Spring Break Trip: Chapter 1: Cairo to Sharm El Sheik

We left Cairo, after much planning and packing, early Saturday morning, March 27th. We crossed the Suez canal and drove down the Sinai Penninsula. 6 hours later, we arrived at Sharm El Sheik. Sharm is a totally tourist destination. We went because they also happen to have Egypt's only National Park: Ros Mohammad National Park. We stayed at a cheap place that was ok. No bugs, clean sheets and some decent Egyptian breakfast.

First thing we noticed about Sharm was that people followed the street light signals, drove in the lines and didn't honk too much. AAAHHH what a nice break from Cairo:)

Sunday morning (28th---my 34th birthday!!!) the kids sang to me over breakfast in English and Arabic:) We headed to Ros Mohammed, after getting our snorkeling gear together. It was amazing! Sandy beaches, rocky beaches, turquoise water with brilliant coral and reef life. We swam, collected rocks and shells (that we left there at the end of the day---national park, remember!) and snorkeled like crazy. Brent thinks he counted 30 different varieties of tropical fish along the reef we visited. Really, it was amazing.

Here are pictures: