Thoughts from Mount Sinai

I've just got back from Egypt, well actually I flew in last Thursday but really who's counting? I thought I'd pass on a synopsised account of my holiday on the Sinai peninsula.

My friend from school, Matt, and I went to Dahab to go and get away from it all and sort out our windsurfing moves - he has many, I have none.

We'd been last September and had an awesome time and so decided to return but on the proviso that we would visit more of Egypt than the westernised resort where we were based. It led to bouts of near dysentery, abject exhaustion and lots of English gesticulating and shouty conversations but has been one of the best holidays I've had in a long, long time.

Anyway it's provided me with a whole database of anecdotes, some of which I'll pull out here and some I'll keep in reserve for high-level networking events but in the meantime find my holiday broken down in pure fact terms.

Places visited:
Resort in Dahab- 10 days of incredible windsurfing
The top of Mount Sinai - climbed in pitch darkness for an amazing sunrise money shot
Cairo - One of the most irritating and yet worthwhile seven and a half hour coach journeys I've ever embarked on
The Treebar in Masbat - Fancy dressed hi-jinks in Masbat's premium bar

Words learnt - phonetically spelt:
Shukrun - Thank you
Aeshtar - Awesome (said complete with hand-wavy surf's up motion)

Books read:
The Long Tail- and not before time; it's been on my must read list for AGES!
Freakonomics
Atonement
A bound collection of articles by an Independent war correspondent - came free in a copy of the Indie

Injuries sustained:
Lots of bruises
A few cuts
Six insect bites
One dislocated toe that's still three times its original size

Acheivements:
Two pub quizzes won
Six pyramids seen
New found sailing confidence bordering on cockiness
An awesome tan

Photos up soon!