Regina 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.

... take an hourly bus to Suez, and then from there take a taxi or bus to Dahab. So that is what we did with a chinese couple. The woman and I had to pee real bad before leaving on what we thought was going to be a 4 hour ride, good thing we peed. But Oh my, what a washroom. Urine and feces everywhere, swarming with flies, and that wasn't even the washroom, it was the room before the washroom, but we had to do what we had to do! So we shut the door with some plastic chairs, and ...

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 ...

... protruded magnificently from the beige stone wall it had been carved from. We dashed from our air conditioned coach to the temple&#8217;s open shady rooms, but were constrained by the time and sweltering sun, which rained 44 degrees down on us, defying our sweaty energy levels. After joking with the guards and happy-snaps, we were herded back into the bus and driven to Hurghada, replete from a day sampling morsels of the platter that is the rich Ancient Egyptian culture.

... one is clearly geared to the Russians? Either way, we walk into "town." Just as much harassment as Aswan, new shtick though, they want you to sign their guest book, no business necessary! Except that once you are in there they inundate you, and everyone has the same request. The comical part is that they want you to write something in Canadian, not English. We ate dinner at the Hard Rock Café, wow, if felt good to have a genuine burger ...