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I am all ready and am now waiting for the shuttle to take me to the airport. My flight is at 2:35 PM to JFK where I will have a 5 hour layover, arriving in Cairo at 4:45 PM local time. I estimate from the time I leave home to check in at the hotel in Cairo will be about 26 hours.

... angel fish, grouper, and a barracuda or two. It was pretty neat for being able to just swim out 30 ft and see such an array of creatures. Good thing there were no sharks that day though.

In the evening we headed over to my cousins house to meet up with relatives that we had not seen for years. They had a bridal shower / rehearsal dinner that included some of the extended family and we got to catch up which was pretty ...

... and played some ball which was fun. Last night we were there I got a little too drunk....it was 2 for 1 night. Haha...but TJ was such a gentleman. He took care of the rest of the laundry and packed up the car by himself and then drove for 9 hours. What a trooper. We did forget our car chargers though. Oops!!!!

... just to remind her of the granddaughters who like it a lot, as does Jay who had three helpings. Jay won't be back til Sunday night and we will be on our way to London. It was sad to say to say goodbye, he has been wonderful to us during our two weeks here.

Although Gary is not keen on seafood both he and Todd cleaned up their plates so I think it went down really well. They, and Lona are watching a movie I'm not really in to while I am doing this.

... Numerous beers and French cheese & pate, biscuits and French bread we had lunch for about 3 hours. We were joined part way through the afternoon by Victors cousin Robert working in the US for a few weeks from Puerto Rico

Erin only works weekends and flys to Paris and back every week,hence all the French produce. Lona was drinking French champagne and Gary water as ...

... these days.

The museum was interseting but not the revelation we saw at Crazy Horse in South Dakota a couple of years ago. There is a nature walk which includes an original village which we missed because of a rain storm mores the pity, that could have improved our impression perhaps.

We had a quick look at another local attraction the Swamp Safari, but we had done the Air Boat ride and ...

... Merc's and BMW's, we had parked Gary's Ford truck across the road!!

From there we tried shopping at Macy's for some wedding gear but they only cater for the trim taut and terrific, none of which it seems I am these days.

Got home late afternoon and decided 10 Pin Bowling might be an iinteresting evening. Gary having an Aussie passport teamed ...

... Adam Brown at his house in Miami. It was lovely to hang out in his pool for the evening and watch the most spectacular storm. The following day we made our way to West Palm Beach which was beautiful!! The sand was so golden, although it was just too hot to do any sunbathing!...And i have to say the 'transvestite' show was something of a spectical!

... country but its too late to get visas and so forth. After I have stuffed myself with fish and chips, seenas much art galleries and tourist sites I will be leaving for Cancun. Yea, I am off to Central America, Belize. I will arrive in Cancunand take the bus to Belize. Hope that goes well. I will be giving updates on my trip as I go, for sure this time, unlike my last journal entry.

Update 5: Jupiter, Florida (AUG 17 - AUG 24) Well i finally got to the USA and I knew i was almost there when i got my last snack before getting of my flight to Chicago from New York - it was so fatty - a bun with a thick piece of cheese, a bit of ham, and a thick spread of cottage cheese over the bun plus a packet of chips and a chocolate bar... yes everything is big about america - the cars, the buildings, the food, the people, the towns. Yes just about ...