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Masterplan June 2007 (Click to zoom)
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Hubert has left El Gouna, and therefor the El Gouna Times is no longer updated!!
For the interested visitor, however, we have put together a list of the best services in town. Although this (personal) list is not complete, it will certainly help you to [...]

Art exhibition at the El Gouna Museum

The El Gouna IT Department would like to announce that all areas of El Gouna are equipped and fitted now for the use of ADSL internet services.

Today, Saturday, May 6th, 2006, the ADSL speed dropped dramatically to speeds which are comparable with old fashioned modem dial-up speeds.

What does it take to get an internet connection in El Gouna?

The Nile Kitchen & Bath showroom, located in the Hill parking (under Orascom technical office), have celebrated on November 17 their official opening.

Nile Kitchen & Bath celebrates Grand Opening, November 17th, 2005

Businessmen now have the opportunity to put standardized publicity signs,

The high-speed internet café Romolo in Tamr Henna introduced the

Belgian restaurateurs Jean Veulemans and Carla Waterschoot took over the old cinema, renovated it and created “La Kasbah”.

Some remarkable publicity banners are shown in El Gouna about…

The Yugoslavian team who started up the Highlander is gone but

Wir wohnen hier alle in einem Paradies!!! Habe das wieder einmal feststellen müssen.

El Gouna Times had an interview with Noëlle and Bruno Bleeckx of N&B Concept.

From one of our (soon to be) residents, Pascale from Belgium, we received following interesting report in our Englisch Forum about insurance issues in Egypt.

Some reflections about the future of El Gouna. A personal opinion from the editor of the El Gouna Times.

Cafe Servus: New Vienna Cafe at Tamr Henna

New Embroiderie Service in El Gouna
At Tamr Henna, under the Arcades, a new Shop has been installed by Ibrahim Fahim and his charming daugther since August 2005: San Bola for Embroiding offers the opportunity to have special slogans, logo’s or hieroglyphic names to be put on your T-Shirt or Polo-shirt, caps, baskets, or towels without [...]

El Gouna Times starts offering small job opportunities in El Gouna to english-speaking residents.

Tonight, September 10 th, 2005, outside Jobo’s downtown, Graham Thorpe will be showing (at last) all his Sand Buggies, Quad Bikes, Snorkelling scooters and single seat golf cars.

Stärke Deinen Körper und trainiere Deine Muskeln mit Hilfe von erfrischendem Yoga, das den Körper belebt, Stress abbaut und Dich in Spitzenkondition hält.

For all those readers who expressed being interested very much in “our” laundry experiences, here is a follow-up on the last two reports: there is a big difference in the quality of the laundry services between Abu Tig Marina and Downtown.
Have a look at those same kind of bathing towels, the one that came [...]

Today I got some private messages from readers who wanted to see more pictures from Chris Mol and his El Gouna Waterski School and expressed not willing to wait untill the interview with Chris will be published in the upcoming weeks.
OK, OK, so i decided to put the complete series of the El gouna [...]

Pricelist of laundry services in El Gouna

El Gouna Airviews from Christoph

Laundry services in El Gouna

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As I told already in another article earlier this week, Graham Thorpe started to import new “fun-carts” that can be driven around El Gouna. Most of them are electrical powered, one will be even equipped with solar cells, as us was told.

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The day before yesterday we met [...]

Pierre Kaffer, a professional race car driver in the Audi Factory Team for the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) arrived yesterday in El Gouna, to receive the keys of his newly bought property in El Gouna.

©2005 Pierre Kaffer
Together with Daniel Breitbach, PR Manager of OHD (Orascom Hotels & Development, the company which is owner of [...]

Today I ran twice into Graham Thorpe, a well-known resident of El Gouna who can be seen often at the golf courses of Steigenberger Golf Resort.
In some private E-Mails, Graham told me about his adventure of importing some boyz-toys, golf carts or if you want, so called fun cars… This morning he discovered me [...]

