Dahab and the Sinai Peninsula

So, I am a little behind on blogging, but I couldn't move on to Morocco without talking about Dahab. Speaking for myself, Dahab was my favorite city in Egypt. The hustle and bustle of Cairo was thrilling, and the monuments of Luxor awe-inspiring, but there was something about Dahab that made you feel at ease. The town is small, a backpackers village up the coast from the more popular Sharm-el-Sheik, but the veiw is everybit as lovely as those offered at the five star resorts. Each morning we ate breakfast looking over the Red Sea to the mountainous coastline of Saudi Arabia with the wind in our hair and the restaurant kitty in our lap. We rented snorkel gear and explored the two reefs located just off the shore and were amazed by the underwater world. Neither of us were experience snorkelers, but we got a few hours in following schools of fish through the water to the reef just a few feet below the water's surface. We only had two short days there before our flight, but I hope someday to return there so that we can spend more time diving and get a chance to climb Mt. Sinai. Next trip...

Dahab