Palm Trees Hotel Siwa

... to Tanta Waa restaurant at Cleopatra's Spring for dinner, super cool location and great food. Travelled by donkey cart which was ok but the donkey pulling Andrew and my cart was struggling and the driver was beating **** out of it which we weren't happy about so we told our tour leader we wouldn't be going back in it.<br><br>Back to town and a relax in a coffee shop with Flora, Phil and Callina with a tea and strawberry ...

... those men.<br>Man: That is not my problem, its your problem. MOVE.<br><br>He flashed his gun at us and walked away, so we finally decided it was time to move. We moved back to the swarming hissing Egyptain men and decided we would play their game. When they hissed at us, we hissed back. We only needed to do this once and they stopped. While Brittany was charging accessories, Lindsey was napping, and Sarah was guarding the bags, there was suddenly a ruckus in the middle of the ...

... and then rented bikes and headed out to Tanta Waa. Tanta Waa is named that because as Waleed was building the restaurant, the locals would walk by and say. "Tanta Waa?" meaning, "what the hell is it?" We played jenga and drank the best mint lemonades and melango juices we've ever had. As we were sitting there, waleed told us he had tried to catch a rooster in the morning, but was unsuccessful because one person is not enough to catch one. Brittany quickly volunteered ...

... is most famous for a visit paid to it by Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great went to the Oracle Temple to prove that he was the son of Amun and therefore the legitimate ruler of Egypt. The temple was greatly destroyed and not too much remains but it did have a great view of the oasis. Our donkey calesh driver was great for the whole day, he was only 15/16 years old but he was nice the donkey and kept pointing out bits and pieces for us. The other ...

... it look like a funky beach resort with bungalow accommodation as well as the usually rooms. There was also a nice looking spring but we never got a chance to use it. Because we were going to have to pay for one of our lunches in the desert which was supposed to be included Explore paid for our dinner at the hotel and it was quite a nice buffet spread. After dinner I felt that it was definitely bedtime. Can't wait to explore Siwa tomorrow!

... tea as some people bought things and we generally all just had a good chat. He took a particular liking to Heath and I and upon hearing it was his birthday and mine next month, and our anniversary about a week ago he said "I have so much good news from you today....you are good people and I have a surprise for you". He took us to the middle of the room and had us both close our eyes and place our hands on ...

... for class and stayed another night. On our last day we finally jumped into one of the springs. The water was amazingly clean and, even though it was fresh water, you felt very buoyant. We went for dinner that night at a restaurant they built on top of the melted Shali. We were the only patrons, so we had a chance to befriend the waiter who stopped and had a long conversation with us after our meal. All in all, Siwa had to be my favourite place we visited in Egypt.

... would ever go skiing. Ever. Next time up I'll tell you about our 420 km journey on the Desert Road from Siwa to Bahariya. For now, however, I 'll just mention one final, more practical problem; I had previously mentioned how difficult it was to get change from anyone here (or most countries for that matter). Anyway, as a result Laynni has made it her mission to hoard as many small bills as possible so that we always have a stash to fall back on. Unfortunately, what began ...