Adventures from abroad. And her husband: "Walk like an Egyptian:...part 2!

After the craziness of Cairo, we spent 8 full days in Sharm el Sheikh. The first thing our airport transfer company told us was "Don't Drink the Water". People that live there can't even drink the water. We could shower in it but not drink or brush our teeth. Even cooking was done with bottled water!

We had fabulous weather-right around 90 degrees and sunny-not a drop of rain! You can bet our air conditioning was on full blast! I can't imagine being there in July when the temperatures can soar over 110 degrees.

A few observations. They are hell on wheels. I mean, way more than me. Seriously. They drive super fast and don't observe the lane lines. They honk every time they go to pass someone at lightening speed! Oh, most don't have car insurance! It's too expensive! If they get into an accident, they just scream until they figure out who's going to pay. Crazy I tell you. In Egypt in general, many apartment buildings are not finished. This is planned. WHY you ask? No taxes have to be paid until they are finished. So, they just don't ever finish them to avoid paying. People just move into the lower levels!

Darron was able to scuba dive 6 of the days we were there! That's a record for him! His favorite dive was Thistlegorm (4th best dive in the world). Thistlegorm is an old shipwreck from WWI. He got to swim around it and then inside the ship! It still had tanks and motorcycles on it! I spent a lot of time at the pool just relaxing-got some great reading in! One of his diving days, I went with him and snorkeled-it was really fun! I also went parasailing, 4-Wheeling, and took a little ride on a camel!

We stayed at the Golden Renaissance Hotel. It had lots of steps and several levels of pools and gardens as you made your way down to the beach. Worked out great as one of the pools was right outside our hotel room and a few steps to the beach. Walking up to the lobby was a serious cardio workout--Here's to being a little bit closer to having thighs of steel!

View from our porch. It was nice to be so close to a pool!

Path down by the beach. Is that Scott Muir? The hunk walking may or may not be our friend Scott. No, they weren't there at the same time, I just didn't have a beach path pic so I'm using theirs! I'm not privy to the rules of picture "borrowing". Can one go to jail for such activity? We chose this hotel from Cassie and Scott's suggestion and were very happy with it! Thanks Muirs!

One of the nights we stayed at the hotel and went to a Bedouin dinner. Bedouins are wandering tribes in the Red Sea and Sinai Peninsula. We made our way down to the beach and noticed immediately the tents and low tables. We ate several different types of kabobs (chicken, lamb, beef) served as in the picture above. We also had rice and some yummy homemade bread. After dinner, we were treated to a dancing show! We shared our table with a couple from Scotland.

Couldn't resist. I am way high up on the DORK-O-METER!

Darron joining in on the fun!

Who is that hunk? My hubby checking out the sea near our hotel.

Going up! This is my second time parasailing and it was just as awesome! So peaceful!

"I Believe I Can Fly"

They gussied me up in a Muslim headcover for the 4-wheelin' and camel ridin'. Yes, I know I look extremely scarry and I apologize for any nightmares you may have...

"Born To Be Wild"

The 4-Wheeling was my favorite! I had a blast! We rode for two hours, mostly in the desert. Between the sunset, sand, sea, and smountains, it was amazingly beautiful! Yes, I know I spelled mountains with an s-I wanted all 4 words to be s-words!

My camel friend, such the poser! Wasn't nearly as uncomfortable as I thought it would be!