We were a little underwhelmed by Alexandria and headed West to Marsa Matrouh on the coast that was much smaller and quieter. Then we took the bus straight south to Siwa Oasis.
We had brief thoughts that we might be tried of the desert, but we were wrong. The Egyptian desert is totally different then the Tunisian one. The town of Siwa was so small and peaceful and everyone still rode donkey carts around town. We actually wanted to rent a donkey cart but we had to settle for bikes and spent the day biking to different hot springs in the desert and the oasis area. Actually most of the day was me braving taking my camera underwater for the first time and taking all sorts of under underwater videos and pictures. I have at least 5 videos of Dairn diving into the water. I know you will all be lining up for that video screening at my place when I return.
The next day we headed on a mini safari with our new friends, Omar, Frea and Ken. They had picked us up the night before to cut down on the cost of the trip. We had this amazing driver Tashtash who spent most of he time showing off to the other drivers how fast he could drive on the dunes and how big of dunes he could take his truck down. We really had the feeling that tourists were superfluos to their playing and taking videos of themselves. We swam/floated in a salt lake and then went to a hot spring to rinse off and then watch the sunset over the dunes and Libya.
Then after a very quick shower hopped on the over night bus to Cairo. This was not fun, it was cold and there was a creepy guy sitting next to me and annoying me the whole trip. Well another one besides Dairn.
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