…Egypt (11)
Wednesday, may 12th 2010
after a magnificent day, exploring the last cultural parts of our journey in the valley of the kings, the temple of Hashepsut and Deir-al-Medina, we are picked up by bus and head over to the airport of Luxor. although it is a short flight, Kyrah is able to enjoy the perks of business class after being upgraded 
… born for greatness, I am sure…
the flight was amazingly calm and after we arrive in Sharm-al-Sheikh, we get on the bus to go to Dahab; a (although we don’t notice that yet at night) very relaxed, less-touristic village, originally founded by bedouins… after arriving i put the grlz to bed, and head over to the pool to have a beer and sit at the Gulf of Accaba; so this is where the relaxing starts!
and in the morning, as we rise and I show the pool overlooking the Red Sea to the grlz, we do get a little crazy! but first we are taken by jeep to the Blue Hole, which is one of the most beautiful places to dive and go snorkling, rumour has it…
driving there is already an experience with Shaggy on the wheel; a happy egyptian with the naughty humour of an immigrant in London, where he undoubtedly picked up his english wife, for whom he created 2 facebook-pages (to hide his egyptian conquests for!)… Shaggy stops abruptly to put on his safety belt as we approach some policemen, cause, as he claims “doesn’t have a licence nor id”… no problem, as he starts singing very loudly and gives the policemen (does he know them?) some cigarettes… “by the way, if you are ever in Maastricht, go to my brother’s place, he will make you a special price!”
arriving at the Blue Hole is fantastic! we go to yet another place of one of Jacqueline’s friends, head up the stairs to lay on the second floor, outside, with some sunshading, relaxing in the pillows and having some more of those fruitjuice-lassies, yeah baby, this is living! Jacqueline explains the principles of snorkling and the grlz listen carefully… having more trainers and teachers here pays off, as I take Daya under my wing and Kyrah is guided and helped by Mia (who used to be a swimming instructor as well.
after the first trials and scares, the grlz become used to the technique and get in the water, where the coral is only 10-20 meters wide, after which the blue hole starts: we look into the deep, which is supposed to be up to 100 meters deep (well, I wasn’t able to check..). here the beauty starts already; we see at least 40 different types of tropical fish, one more colourful than the other! purple and yellow, bright blue, rainbow, you name it, we even see a stingray with small fishes on his back, amazing! I take pictures of the fish and as we speak my Sylvia is developing them… I will update this post when i have them…
finally, after having lunch, we get in at a place Les Belles, a little north of our hide-out and swim all the way back. it sure is amazing, seeing even more fish and for me also seeing the grlz having fun and staring at all these fish!
after headed back to the hotel, we enjoy the pool, the beach and the sea…
then we are awaited by a guy with four horses, as i promised Kyrah, we would ride anything we could ride on this holiday, so the only things missing from our list are… horses!! we all get on one and i tell the guy Kyrah knows how to ride and ask him whether she can gallup a little later. it is very nice for Kyrah, because after the guy notices she can ride very well, he lets her do her thing…
so we get to the beach and walk south and then Kyrah just starts running along the seashore into the sunset… very nice and indeed, she is so happy! Even Daya and I gallup, but the more we gallup, the more we admire Kyrah for having so much control over these animals!
then with a small group, we go to the “funny mummy”, another one of those amazing places, this time we lie in pillows right at the Red Sea… I wonder what the poor people are doing…
we have another feast of fruitjuices, beautiful dishes and yes, i have my first shisha (waterpipe)… really nice, although i wouldn’t start this habit at home; this atmosphere is amazing for this…
satisfied, we walk back and fall into a deep sleep preparing for a day of nothing tomorrow…
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