Egypt... day one

We're off! As soon as I finish writing this I have to run upstairs, throw the last few items into our suitcases and throw the suitcases in the car. We're on our way to Egypt today for a 2 week adventure. I'll be posting pix and stories here as we go but being the lazyass writer that I am, don't hold your breath. Does lazyass come from laissez-faire? Hmmm.

Our Itinerary: we drive from here to a hotel near Heathrow where it's actually cheaper to spend a night and leave our car there for 2 weeks than it would have been to leave it at the longterm parking at the airport. Go figger. Tomorrow we'll feel the 30+ Egyptian heat in Cairo and it'll be a warm n' welcome change from wet n' windy Wales. Three days in Cairo will give us enough time to see the pyramids and cruise on a camel before we get on a cruise ship to see Egypt from the Nile. Deb would know better but I think the ship takes us to Luxor. Or is it Aswan? Hurghada? Anyways from there we somehow (bus?, boat?, plane?) get to Dahab, a resort town on the Red Sea that's famous for its scuba diving. We've booked eight dives so if I can find a cheap, disposable, underwater camera I'll be posting some pix of life under the Red Sea.

OK gotta go. Stay tuned...