Interview with Mr. Roberto Ferrante, Managing Director of IDEA Co. Ltd. El Gouna

After this weekend the restaurant Starwatch next to the El Gouna Go-Cart Tracks will close its doors

Radio El Gouna at Tamr Henna, run by Mr. Romolo Bellomia, is installing a radio streaming towards the internet. When visiting the website www.romolo.com/stream.htm, you can listen to the Radio El Gouna stream.
The stream is using Microsoft’s Mediaplayer. Depending on which browser you are using, you need to install a plugin to be [...]

Last night and this morning, June 21st, 2005, most of phone connections, cell-phone connections and internet connections were interrupted due to a major telecommunication failure somewhere between El Gouna and Caïro. When we asked Romolo from Radio El Gouna, he could only confirm there was a problem, but had not received any additional information about [...]

We’ve found a series of Video Clips from El Gouna Radio/TV on the webpage www.romolo.com
With the owner’s permission we provide here below the links which will open each videoclip in a new browser window. Attention, videoclips contain a lot of data, so if you connect with modem, it can take some time to load.

Steak House
Galatea
Kiki’s

Barten
Casino
El [...]

As promised, Patrick Leemans and Romolo from Internet Club El Gouna came over to West Golf today to do some acrobatic work on the roof of the El Gouna Times appartment.
As the following photo series will show you, within shortest time our computer was up and running on the El Gouna Broadband via A Wireless [...]

INTERVIEW in EL GOUNA
We can make an interview of your company or business in El Gouna for FREE.
Contact us by E-Mail via info@elgounatimes.com, and we will make an appointment to visit you, make an interview and take several pictures of you and your company. We will also develop a roadmap indicating the location of [...]

The El Gouna Company N&B Concepts has released its new website in English and French language.
click here to visit www.nbconcept.com
N&B Concept, is located in El Gouna since the early days of 2002. Their activities cover all aspects of inside decoration, from the study to the completion of residential projects.
New on their website is the [...]

PAID BANNERS AND SPONSORLINKS
Yes, we are honest about it! We also want to earn some money.
So we offer the possibility to buy rotation banner publicity at the TOP of the El Gouna Times pages, right below our TITLE.
Don’t believe in banner publicity? We run a dedicated ad server where you can verify the number [...]

FREE INTERACTIVITY
If you are eager to promote your business, we welcome you to become an active member of the El Gouna Times community.
The more you can give your views onto themes published in our editorials, postings, and of course in the separated Forums, the more people will start to appreciate you.
Use the Add a [...]

FREE BANNER EXCHANGE
We have developed a FREE banner exchange programm which enables you to show your banner at the bottom of the El Gouna Times pages.
In exchange you’ll show the banners from other partners in the banner exchange programm on your website.
Exclusion by category is possible, so banner advertisements of your competitors will [...]

FREE WEB LINK NOTIFICATION
We will be eager to mention your El Gouna related website in our El Gouna Weblinks.
And yes, of course we will appreciate if you mention our website in the Link Section of your own website.

CLASSIFIED ADS
You can add a free Classified Advertisement in one or more of the languages we offer.
Till the End of September of 2005 your advertisment will be published for FREE. Send your text for classified ads by E-Mail and don’t forget to add (if possible) some digital pictures. If you mention the location of [...]

N&B Concept est installée depuis début 2002 à El Gouna (Red Sea, Egypt). Nos activités concernent toutes les facettes de la décoration d’intérieur, de l’étude à la réalisation complète de projets résidentiels.

The AWEX has an economical office in Cairo

Read also the Columns/Postings concerning real estate:
http://www.elgounatimes.com/category/real-estate/
In our Photo Album we have installed a series of albums with detailed pictures of ongoing construction works in El Gouna and renovation works in existing properties.
We altogether have 3 real estate offices in El Gouna specialized in renting out apartments and houses - not only one.
They can [...]