DAY 100 - SHARM EL SHEIK, EGYPT - MAY 7, 2010

WE SLEPT THROUGH THE PORT ARRIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT. NO TOUR WAS SCHEDULE FOR US TODAY. YESTERDAYS HEAT WAS ANOTHER KILLER AND WE DIDN’T THINK WE COULD DO THREE OF THESE TYPE TOURS IN THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

WE DID MANAGE TO GET IN TWO PLUS MILES ON THE TREADMILL, BOTH OF US, AND THEN TO THE POOL. WE WERE SURPRISED AS TO THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS THAT STAYED ON THE SHIP TODAY. MANY GAVE THE SAME REASON...THREE TOURS, THREE DAYS AND 100+ HEAT.

THIS EVENING WE HAD A VERY GOOD ENTERTAINER. A SCOTSMAN WHO PLAYED PIANO AND SANG. ONE OF HIS HEROS IS JERRY LEE LEWIS. KNOWING THAT LEWIS WAS HIS HERO WOULD MAKE YOU THINK HE MIGHT BE ONE DIMENSIONAL, BUT FAR FROM IT. HE ENDED HIS SHOW WITH THE INFAMOUS GREAT BALLS OF FIRE.

WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING ON THE 9TH DECK TYPING THE BLOG.

THE SHORE TO OUR RIGHT IS LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. IT CAN’T BE MORE THAN 500 YARDS AWAY. IT IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SHARM EL SHEIK PENINSULA. WE ARE ONLY 124 MILE FROM AQABA BUT WE ARE GOING SO SLOW WE DON’T DOCK UNTIL 7:00.

ALTHOUGH WE CAME REAL CLOSE TO CANCELING OUR PETRA TOUR, BECAUSE OF THE PENDING HEAT, HOWEVER WE ARE CURRENTLY STANDING TOUGH AND WILL BE READY IN THE MORNING.