Ain Sukhna.

Day trip to a resort on the Red Sea with the Greek Society. Ain Sukhna is only an hour or two from Cairo. School was over, I had officially taken off work for the month, and there was nothing for me to do that day but relax, read a little, swim and play frisbee, and drink some beer with good company. Fantastic.

These buildig skeletons are everywhere - in Cairo and other cities and along highways all over the country. I'm not sure whether they've fallen out of use or were never finished.

Everyone brought booze with them. Oh, Greek Orthodox Egyptians. Good to have you around.

This photo and the next are from Shahir's family's vacation home not far from the resort, where a few of us went afterwards to sit around on the beach and trade bad jokes.

Not exactly Potato Lake [no offense, Potato Lake].

Bonus picture! At the Greek Society dinner I already wrote about, this delightful old man asked me to dance. He had far too much energy - actually tuckered me out after a while. At one point, he asked, "It's nice? You like?" Flirtatious little scamp. He was at the beach, too, flirting with all the girls. [photo by the Greek Society]