Day 12: Sharm

We checked out of the Le Meridien Dahab and headed for our luxurious one night stay at the Four Seasons in Sharm El-Sheikh. We were greeted with cool towels and cold mint tea. After a few little inconveniences with our room we were settled into a lovely room with a gated entry to stairs leading up to a nice porch.

The sprawling grounds of the Four Seasons are gorgeous. There are palm trees and bushes and beautiful fuchsia, light pink, and white flowers everywhere. We walked down from our room to one of the pools and relaxed on comfy lounges and sipped cocktails. One of the hotel staff even stopped by to polish our sunglasses!

I, of course, was protected from further burning at all times by an umbrella or covering myself with towels. I felt a little like one of those ugly, pale white monsters that hiss and squint angrily in the sun. Later in the afternoon Paul snorkeled off the Four Seasons’ jetty, while I watched from the beach under an umbrella. He promised the reef was not as spectacular as the snorkel sites we had visited in Dahab. Anyway, I didn’t mind my “condition” too much with the sweet resort staff stopping by, adjusting my umbrella for perfect shade and offering to give me the moon if I asked. Hah.

Paul on his way to snorkel off the jetty.
Returning after a successful snorkel trip.

In the evening, Paul and I enjoyed the bottle of wine that Mohammed had given us from Jordan before heading off to dinner. Dinner was great. We went to a restaurant in the resort that overlooks the water and took part in the “fish market.” For our main course, we were taken over to a big block of ice near the kitchen displaying several whole fish, fish filets, shrimp, and calamari. I picked out a yummy whole roulade (sorry little guy) and a grouper filet and Paul picked a tuna filet. So fresh and delicious! The appetizers – shrimp tempura and scallops – and side of Egyptian seafood rice were mouthwateringly good too.

After dinner we walked back out to the jetty off the beach and tried to peer into the water at the night fish. We didn’t see a lot, so we just sat on the lounges and listened to the sound of the water and took advantage of the rarely cool air. It was a great day!
On our way to dinner.
Standing at the gate to our porch and room.

I think my true calling is not the law…I was meant to be the host of a fabulous travel channel show called “Luxurious Hotels in Exotic Locations”! I can just picture it now…