Monday 2 January
Today I decided not to go on the snorkelling trip because I get seasick. I hummed and haahed about this last night and again in the morning. I feel guilty not going along on the trip but I'm glad the kids at least get to go. They and Paul don't suffer from my malady so they're OK sloshing around in a boat at anchor at sea eating a buffet lunch. I can't imagine anything worse!
I rested and caught this blog up and watched TV. In the afternoon I felt guilty for sitting inside most of the day so I took a book and went down and sat in a sunchair on the beach.
In the evening we took a taxi back to the shopping area and had a lovely meal then taxiied back to the hotel. I don't think I wrote about the shopping area yesterday. It is absolutely overwhelming with the main street full of shops and side streets everywhere also full of shops selling tourist items. We have seen more variety of items here compared to other places including brass statues and engraved plates the sort of which I recall seeing in other North African countries on my last trip to this area in 1980. There are also lots of hookah pipes and bottles with coloured sand depicting Egyptian scenes--pyramids and camels, etc.
The hotel is full of Russians and Germans with a few French. I haven't heard any English tourists and Australians and Americans are virtually unheard of in this area. It's too bad the water is too cold for swimming.
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