Today I took Mum and Dad down to Ras Um Sed beach to go snorkeling. I got them some snorkeling gear from the place next door to the hotel and we got the hotel shuttle bus down to the beach. We headed out to the reef, but just as we got there Mum had a panic attack and Dad and I had to take her back to shore.Dad and I had fun swimming around and exploring the reef. I didn't see anything really different to what I had seen before, except a really big green and pin...

Mum and Dad arrived early this morning to save me from my current state of complete boredom. Their transfer had failed to pick them up from Sharm el Sheikh airport, but other than that they were unscathed from their journey from Jerusalem. We went down to Picasso's for something to eat and then spent most of the day by the pool. The music as usual was terrible. It was so terrible today, that I was actually motivated to go and bat my eyes at one of the dj's and a...

As Tim was still on his Mt Sinai climb this morning, Fiona and I decided to go to Ras Um Sed beach for the day. We got the hotel courtesy bus down to the beach and sat there with our sun loungers right in the water sunning ourselves for a bit. Since I am going to be here for a week on my own, I decided to invest in a snorkel, mask and fins and check out the reef. The reef was amazing! Better than Tiran island, which we had paid to see. I was gutted I had not bro...

After yesterday's sleeping effort and drinks last night, I had a little trouble getting out of bed this morning. Not enough for the Hawaiian shirt to make an appearance, but I was uncomfortable. We got picked up for our snorkeling trip at 8:15am, and then the driver of the minivan picked everyone else up, the slow stupid way. Oh my god, I'd forgotten about that. We got to the jetty and got our masks and flippers and then it took nearly two hours for them to get ...

I spent the vast majority of today asleep, which was a nice change (after all I am actually on holidays now!) I woke up in my usual momentary panic, but managed to go back to sleep. I watched TV for most of the day and went to Picasso's, the café up the road for lunch with Tim and Fiona. After lunch I went back to the hotel and slept some more, before we all went out to Na'ama bay to book some day trips. Tim booked himself in for Mt. Sinai, which I have no wish...