Category: Holidays

The Final Dive

The Final Dive

Today we did our final dive of this holiday and we saved the best for last. All the time we’d been here we’d heard people talk of Abu Dabab as a good site to dive...

Having Fun In The Desert. Nearly

Having Fun In The Desert. Nearly

Today we headed out of the resort and into the desert for some activities amongst the sand. We were picked up from our resort in some Toyota 4x4s and after a short drive north we...

More Scuba Diving

More Scuba Diving

It was time for some more scuba diving today, and as we have to rent the equipment on a daily basis, it makes sense to do 2 dives in a day to save money. This...

Diving The House Reef

Diving The House Reef

Today it was our first time scuba diving for two years and our first since completing our Advanced Open Water Course in the Maldives. The dive school at our resort, Coraya Divers, required us to...

Snork Like An Egyptian

We’ve been in Marsa Alam for a few days and haven’t done much but sit on the beach reading books, which is pretty much how I intend to spend most of this little holiday. Today...

Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound

After what has been an incredible couple of weeks it’s now time to head home. There was just enough time this morning to head back down to Hollywood Blvd for breakfast and a few more...

Hollywood

Hollywood

Leaving the car at the hotel for once we took a walk down to Hollywood Boulevard to take a look at Mann’s Chinese Theatre and to see all of the hand and foot prints of...

San Bernardino To Santa Monica

San Bernardino To Santa Monica

And so it comes to an end. Nearly 3000 miles driven over twelve days (plus two days off), across 8 states (plus a Nevada detour), through many different terrains but luckily mostly through good weather....