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Adventure with the Gouna Mountain Goats Written by Craig Botes El Gouna is Arabic for "The Lagoon" and is synonymous with leisure living, adventure sports and great vacations. Big sports here include diving, snorkeling, boating, waterskiing, wakeboarding and kiteboarding. But not too many people think about the desert and the beauty within. If you do, you end up in a vast, silent and beautiful...

Samih Sawiris, the visionary and brains behind El Gouna. El Gouna is truly life as it should be with it's azure waters, world-class diving, world class kiting, friendly people and endless sunshine. Everything has a beginning and El Gouna is turning only 30 years old this year, 2019. So where did it all begin? What goes on in the mind of somebody who invents a town? Read on to find out...