I asked the concierge to make my bed up the same as he did yesterday and here’s what they managed.
Styx
Looks like the oarsman from the Styx.
Perhaps if I throw a couple of coins at him, he’ll row me to some alternative reality.
Next time I go to sleep.
Sweet dreams.
With pink abandonment, this tree seemed to have taken the eye of a group Russians who were Queueing up to take pictures in front of it when I went to get a fix.
Took a while to adjust myself, took some money out and forgot to pick it up, then made my way to Na’Ama bay.
Since getting a flight from Manchester was the cheapest option. With Thomsonfly £123 single. I’ve flown into Sharm rather than any of the other destinations which worked out considerably more expensive plus didn’t have the flexibility.
Sharm is not my ideal choice, but I’ll hang out here for a couple of days to get my bearings.
PADI
Also, Sharm is one of the cheapest places to do a PADI.
I intend to do a course, so will be blogging this and what it entails.
Here’s a picture from Manchester Airport. Reminds me of those light bikes and apt to escaping from Wolverhampton for a couple of months.
In forthcoming blog, I’ll be using Flickr to host the photo’s.
This means they’ll be available to the open source community to manipulate as they please, but otherwise will be no different.
Are Americans Clever??
Well I wondered this one as I sat in the Blogworld convention in Vegas not more than 6-7 months ago.
“Are Americans Clever?” cos in a way there’s a lot of churn over there and most of the people doing the churning don’t know they’re churning.
WIndows Live Writer
This little piece of software can be testament because if you’re a travel blogger, many will be the times when you’ll find yourself with all the material to do a blog but a bad connections.
This software, I am hoping, (if Americans are clever), will take away the sins of the non-broadband world and deliver us from bad uplinks, 6-10 minute image uploads and all the other nightmare scenario’s you can expect when blogging on the road.
Compose: then post as your connection allows.
Download it here: windows live composer
You’ll be pleased to hear, with forthcoming bloggage we’ll be using this little gadget to capture those things that walk above the earth, and those which slither upon it.
Personal
I’ve stuck with the optio series, partly because the optio s was the first ‘true’ compact capable of quality pictures, sound & video recording. Also, I’m familiar with all the features.
At the time, 2003, I hated the idea of carry around a camera. I now own a Canon 350D, so things have moved on in that respect.
My first Optio S lasted for about 1 year, whilst on the road in Rio a little sand became wedged in the lens mech and jammed for which I had to go to Costa Rica to get repaired.
On reaching the Repair shop in San José, I was sold the S5i to continue my travels, this lasted up through the States. Got some nice shots of the mesa verde caves down round Colorado/Nevada area, 
carried on through NY got a nice shot of this American flag which everyone seemed to be looking @.
Anyway, whilst in Kosovo/Serbia the S5i went missing somewhere.
That was last year.
New Camera
You might think that owning an SLR would be enough.
but AN SLR WON’T–
Take Videos
Take Pictures underwater
So I bought this Optio W30, water resistant up to 3 meters.
It’s got many features 7mega pixel, looks OK and will fit in my pocket.
I got this Cybershot pouch to protect it from random pieces of sand or anything that might damage the lens.
You got 2 in the case and they’re reversible+washable.
My two cameras
Optio W30 underwater Camera
£20
Canon 350D with Sigma 80-200mm Lens