How we spent our Egyptian Vacation

So, all of our faithful readers are probably expecting a slew of posts since we had Kelly's laptop with us on the dive safari (that's UK speak) and must've been taking hundreds of pictures per day. If only that were the case.

First, some background. About a week and a half before our dive trip, we had some sick people walking around our office. Sick + Dive Vacation = Bad News so we weren't particularly thrilled with the dedication our coworkers were showing to their jobs. Then, we went to Puglia and the heater in our room went on the fritz and we both ended up with dry, sore throats.

You see where this is going. Sore throat plus sick coworkers equals Aaron hitting the water for the first dive, getting down about 10ft and thinking all sorts of nasty thoughts as the water pressure attempts to crush my ears and I can't get them to clear at all... so much for SCUBA diving!

The good news was that our dive guide Ute knew a thing or two about blocked up heads and introduced us to our new best friend, Vicks VapoRub. Mix that with a little hot water and a big old towel and miracles happen.

Here's a shot of how I spent the better part of my dive safari.
Kelly joined me shortly thereafter...
So instead of taking thousands of fantastic underwater photos to share with you, we spent the week trying to make lemonade out of our lemons. We did manage a number of good dives. I'll have a follow up post summarizing the trip and will hope that Kelly selects a few good photos to share with you all.

We really did have a good time...

Edited by Kelly to add: Yes, we did have a great time even with the trouble of sickness. Check back in a few days to see if any of the Italians that got us sick survived my first days back to work!