I left for the resort town of Eilat the following morning, waking up at 6am to catch the 7am bus. The ride went off without a hitch. Four and a half hours later, I was in Eilat. Since Lee left me the name of the hostel, I looked it up in my guidebook and walked about 5 min. out of the bus station to the hostel. Needless to say, it was warm and sunny, right around 1130am. I wasn't sure if Lee was going to be around, but I checked into the room he already payed for. He wasn't there, so I decided to go and see some of Eilat. Earlier, I read about activities like scuba diving, snorkeling, hiking, and an underwater aquarium. None sounded interesting enough, since just on the other side of
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