Egypt
September 17-18. After an overnight flight, I arrived at Sharm El-Sheik and the Savoy Sharm El Sheikh Hotel, which is huge. It's also part of a complex with other hotels, a shopping mall, restaurants, etc. My plan was to visit Saint Catherine's Monastery by Mount Sinai, the purported location of the burning bush. I signed up for a minibus but waited outside the hotel in vain. It never showed up and only much later did the agency call to tell me that they couldn't make it. That also meant that it was too late to get on a dive boat, very disappointing.
At least I caught a beautiful sunrise because I got up so early for the drive to the monastery.