Israel from 5th-12th July. I didn't manage to see any sights in the north (galilee, Nazareth, golan heights...) because I ran out of time - I spent too long in Egypt. I stayed in Jerusalem for the week in a hostel where I met about 5 other travellers I already knew from dahab. I slept on the roof most nights which was fun to begin with but the novelty soon wears off and the early sunrise and drunkards falling on you gets annoying. On the 7th I did a day tour to...

Waiting for a pizza in the old city of Jerusalem. Still have a lot of trouble eating - scuba diving makes it worse biting on the mouthpiece all day. S.S. Thistlegorm was so incredible. We did two dives each about 40 minutes - one around the outside and one inside the wreck. Inside you can see hundreds of motorbikes, a bathroom, kitchen and many other things including fish. We also did a drift dive at the nearby Ras Mohamed notional park which is equally as impr...