Palmera

A few weekends ago, we decided it was time to get out of Cairo again. So we booked a room at the Palmera hotel in Ain Soukhna. There was a terrible dust storm when we left on Thursday. It was like being in fog it was so thick. We hoped the coast would be clear, but the sand from the desert blew all the way to the Red Sea. On Thursday night we thought we'd have to head back and stay indoors all weekend. Thankfully, on Friday morning the dust had cleared out and the sky was blue. We had so much fun that we decided to stay another night. There were a mix of Egyptian nationals and foreigners at the hotel. Some people in string bikinis, and I saw one lady go swimming completed dressed with face veil and all.

Here is the view from the beach chairs to the sea:

These large palapas gave us plenty of shade:

A view down the coast. You can see some dust still blowing down this way:
We took a few walks out on this pier to look for crabs and fish:

H&N slept together on the floor on their Thermarest camping mattresses:

Here is Nathan relaxing with a sandwich:

Henry wrapped up in his towel:

Henry and me cuddling:

Nathan and Joe chowing down: