We met this girl and her friend at the watersport centre; they were selling bracelets and necklaces that they'd made. The girls are Bedouins and lived in the mountains close to the Taba Heights resort. They spoke perfect English and when I asked them who had taught them they replied "the people"; isn't that amazing? The Bedouins are the only real inhabitants in this region; all of the staff at the resorts are given accommodation in the hotels. They work for a month or two and then return to their homes for a week; however if the hotels are really busy it could be anything up to four months before they get a break. They all work tirelessly seven days a week and by all accounts for not much money.
Back to the girls, they seemed to take a real liking to us and spent most of the day talking to us and watching our watersport adventures. This is obviously the way they have developed their skills in English. They both came from fairly large families with 7 or 8 siblings each; selling their crafts at the centre each day was their way of contributing to the family income.