We only flew to Hurghada because we wanted to take the ferry to Sharm and go to Dahab. But when we arrived we learned that it wasn’t running because of COVID. Also the flight to Hurghada was $49 from Istanbul. We had no intention of staying there for any period of time. Once we met the man in the story he convinced us to go to Aswan instead of taking the bus around to Dahab. Part of me is sad that we didn’t go that way but we are so thankful that we got to experience Sudan when we did. So who knows.