I had a lovely flight to Sharm, as the plane was only half full and my bag was first out! There was an air-conditioned taxi waiting to take me to my favourite little hotel. I have already had one swim, which is the beauty of the early flight, but I am a bit tired as I had to leave home at 2.30 a.m.
I don't find Egypt a beautiful country - from the air, the landscape is lunar . The only bit of colour is the lovely blue sea - everything else is grey, brown, black, beige and white. The journey from Sharm to Nuweiba took 90 minutes and was almost featureless - one long straight road between bare rocky hills,with an occasional few square, concrete houses built in the desert for no apparent reason, as couple of scrawny camels and lots of plastic bags of litter. I wasn't bored because I like to see the different rock formations. There seem to be some glacial valleys, but the rivers that formed them are long since dried up.
I come for one thing only - the coral reef. It is only a short distance off the beach and stretches for miles and miles. This is the only holiday where I don't hire a car and try to see as much of the country as I can.
I have been asked why I don't go to Luxor, which is like asking somebody visiting Edinburgh why they don't visit Buckingham Palace. it would be a five hour journey across the desert or an expensive internal flight.
I am not sure what the temperature is today - but it is hot!
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