Alexandria Port was basically located in the center of the route between the Port of Mersa Matruh and Cairo. After a journey similar to the first half of the journey, Zhang Zian and the elfins finally arrived.
The Port of Mersa Matruh was an out-and-out tourist city. The local resident population was only about 15,000. In China, it would be a small town. Perhaps some big villages had more people than there.
If you wanted to visit the interior of Egypt and its historical sites, the hot summer would definitely cause inconvenience to the journey. But for the Port of Mersa Matruh, summer was the peak tourist season. The number of tourists far exceeded the local population, and all the hotels would be full. Fortunately, it was only the beginning of summer, and it was Ramadan. There were not that many tourists.
The tourists who came here were mainly Egyptians and Europeans. Asian tourists were completely unfamiliar faces here because there were only beautiful beaches. But if it was just to walk on the beach and swim, there was no need to come all the way to Egypt.
According to legend, the establishment of the Port of Mersa Matruh was also related to Alexander the Great. When he passed by on his way to visit the Temple of Amon in the Siwa Oasis, he ordered some of his subordinates to build this small city.
Zhang Zian followed the map and travel guide and drove along the coast.
By Egyptian standards, the streets of this small city were surprisingly clean. It was so clean that it did not seem like Egypt. There were very few cars and pedestrians, but when the sun set and the bell rang, the streets would be filled with a large number of hungry locals like in other cities.
"What a beautiful beach!"
Zhang Zian stopped the car temporarily, and a huge U-shaped beach appeared in front of them.
It had to be admitted that the beach of Mersa Matruh was much more beautiful than the beach of Binhai City. It was like a graceful and luxurious lady, and the elfins were amazed at first sight.
Old Time Tea exclaimed, "The color of the sea in the distance is very different from the one near it. It is like jade near it, like sapphire far away, and the yellow-white beach is like a jade belt that surrounds the bay … The wonder of creation has opened my eyes!"
Just as Old Time Tea had described, this beach had a breathtaking beauty. Standing at a high place and looking down, the sea was abnormally clear. They could even see the ups and downs of the seabed's terrain. The color of the sea gradually transitioned from light green to dark blue.
Zhang Zian observed carefully for a moment and said, "The topography of the seabed here seems to be more complicated. The irregular dark colors in the green and blue colors are underwater mountains, trenches, and reefs that rise close to the surface."
This was the famous Agiba Beach. The length of the beach was not very long, and there were not many tourists strolling on the beach. There was a cafe on the cliff that provided tourists with drinks, but there were very few people swimming in the sea. Most of them were concentrated in the shallow water, and only a few people were snorkeling in the deeper water.
Zhang Zian looked worriedly at the dark colors in the sea. From above, they looked like monsters hiding in the sea.
He said, "This beach is beautiful, but it's not suitable for swimming."
"Oh, why?" Old Time Tea asked in confusion.
"This … It's a bit complicated to explain. Let's find a suitable beach to release Sihwa first." Zhang Zian took a few photos of the place as a souvenir, called the elfins to get in the car, and continued to move forward.
The famous beaches in the Port of Mersa Matruh were Agiba Beach and Gharam Beach. The latter meant "Beach of Love" in Arabic. These two public beaches were picturesque, but they were places where tourists gathered, so they were definitely not suitable for Sihwa's live broadcast.
About 15 kilometers away from the city, there was another less famous beach. People called it "Cleopatra's Bathroom." As for whether she had really bathed there, no one knew. It was more likely that it was a cover for the locals to attract tourists.
When Zhang Zian drove to the destination, he understood why this beach was not very famous.
Unlike the previous Agiba Beach, which had fine white sand and magnificent and magical water colors, the beach where Cleopatra's Bathroom was located was completely not suitable for ordinary people to swim. There was no sand on the shore, only strange rocks, reefs, and rugged undulating mudflats.
As long as it was a famous holiday beach, there must be a beach, and the beach must be gently submerged into the sea. The depth of the sea could not be too deep. Unfortunately, this place did not have any of the above conditions.
The sea was still very beautiful, but it was not as magnificent as Agiba Beach. The average depth was deeper, and the light blue and dark blue intertwined. Large submerged reefs were distributed under the sea.
The wind was very strong, and the waves were also very big. Wave after wave of waves repeatedly hit the reefs on the shore.
Seeing such a scenery, Zhang Zian knew that the rumor that Cleopatra had once bathed here was 99% false. Instead of using the picturesque Agiba Beach and Gharam Beach, she had come to this dangerous beach with high winds and strong waves to swim. Was Cleopatra tired of living?
Of course, the biggest advantage here was that there was no one. There were no tourists in sight, and the cafes on the shore seemed to have delayed their opening time because of Ramadan. Zhang Zian's car was the only one on the huge beach.
"Let's do it here."
He got out of the car and took out a foldable sun umbrella and a few folding chairs from the trunk. He found a relatively flat spot and set them up. He had rented these from a local vendor when he passed by Agiba Beach.
Fina, Old Time Tea, and Pi each took a chair, cooling off while enjoying the sea view.
Vladimir couldn't stay still for a moment, and it ran off to look for stray cats nearby.
Since there was a sun umbrella, Zhang Zian released Snowy Lionet. This was the first time it had been outdoors in Egypt, and as soon as it came out, it squeezed into the same chair as Fina.
"Xinghai, how about we go into the water and play hide and seek today?"
Zhang Zian found a rock to sit on and began to take off his shoes and socks.
"Meow! Go into the water?" Xinghai timidly looked at the blue water, afraid to move forward. Although it liked to play hide and seek, it had never thought that it could be played in the water.
"Well, let's not go into the deep water. The deep water is very dangerous. Let's only play here in the shallows. I just saw that the water on the shore is very shallow. "Zhang Zian laughed." You can go and try. "
Xinghai carefully ran to the shore and looked into the water. The clear water reflected its shadow, as smooth as a mirror.
It stretched out a front paw and tentatively reached into the water. As soon as it touched the water, it pulled back. The ripples in the water made its reflection ripple.
The warm and cool seawater gave it a very novel experience.
It was new the first time, and it became familiar the second time. With the experience of touching the water for the first time, it was a little braver. It stretched out its front paw into the water again, and in an instant, it pressed on the reef at the bottom of the water.
The seawater here could only reach the soles of an adult's feet.
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