Day 2
We had originally planned to go on a full day boat excursion to one of the nearby islands and scuba dive over there.
Alas the claimed that UT was too windy and the boat did not sail that day. Also we woke up a bit too late, although I am sure for the right price that would not of been an issue. Anyway the Sheraton has a dive school/center on premises and after a bit of negotiation, we bought two dives each from them for $50. My friend has a diving license whereas for me this was my first time. For anyone who has not tried it - it is absolutely incredible and worth every dollar. The world Hashem created below the surface is just so amazing I cannot even begin to describe. Fortunately my friend does have a GoPro and as soon as I get pics from him I will bli neder post. The experience itself is a little scary at first, but basically my guide just held me underwater for a while and after about a minute I realized I was still breathing and calmed down. The water was pretty cold so always ask for full wetsuit.
After both dives we still had energy so we booked quad biking (also from guy at hotel) for $30 each. They drove us off to the desert and gave us full 45 minutes on the bikes - no cheaping out. Guide was very friendly and a good guy. Instead of just having us ride in a circle they had us travel to a bedouin village thing as destination, which I thought was pretty cool. While chilling in village thingy I noticed I was sitting in a 100% kosher succah לכל הדעות! Fine except maybe Chazon Ish ;-) But still I thought that was fascinating and will bli neder post pics of that as well. We drove back through desert nearing sunset and scenery was beautiful. It is amazing that even a desert can be quite scenic.
We got back to hotel completely shot and just chilled and had early night. We had flight to Cairo for next day so had to wake up early...
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