Carole and Peter were on the coach by 7.15a.m. to visit the Pyramids at Gisa, the boat that has recently been excavated and the lovely serene Sphinx. Then they stopped for lunch, went on to the papyrus institute, where they try to sell you expensive prints. {A waste of your precious day when there is so much more you�d rather be doing} They went on then to Cairo�s National Archaeological Museum to see Tutankhamen�s sarcophagus etc.
We had decided to stay on board as I really wanted to go to the souks in Cairo, but there were no trips to those, and they will not let people leave the ship unless you go on an arranged tour! It would have been good to see the pyramids again, but not for just one hour out of the whole day. No brownie points for Thompson�s today! So we settled for another lie in and a relaxing time lying around on sun loungers, read books and I went for a wonderful aromatherapy facial, an hour of pampering did my face a power of good. Madeleine is an excellent masseuse, I booked a massage for the following day! We strolled around the promenade deck, went for a beer, then on for dinner when Carole and Peter returned. The Lido was serving a seafood buffet, so we went there to eat again, lovely fresh fish, squid and king prawns � yummy.
We set sail to Hurghada at 10.30p.m. so were on deck to watch the ship leave port. So far we�ve set sail after going to bed, so it good to watch the ship leave once. It was a lovely clear evening and we could see Elat in Israel across the water.
Predictably we went to Horizons later, Carole and Peter joined us as there is no early start on Tuesday. It�s so much quieter than any of the other bars, and the view is better too. Ionella made us a crab out of towels tonight, bottle tops for eyes and chocolates for claws!

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