After a couple of weeks in Cairo - without a car, and without the internet - we decided that it was time to get out of town. So we hired a driver to take us (and another family) seven hours to the South Sinai coast. The Sinai is the only land bridge connecting Africa and Asia, has been the object of several modern and ancient wars, is bordered to the north by the Mediteranean Sea and to the south by the Red Sea. The Red Sea is warm, with crystal clear water over magnificent reefs that (some say) rival the Great Barrier Reef in Austrailia. It is a scuba diver's mecca. We stayed in the town of Dahab for a few nights, then in Sharm el Sheikh for a few more. ML and the boys enjoyed the snorkeling - the tropical fish were amazing - and I went diving several times. What a great break from Cairo!

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