A whole lotta nothin'

29^th-30^th October 2009 – Days 31-32 – Dahab, Egypt

We went to Dahab with one main objective – do as little as possible. This was not only achieved, but achieved with flying colours! After an increasingly typical desperate dash for Cairo’s Turgoman bus station and a night bus in which I was woken up five times to show my passport and the driver got into a show of strength with an articulated truck (which, thankfully, nobody won) we pulled up in Dahab and headed straight for BishBishi, the place Richard had recommended to us. “Check in is at 12” they told us, “so your room is not yet ready. You can go to our restaurant on the beach to chill out for a bit if you want”. The expression “chill out” was one that seemingly everyone in the Dahab hospitality business knew and we soon learnt why. We hardly left “the place on the beach” for the entire two days and instead entertained ourselves with endless cups of tea, endless games of backgammon, and a few beers to boot. The first night saw a valiant attempt to do something else as we went to eat next door (and after my 6 hour nap in the restaurant, it seemed appropriate). M went one better and dragged herself several minutes back to BishBishi for a shower, although dragged herself right back after for more tea and backgammon. The following morning saw us greeted like old friends by the staff and we were then given a hearty goodbye and best wishes. A great and friendly place to “chill out”.

"Get the jumper cables, coffee isn't helping!'

Are we getting slightly too old and comfortable...?

Richard has headed to Aswan already and we’ve arranged to meet him on Sunday. Between then and now we have to get our ferry tickets from Cairo on arrival tomorrow morning, pick up our bags from Daniel and Megan and finally say goodbye to Dahab Hostel, and then get ourselves onto a night train to Aswan without any glitches in the plan. It should be fine, inch’allah, and we embark on the long road to Sudan.