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Sharm el Sheikh was the first place I ever snorkeled. Fabulous. We also snorkeled at a place called Nuweiba which I hear is a strong candidate for being the place where Moses crossed the Red Sea.

We camped in that area for free and a wonderful young man who was posted with a UN peacekeeping force gave us some of his care package which his sister had sent him. We were traveling bare bones so really appreciated the goodies.

I loved Egypt. The pyramids were commercialized but fabulous to consider how old they were. I would love to go back to Egypt and Israel (which we also visited) some day.

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Sharm el Sheikh is a world class spot to start your snorkeling. Most other places will pale in comparison. St John, USVI and the Great Barrier are two others that compare well to Sharm el.

I would agree on the Giza Pyramids. An afternoon would cover them but Luxor was amazing. We had a guide who really was impressive in his knowledge.

We stopped at a small intersection on the way back to our hotel and a boy offered to sell us a relic from his own digging. I asked him if it wasn’t illegal to sell antiquities and he replied, “Not old! Only 500 years!”