Originally Posted by
Cuillin Hills
About a dozen years ago we used to night stop in Sharm at one of the Naama Bay Hiltons.
We would check in early evening and, as you do, proceed to the bar.
The bar would be surrounded by Russian males - usually age 40/50+, drunk, obnoxious, loud and enjoying the company of their new ‘comrades’ they have met at the bar.
At the other end of the room, sitting to the side, would be a large number of their wives - usually 20 something, very attractive, a child nearby and sometimes accompanied by their mother (about the same age as the husband at the bar).
The girls must have seen something in their husbands - I guess it could only have been the dollar.
I suspect that if you had shown even a glimmer of attention to one of the girls you may not, subsequently, have been in a fit state to operate back to the UK.
Yes, you sum it up well. I have seen more than can be written here. A very different way of life.