Desert Pearl Apartments 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.

... me what my name was, I said "Why?" and he said "why..... my name is Ismael, hahah he thought my name was why. Anyway, I gave him alot of attitude and cut eye, so he moved on to the poor timid chinese woman we were travelling with :( This guy was a chromosone short of caveman! He just didn't get the point! We caught a taxi to Dahab that took 7 hours!!! He had told us it would take 3!!! But we still paid him the same and he was happy! We finally arrived in Dahab, Happy but exhausted!

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.

Quiet day really sorting out the plan for the rest of the week. The <br>welcome meeting this morning was useful from the hotel guest relations <br>girl as she gave us a tour of the hotel which was good as it is a maze <br>of corridors. Another thing she told us was the mooring charges for a <br>boat here, 90,000&#8364; a year! Plus another ...

... noisy, <br>industrious and always moving. The Nile has been about Egypts history, <br>the background and it's heartland. El Gouna is it's surface veneer, <br>fresh, clean and shiny, nothing like we have seen so far.<br> <br>If I were to liken to it to anywhere else I would say it's like Dubai <br>but not on the same scale. It's very much under development but it <br>looks good with many street restaurants and ...

... that Kevin's ongoing poetry recitations to us over the last five months have more than earned him this title. We are all just sorry that "REALLY Big Doofus Poet" didn't fit within the timbre of the limerick... For the last several days we have been in Luxor. It's an amazing place. As the capital of Ancient Egypt (previously known as Thebes), it provides easy access to more than 15 historical sites. Unfortunately, with three children (and a ...

... It is similar to Sea Island in quality (a half step up from Long John Silvers) but instead of hush puppies and cole slaw you get hummus and broiled eggplant. The first time we got fish and chips. The second time we got brave and ordered crab. It was very cheap by American standards but not very good. There was a juice bar across the street. Strangely the most popular flavor is sugar cane. I had some and it just tasted like sugar with a bit of ...