My first trip to a middle eastern country....

                                       

             The hotel we stayed at, we decided from now on when we travel 

                    we will always book with hilton. Great service and beautiful hotel.

There was plenty of desert surrounding our hotel.

                                     

    Most of the people of Egypt lived in these type of huts

        in the desert.

                                             

    Some of the wild life, being the animal lover that i am

       i was thrilled to be able to hold this little guy.

                                        

           This is a great way for the Muslim women to make some extra money.

         They cook these wraps for almost every meal. They were pretty tasty.

                                           

   I really wanted to see the women behind the mask...

                                    

            I found this to be very interesting, the people of this village feed their

              goats cardboard made out of sugar plants. They are very resourceful in Egypt.

  The 96 year old woman.

          I loved the camels, also learned that they can go up to 5 months without water. 

        Thankfully they were getting their water while we were there. As i tend to feel

               bad for them, being in the desert heat and being forced to give rides to all

overweight tourists.

                   

                                             

               The desert was beautiful around sunset. We were on a safari tour

    for the day and were able to stay until sunset.

    This little guy stole my heart. As i said in my introduction

   I am the type to wander from the herd. I decided to walk around alone in the 

     evening and came across this little guy and his momma laying down in the desert.

          It was around dinner time and i stole some food and feed both of them after of course 

          smothering them both. Earlier in the day i almost got into serious trouble for givingthe 

              mother good drinking water ( this little guy must have been hiding somewhere in the 

               mean time). In case most of you don't know, the drinking water in Egypt is not ok to

                drink. So they have to preserve as much as possible. I however did not care, once you

          have a dog ( giving you those eyes) while you are drinking fresh cold water 

you  cannot just look away (like everyone else did).

                                        

         Our entertainment for the evening. He put on an awesome show.

                                        

    The maldives of Egypt. We snorkeled at 3 different islands. 

           I of course was terrified. They dropped us in the middle of the Red Sea

             and said ok swim to the island and i seen my first sting ray. As well as   numerous purple jelly fish (they do not sting).

               Our hotel was also so beautiful, i also would have been okay 

with just staying there all day.

  Behind our hotel also had an amazing coral reef for snorkeling.

                                           

       I would definitely go back, it was also a very inexpensive trip.