Eilat for a day

I am two days behind on the blog:) Today is a traveling day so I have much time to write. I will be sending these blogs in the short hop through Israel to Jordan. There I will be off grid again for two days (probably, depends on if they have free wi-fi in the hotel) so those entries will also be delayed. Now without any further ado (and everyone knows, this show has plenty of do) let me tell you about our morning in Eilat.

Had our usual early wake up call, and that morning I struggled to get up. Because we did not have a hectic travel day we had a free morning in Eilat. On the way through the crater I mentioned before we saw much in the way of rock formations and such. I have so many pictures of those from the previous trip that I decided to forgoe the pictures.

We made a stop at a kibbutz that is well known for it's dairy products. Bought some chocolate milk. Very good!

Our options for the day in Eilat were snorkeling, visiting the mall or going to the aquarium. I obviously chose the mall! Just kidding :) I decided to snorkel. I really wish I could have taken pictures of what I saw. The fishes were amazing. The water was very clear. An amazing variety of fish. I even saw an octopus. It was being hassled by two fish and it moved. So I got to see it. Some of the fish came up close enough to touch. I really enjoyed it.



The lifeguard tower at the beach.

From there we went to the border. It was actually quite painless. I was surprised. From there we took the two hour drive to St Catherines Guest House.


It is across the road from the place I stayed last time. The new hotel was definitely an upgrade, but still spartan.


The rest of the day was spent relaxing. There is not much to do in Sinai except visit the monastery, and climb the mountain which would happen the following day. Had my first good nights sleep. More in the next post.

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