Located on the South Sinai, one hour north of Sharm El-Sheikh is the small town of Dahab. Built up over the past twenty years or so, or since the Egyptians took it back in 1982, this place is a chilled out destination for travellers and ex-pat scuba divers alike.
We've spent the past week at the Red Sea Relax Resort completing our open water scuba course. Usually it takes the average person four days to complete the course; we begin day six tomorrow, due to some unpredicatable problems with my small ear canals, which are quite full of water. Tomorrow will complete our final dive to 18 meters among some pretty interesting coral.
Apart from our underwater adventures we've just been relaxing. The beach is lined with restaurants, which all have lounge chairs looking out at the Sea. The cuisine is more international for the most part, and the seafood is fresh. Our absolute favorite place, which we usually eat at once per day, is an Indian restaurant called Nirvana. The dishes are gorgeous. All come with fresh naan bread, basmati rice and salad. So way too much for one, so we usually share a dish between the two. The guy behind the stove has found himself a goldmine cooking up his mom's dishes. Tom has a serious addiction to the strawberry milkshakes, which are better than most I have tried at home.
Plans for the next couple of days are to continue reading and swimming out in the relaively warm water (abou 21C), and of course to take in the excitement going on in Washington. Nothing but excitement here in Egypt as well.
Our next destination will be Aquaba, Jordan, but not before we head out into the Sinai Desert to climb Gebel Musa, Mt. Sinai.
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