A month ago, we'd had no sleep, arrived in Corfu an hour and a half late only to discover that we'd missed our $2.00 bus and had to take a $50.00 cab ride instead! One month later, we should have known it was going to be "one of those days". We started off OK. Annetta had told us that everything in Israel takes three times to get right, so when we were quoted 50 shekels for a cab to the bus station, we ignored the driver, went to the street and got a ri...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TESSA!!! We are now the proud parents of a teenaged daughter! She is such a great girl and we still can't believe she's been as tough as she has on this trip, adapting to everything and being gracious and fun the whole time. We had a lovely breakfast at our hotel, the best breakfast in Egypt so far, and at 11:00 am we headed for the Blue Hole, a world class snorkelling spot, 30 minutes outside of Dahab. The ride there was less than world class, ...

Seventeen hours later…What a trip! Absolutely, our most brutal one so far. We could dwell on it, but what is over, is over. Thank goodness! We were met by a barrage of people in Dahab trying to get our business. Our new agent brought us to our transportation, but when the kids were told to jump into the back of a pickup truck - "It's OK, no worries, we take care of them" - we hesitated. The Chilean girls ended up jumping in, too, after being in the ...