| There are six minibuses that operate a punishing 19-hour a day, seven-day-a-week service between El Gouna (Downtown Bus Station) and the main hotels and attractions. Journeys operate for a maximum of 11 minutes, and all vehicles try to provide an interchange at Downtown.
Tickets can be purchased for a day's unlimited travel (5 EP) or for a week's use (10 EP). They are on sale at the bus or at the hotel, information centre or some shops. They are also valid for the local boats that link some of the parts of the complex, but not for the Tok-Toks, three-seater, three-wheelers that operate with the speed of something moist sliding off a shovel ..... Buses are accessed from the nearside, which is mainly open. Seating is wooden, just like the suspension on the packed sand roads. The offside windows have been forcibly removed in some places as the result of damage. Other damages windows (all made of thick plastic) have shattered, but remain in "as broken" condition. One dreads to think what the British Traffic Commissioners would make of them. Vehicles are unregistered, but can be identified from each other by a paper sticker in the rear window which reads "Bus 1" etc. The buses were new in 2000. #1/2 Isuzu NPR 66L/Hashim Beach Bus HB-207 BB OB28D #3 - #6 Isuzu NPR 66L/Hashim Beach Bus HB-207 BB OB23D |
1 638x480 DSCF4867.JPG 2006-08-19 20:42:00 |
1 638x480 DSCF4913.JPG 2006-08-21 15:59:00 |
1 - the driver's area, showing the wooden seats, and explaining why they are dubbed Beach Buses 638x480 DSCF4828.JPG 2006-08-17 14:25:00 |
1 - the rear 638x480 DSCF4827.JPG 2006-08-17 14:08:00 |
1 in El Gouna 638x480 DSCF4823.JPG 2006-08-17 13:56:00 |
2 - a back end comparison with 1 and 3 638x480 DSCF4911.JPG 2006-08-21 15:59:00 |
2, the sole example labelled as Hashim Bus, seen in Downtown 638x480 DSCF4805.JPG 2006-08-17 11:18:00 |
3 638x480 DSCF4912.JPG 2006-08-21 15:59:00 |
3 and 6 638x480 DSCF4908.JPG 2006-08-21 15:58:00 |
3, showing the more modern back 638x480 DSCF4910.JPG 2006-08-21 15:58:00 |
6 638x480 DSCF4866.JPG 2006-08-19 20:31:00 |
6 638x480 DSCF4909.JPG 2006-08-21 15:58:00 |
6 638x480 DSCF5055.JPG 2006-08-23 07:11:00 |
6, 4 and 5 at the Downtown terminus 638x480 DSCF4813.JPG 2006-08-17 11:59:00 |
6, 4 and 5 with a minibus on one of the golf club runs 638x480 DSCF4812.JPG 2006-08-17 11:58:00 |
6, one of the Isuzu vehicles. 638x480 DSCF4804.JPG 2006-08-17 11:17:00 |
A four-seat, three-wheel Tok-Tok 638x480 DSCF4806.JPG 2006-08-17 11:20:00 |
Daily ticket 2752x1969 El_Gouna_daily_ticket.jpg 2006-08-25 00:00:00 |
Golf carts are used around the Moevenpick to move luggage and (on occasions) customers 638x480 DSCF5043.JPG 2006-08-22 18:16:00 |
Pair of weekly tickets 1953x703 El_Gouna_weekly_tickets.jpg 2006-08-25 00:00:00 |
The El Gouna local bus routes and timetables 2752x1591 El_Gouna.jpg 2006-08-25 00:00:00 |
Tok-Tok 638x480 DSCF5034.JPG 2006-08-22 18:11:00 |
Tok-Tok 638x480 DSCF5035.JPG 2006-08-22 18:12:00 |
Tok-Tok 638x480 DSCF5048.JPG 2006-08-22 18:18:00 |
