Dahab

Our El-Aid pictures are posted in 2 segments; Dahab and St. Catherine's. We stayed in Dahab which is a 7 hour drive from Cairo under the Suez Canal (much shallower than you would think) onto the southeast corner of the Sinai Peninsula. It is a little beach town with a "corniche" (pedestrian walkway) along the Red Sea. Most hotels are along the beach/corniche. Each hotel had an associated restaurant and all seating was "bedouin style" (driftwood covered with pillows and blankets with a short coffee table to eat on). The kids totally loved rolling around while they ate! Many people in the Middle East do still eat lying down (as they did in the time of Jesus, etc) so it was kinda authentic. Most people dive and snorkel from shore which makes this a relatively unique spot in the world. The coral reefs were only about 25 ft offshore! Awesome sights!

Above pictures show (left to right, top to bottom):
-Dahab at dusk. See people dining and snorkeling
-close up of the Red Sea and "Sabri Arabia" (as Virginia calls it). Other people call it "Saudi Arabia"
-Ashley pointing to yet another "only in Egypt" sign
-access point for scuba and snorkeling. No sandy beach here on the coral reef
-Dahab coastline. Saudi Arabia mts in the background
-Aedan zonked....vacation is for sleeping!
-Bedouin Style seating and friends of ours enjoying a lie down
-close up of mountains. Note lack of plant life/water
-closeup of Bedouin Style seating