Sharm is full of Charm

Sharm el Sheik

Egypt

March 8-12

Good:  Figured out the internet here.  Though we are leaving in a few hours.

Bad:  A little too much flirting for some of our tastes-well all of us really, in turns.

Surprising:  That thong bikini's are so popular in some European communities.

We have been at the Red Sea since the 8th (Saturday night).  We were supposed to leave in the morning, but I (Laila) was sick all night with "Gypy Tummy"- as my mother used to call it.  I had a fever and everything.    Hamda'allah (Thanks to God) for the antibiotic from Kaiser.  To top it off we found lice on Kalin so we treated and combed the out again before getting on a public bus for the 6 hour trip through the Sanai.  We had quite a few check points to pass through and we believe we went in a tunnel under the Suez Canal.

This is a five star hotel filled with Europeans-mostly Russians.  Though there are a few Arabs and Western Europeans.  Many folks carry a bottle of vodka with them around at night.  I see why some Europeans think Americans are prudes.  I have never been around such skimpy suits-on men and women.  I think this is the best abstinence education my children could have.  Nothing like a large, hairy, flabby, pale person to reduce the libido!

The Red Sea is stunning!  We snorkeled (including Kalin) and saw the most amazing fish.  Just like being in an aquarium-such amazing colors.  I swam through some jelly fish that were lit up from the inside.  Cool and scary.  I do not know if they sting.

The flirting is intense.  Today Rinda was met with a "I am sad."  When she inquired why, she was met with a "Because I like you and you do not like me."  Single women are a rarity here. We think we will change our story in Luxor and Aswan.  We will have left our husbands at home. 

We are off to ride a glass bottom boat before we head back to Cairo.  Kalin in particular is happy to be going back, although we all look forward to it.