Grant and Patti's Middle Eastern Vacation

We had a bit of a long day down from Petra to Sharm - we took an early morning bus from Petra to Aqaba, then a cab to the Israeli border, then another cab to the Egyptian border and finally a 4-hour cab ride from Taba to Sharm. The weather here is great, so it has been nice to relax. We're staying right on the main strip in a nice hotel with a pool, beach access and have a nice balcony in our room. We stayed in some real dumps in Jordan, so this has been a nice change.

We're going diving starting tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, we couldn't get the proper visa at the border, so we can't visit one of the dive sites I wanted to see. I guess we'll have to come back again.......

I think we'll hang out here for at least another few days and will then make our way back up to Israel again.