worldtrip

  I’ve been here in Dahab, Egypt for about a week now – leaving tomorrow for Cairo and then to Greece the next day.  I have to say the best thing I’ve seen here has been the Red Sea, and especially the town of Dahab.  This place is the perfect antidote for the rest of Egypt; very laid back and relaxing.  I went kitesurfing all day today, watching camels walk along the beach while gliding over crystal clear waters.  The diving/snorkelling is really spectacular – the reef is about 100 ft offshore -you can sit in a bedouin style restaurant and look over the wall at the reef.  I also hiked up Mt. Sinai, the putative site where Moses received the 10 commandments and saw the sunrise -beautiful.  Also St Katherine’s Monastery, where there are parts built by Christians, Muslims, and Jews – quite an accomplishment! The gorilla and chimp pix are from a couple of treks I went on in Uganda – they were very expensive, but well worth it in my opinion. Next post will be from Greece!

 It looks like they may have given me some more space on this site, so I ‘ll try to update.  I arrived in Cairo today, and am just settling in – it’s pretty hot but not as bad as I’d imagined.  Heading to the pyramids tomorrow, and then down to Luxor and Aswan, then on to the Red Sea.  The pictures I’ve posted are just a sample of what I saw in Africa – all from my last week in Uganda. I’ll send a bunch more showing Zanzibar and Tanzania.  The wildlife is so unbelievable here it can make anyone a great photographer!  The gorillas and chimps were amazing to see in the wild, but real expensive – definitely a once/lifetime deal. We were able to get within about 15 feet of the gorillas, but the chimps stayed in the trees, and the lighting was not great, but they were still cool to watch.  The pythons (there were 2) were about 12 feet long – I wanted to catch one but the guide said no!  Also went rafting on the source of the Nile which was OK, but I guess I’m a little jaded from having done WW kayaking – rafting just can’t compare, but it was still a great experience (although expensive,of course).  Well, I’ll send a combination of Egypt pictures and older pix from Tanzania and Zanzibar in a a day or 2 – can only do this computer stuff for so long at a sitting.