Friday, December 26, 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS!


At the Pyramids
Had a great Christmas, hope you did too. Returned from Egypt on Dec. 21 - had a great vacation! Only have one picture up as Middle East internet access has been dicey since 3 underwater cables were cut on Dec. 19. No one will say when our internet speed will return to normal, but last time this happened it took about 2 weeks. Took a long time for this one picture to load.
We were in Egypt 13 days and had a great time! Started off in Cairo, took the overnight train to Aswan (visited the dam, much bigger than Hoover Dam), then a cruise down the Nile to Luxor (my favorite part of the trip) seeing monuments and the Valley of the Kings, then flew to Sharm El Sheikh on the Red Sea where the kids and I enjoyed the beach and Andy went diving. We visited these camels our first full day in Egypt. I wasn't going to ride but the guide literally picked me up and put me on the camel. Riding a camel isn't so bad, it is getting off the camel that is terrifying (ask Grant to tell you that story!).
Will try to get more pictures up later.

2 comments:

Willa said...

What a cool picture! You should use this one for your next Christmas postcard!

Bruce Bennett said...

Do they smell about like I'd expect?