It’s been a while since my last post and – since this is a travel blog – I won’t be posting that often anymore. I do plan to write small posts about trips or vacations that I make, starting with my recent trip to Egypt.
Together with 30 others from my former rowing club in Amsterdam we went on a 10 day vacation to Egypt to celebrate the 5 year existence of the sub-entity that the year of ’06 – my year – had created within the rowing club (long story..) The trip was organized with a surprise destination by 6 people from the group, so it was only very short before we left that I found out that we were going to Egypt. As you can imagine a trip like this with 31 guys can be crazy but a lot of fun!
A few highlights from the trip:
- In Cairo I met up with Tamer, whom I know from Stanford! We went clubbing and he also showed me around the city
It was really nice to see him again. - Egyptian food gets to your stomach: at least 6 of us (including myself) got quite sick in Luxor. Luckily it didn’t last long.
- In Hurghada and Sharm el Sheikh we stayed in all-inclusive resorts: something I have never done and will probably never do again! Sure it was fairly comfortable but you can hardly say you visited a country if you stay in such a resort.
- Diving and snorkeling in the Red Sea is AMAZING! I was lucky enough to snorkel with wild dolphins (see the video below) and also saw a big eagle ray! And even just the reefs are very beautiful.
I uploaded my pictures and some videos to Flickr, so check them out for an impression of my above and underwater experiences in Egypt!
