November 10th, 2019 Today we had an early 5am start at the dive shop to go out to the wreck dive, SS Thistlegorm. This is another top 10 dive site in the world and was quite expensive to do (an extra $100 per person on top of the regular diving price for today). It is…
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Day 276 – The Red Sea, Egypt
November 9th, 2019 Today was our second day of diving and a full day out on the boat. We got up early and had a great buffet breakfast before getting on the dive boat around 8:30am. There are many super nice boats in Sharm El Sheikh and the dive boat we were on today was…
Day 275 – Sharm El Sheikh and The Red Sea, Egypt
November 8th, 2019 Scuba diving in the Red Sea is what drew me to come to Egypt in the first place. It is rated by many as some of the best diving in the world. During our time here we got to visit two of the top 10 dive sites in the entire world. After…
Day 273-274, Cairo to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
November 6th – 7th, 2019 After breakfast we got our transportation back to Cairo. They shoved us in the backseat of a three-row car that was completely full. It felt like a long journey back through the desert to reach Cairo. We went back to Dahab Hostel after we had to jump out of a…
Day 272 – The White Desert, Egypt
November 5th, 2019 Today we woke up early before sunrise so that we could watch it over the White Desert. It was very pretty and afterwards our guide made us breakfast. We then spent time walking around and viewing all the cool formations. Once camp was packed up we went to Crystal Mountain. It was…
Day 271 – The Black and White Desert, Egypt
November 4th, 2019 We got up early to be ready for our 6am ride to take us to the desert. I always say you never know where the day is going to take you, and this especially felt true today. I didn’t know anything about the place we were going until the day before, and…
Day 270 – The Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
November 3rd, 2019 We booked a tour today with a guide and driver to explore the Great Pyramids and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Although Egypt is an inexpensive place to travel, anything related to tourism is highly inflated in costs. We were surprised how much things cost after coming from Southeast Asia. Everyone here…
Days 267-269, Goodbye India, Hello Egypt
October 31st – November 2nd, 2019 Our day at the Taj Mahal yesterday was great, but it seems we couldn’t leave India without total chaos which is a fair summary of this part of the world we have visited. Even taking an Uber can be unreliable and dodgy. EVERYTHING takes so much longer than you…
Day 266 – Agra, India
October 30th, 2019 Today was a really awesome day! We got up at 4am to get ready to go to the Taj Mahal for sunrise when it was supposed to be significantly less crowded. We walked from our hostel, got our tickets and waited in the security line outside the East Gate until they opened…
Day 265 – Agra, India
October 29th, 2019 Last night we walked to our bus which was a very confusing experience since it is usually just on the side of the road somewhere, and not often at a designated bus station. We finally found the bus that was stopping in Ajmer which is where we are supposed to get off…