Final Days in Dahab

I have been remiss in my postings the past few days, but in my defense, there has not been much noteworthy to report. After our adventure to Mount Sinai, we have shifted all the way to the opposite end of the relaxation spectrum and our days have settled into a very similar routine:

8:00 AM Breakfast/Locate beach chair
11:00 AM Shuttle to town
11:30 AM Lunch at Yum Yum’s
1:00 PM Shuttle back to hotel/Return to beach chair
5:00 PM Call the kids
8:30 PM Shuttle to town for dinner

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Our original plan was to leave Dahab on Thursday, make a quick trip to Petra in Jordan, and then spend four days in Sharm el-Sheikh, before returning to Cairo. However, inertia has taken a firm hold and we like it here a lot, so opted to lengthen our stay here, and shorten our time in Sharm. We also decided we weren’t up for the 5 hour trip each way to see Petra, so are leaving that one on the bucket list for a future trip.

This will be our last full day in Dahab, and while we will miss it, I think we are ready to move on and see something new. We’ve been around long enough that the locals in town are starting to recognize us, with one of them asking me last night why I’m not brown since I’ve been here for a week. I told him that unfortunately, I only come in white and red, and the sad truth is that after almost three weeks here, we both look like we have been on vacation in Minnesota ☹