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Steve and Sue's Sinai Adventure (S.S.S.&A.)
February 2006

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Jumping right in... Sue, from Winnipeg Canada, has temporarily relocated to the Sinai, Egypt (the Sinai is actually in Asia). Since her arrival in Cairo, we have been to the desert for a wedding, slept in a horse stall, toured whale bones in the desert, pyramids, museums, moved to Dahab (a hippie Bedouin community), diving, diving certifications, and running in the morning - most mornings. During this time Steve launched an iPod accessory playlist generator called iCharts, complained about school  (even though while in class he is 10 meters from the sea), and walking in flip-flops really slow.

Basically, we live in a small clean room, $4 a night, no TV, two beds (one is now a couch), no stove, and the BishBishi Bedouin camp is seconds from the beach. Without further adi-a-dooo - pictures.

Peace

 
Steve and Sue, after dive cocktails overlooking the bay in Dahab.

 
Backtrack, Sue in front of some old rocks. Six marriage proposals on this day. Top bidder, 12,000 camels.

An added bonus on this day (Sue's third day in town), a local stole something from a tourist-trinket salesman, and in  his escape, he ran into the tombs underneath the Giza sight. Police gave chase on appropriated Camel's. Much yelling. He may still be down there today?


 

Wadi Rian (sp), on our way to Curt and Sandrine's wedding in the desert.

 
Curt and Sandrine's wedding reception in a Bedouin tent.

 
Next, a wedding dance in an open air horse stall, the sight also served our evening accommodations. Sleeping on a pile of hay is rather warm and comfortable. I don't think the dog liked us using his bed for the evening. Friends who forked out $10 US for a room in town would have rather stayed here.

 
Post wedding... our desert tour guide Jeremiah. Yes, he wore the suit all day - touring multiple whale bone sites.

 
Boys

 
January 26th, someone turned 30.

 
Dahab hair - this is not staged! This is what we look like in Dahab.

(left to right, Steve US, Sue Canada, Eline Netherlands, Jeremiah US)


 
Steve and Jeremiah's favorite post-dive spot for the last 3-4 years, now we're joined by the ladies.
They fit right in.

 
Nice mountains.

 
Sue after her introduction dive, she was in class and scuba certified days later (the jury is still out on other potential certifications).

 
Love that t-shirt, actually purchased at the Vegoose Jam Band Music Festival in Las Vegas last October. In Egypt, many tourists and locals smile and high-five us upon reading this shirt. I also took the liberty of altering the picture, all letters are included on the real t.