Albatros Resort Hurghada

... the nest and I got a couple of <br>photos which hopefully hsve come out ok.<br> <br>Well that's it really for the Egypt blog, we travel tomorrow back home <br>starting from here at 10am and getting home around 10pm. We are both <br>sad to leave but looking forward to seeing the kids again and everyone <br>else. I hope it won't be too long before we return.

... talking to us in arabic as if we knew the language :) so cute. Cody got him to draw in our travel journal, and before we knew it we had a swarm of little boys all around us wanting to draw and just being curious about us. We got some great shots of them!<br><br>Sooooo it was time to get back to the bus station, and I was told that the bus at 10:30pm was full! Aggggggghhhh!!!!! Not good! So I asked if there was any other way to get to hurghada and I was told that we ...

Our 20th wedding anniversary today which started with some shopping <br>and then the hotel offered us a free meal tonight mainly because of <br>the problems at dinner last night but also because of our anniversary.<br> <br>Rest of the day is quiet with a relax by the pool this afternoon <br>because it is has been really hot today and it helped us cool off.<br> <br>Dinner tonight was excellent in the hotels al la carte restaurant <br>which was all the better because it was free!<br>

Meryl's Birthday and we spent the day on the dive clubs boat going out <br>to Dolphin Point to do snorkelling. It was pretty good to see the fish <br>again like yesterday plus we got to see a few dolphins as well.<br> <br>Got back to the hotel around 5pm and guess what? Another cake has <br>arrived! Woo hoo!<br> <br>Going for dinner tonight on the side of the marina with a show as well.

... and kept me alive so I am grateful to him.<br> <br>We went to a show tonight after dinner which was put on by the <br>animation team. It was supposed to be dance routines to movie songs <br>but sadly dancing does not seem to be their main talent, bless, they <br>tried hard.<br> <br>And the birthday cake has finally gone after lurking in the room for a <br>few days.

... for some reason <br>my instructor thought it would be good fun to make me sink straight <br>away which caused me to panic slightly and I did for one brief second <br>think i couldn't do it but we did a couple of surface swims and I got <br>used to breathing under water without drowning. After that it was no <br>problem and I can't wait for tomorrow to do the proper dives.

... as 'Egyptland' <br>by the locals because it has been purpose built as a holiday resort in <br>much the same way that Disneyland is the acceptable facade of America.<br> <br>We've booked our snorkelling trip today for Friday plus I've booked my <br>SCUBA sessions as well. I have a trial in the pool tomorrow and then 2 <br>dives on Thursday.

... with us was a local man selling postcards for a amount that needed to be reduced thru negotiating. We bought three sets of postcards for $1.00 US. This was something that we believed would be beneficial as no photography was permitted inside of the tombs. Video photography was also not permitted anywhere in the valley. Thus we arrived in the small valley fully dressed and ready for outdoor only photography. We were also carrying a couple of bottles of water. Harriet added an ...

... In the streets, on rooftops, in the desert, in the rivers... The Arab world is far behind the west in its recognition of how to take care of this world (which, in some ways, doesn't say much). On one Nile cruise a fellow tourist was telling us about the kitchen staff who casually threw their garbage (pop cans and the like) into the Nile as the boat was serenely cruising along; · People in this part of the world (excluding the touts) are incredibly ...

... irgendwas aufgedrängt, das man gar nicht will und soll dafür auch noch "Bakschisch" bezahlen. Vom Flugzeug wurden wir mit einem Bus abgeholt, für gerade mal so 50m, aber vor dem Flughafen mussten wir dann einem Reiseführer ungefähr 300m querfeldein hinterher hescheln, der noch nicht mal etwas von uns wusste uns Hotel netterweise aber doch anfuhr. Von diesem Tag an waren wir wo immer ...