Day 87 at Sea; April 2, 2011
Today I waded in the Red Sea buried by feet in Egyptian sand sat in the shade of an umbrella enjoying a cool North African breeze. I did not get a tour to Luxor or the Valley of the Kings or Karnac. I didn’t get to take the long drive with buses and vans caravanning across the desert. We did walk out to the Port gate and take a taxi with eight other people from the ship. For $60 our driver took us to the Holiday Inn Resort where we paid $15 each to enjoy the lovely grounds and use their beach and get a towel and swim in the pools or in the sea. The water was much colder than I expected.
As we disembarked we were puzzled to see hundreds of people with large carts of furniture. Someone said they were returning to Egypt after having fled to safety. We never did find out for sure. There weren’t a lot of tourists around.
We came back to the ship around one for lunch and spent the rest of the day luxuriating on Lido Deck.
The buses with all the touring passengers did not arrive until seven thirty, which was our sailing time. They made it without incident, though I heard one woman fainted in one of the tombs—probably heatstroke.
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