Our straw hut, Shark Bay

Our Red Sea Rest Stop

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September 28th 2008
Hi everybody, we have now come to the end of our time in Egypt. Since our last post we grabbed an overnight bus from Luxor to the Sinai peninsular, stopping initially at Sharm El-Sheikh to look into some diving options for Simon. We heard that Sharm was a bit of a strange place, being the Russian package tourists beach resort of choice. We were certainly not disappointed in this as we foun ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more