wiser than me help me out here?

Can't you use the degrees symbol in your text?: 50°C?

Thanks Icy, I just copied what you had there (can't seem to find a degree symbol on this keyboard )

there are Guide entries on hummous and tahini you can link to. It may take some fiddly spelling to find them, but they're there...

Oops. Blasted cache server hid the last few posts from me. I didn't say anything.

Good work, Beatrice!

Just one thing bothers me a little. Towards the end you say that 'It [Dahab] has been listed among the 10 Must-See places in the world.' I don't doubt that this is true, although I have to admit that I'd never heard of Dahab before reading your entry. But when was Dahab thus listed, by whom, and can you provide a link to prove it?

Oooh, I'll try to find it - I think it was The Times, about a year ago, listing places that ought to be visited before they were no more or changed completely. But yes, the source ought to be quoted.

Just remembered, it was a book I saw in the BBC shop - should be able to get a link!

Any sign of that link, Beatrice?

Blimey give us a chance!

I did find the book yesterday - Incredible things to do before you die. But I'm sure it was on another Top 10 list too, that I can't track down - you wouldn't believe how many Top Ten Must See lists there are in internetland...

I didn't mean to rush you, Beatrice. It's just that, well, you never know, there might be Scouts hanging around thinking that 'this entry is nearly ripe for picking', what with it almost having completed a week in Peer Review. It'd be a shame to keep them waiting...

Thanks. I'll do me best!

Link to the press release of the book added...

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Gosh! That was super-duper quick