Crowne Plaza Hotel West Palm Beach, Fl

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. <br>

... I was expecting it to be hectic, and it was, so we did not stay very long and instead I went back to the condo and passed out pretty early.<br><br>The next day we got up and watched the sunrise and went out to IHOP where I treated my dad for letting me crash at their condo for free, and I ended up going snorkeling again. Unfortunately this time some water got into the casing of my underwater camera [Olympus 1030 SW] and damaged ...

Yep. That pretty much explains it all. Mostly hung out and cooked some good food. Well, Josh did dinner for two of the three nights we were there. Stir fry the first night and then we had this awesome chicken dish that is made with sour cream and Italian dressing. It was delicious. Definitely went to the beach a ...

... card for my new video camera, plus a hands free ear piece for my phone, Lona was off looking at bags at the time.<br><br>We met Todd for lunch at Steak &amp; Shake, an upmarket McDonalds, with waiter service and really fancy milkshakes.<br><br>This evening was our last with our host Jay who is flying to New York with his family for the weekend to catch up with his brother who is living up there at the moment.<br><br>Lona did Tuna Pasta for dinner ...

... Numerous beers and French cheese &amp; 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<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>We had a quick look at another local attraction the Swamp Safari, but we had done the Air Boat ride and ...

... me so we played Jay and Todd the USA team. Prices were a revelation, we paid $9.95 for an hour, not per game. Unquestionably cheap!!<br><br>We are now at home having an intense discussion with Jay and Todd over the Israelie/Palastinian problems, both guys have been to Israel more than once and whilst not passionate Jews they are very knowledgable on the subject.

... 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!

... and Randal arrived late Friday night and we greated them good morning today (Saturday). It was a nice 79 degrees today - can't complain about the weather. We joined the locals for so shopping at the Walgreen's drug store and liquor store. The we helped contribute to the local economy by spending a few hours shopping ...

... and ice. They start off at teh same time and at 2 or 3 points during the ride you really think that you are going to hit the other rollercoast carraige but at teh last second turn away... we also went on the jurassic park ride, and on dudley do-right - a water ride where you come out soaked. Later we went over to universal studios and went on ET, back to the future and the mummy ride which was an amazing indoor rollercoaster going round in pitch-black - it was so ...