Our plane arrived at 6am (we are now 7 hours behind you Aussie folk) and we zipped off to our hotel on the transfer organised through the hotel. i find it strange that we have stayed at $6 per night accommodation who offer free airport transfers however this $220 per night hotel makes you pay approx $50 for the transfer!! BIZARRE!
Luckily they let us check straight into our room which is on the 3rd floor and has a really nice view of the pool.
after a few hours of lazing about and using the internet (this isn't free either... $33 for 24 hours so we will only have internet access until tomorrow morning, can't afford it after that) and watching TV we went in search of food, after following some other people we ended up in a large room (or so we thought) that looked a bit too fancy for us in our shorts and t shirts (still the same ones from the previous morning when we left Siem Reap) but we were welcomed in and seated by a waiter. it was a breakfast buffet and had SIX tables filled with delicious hot and cold foods including several types of eggs, bacon, croissants, pancakes, french toast, pastries, fresh fruit, cereal, yoghurt, sausages, baked beans, etc etc. there was also a section of traditional Egyptian breakfasts. it was incredible and sooo delicious! we're not entirely sure if this was included in the price of the room or not, but ate two plates full just in case to get our moneys worth and this lasted us through until tea time. we spent the afternoon watching TV, talking to our families on skype, and swimming and reading by the pool. it was a lovely relaxing day. we're about to get ready to go and have some dinner at one of the many restaurants at our hotel.
tomorrow morning we are off on a tour of the pyramids!!!!
i'll let you know how that goes when we get to Istanbul on Friday
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All these hidden extra's add up. Great chatting to you both yr room looked fabulous so did the view. Brekkie sounded wonderful glad you got your fair share!! Look forward to reading about Cairo. Buy a hat each OK Enjoy xxx
Hey Pete great descriptions again, yes it is bizarre one hotel not chargiong and another charging!. Look forward to the pyramid tour.
make the best of the hotel Piet you will be slumming it in Turkey soon.
looking forward to seeing the photos of you and Ewen at the pyramids with your new hats on.
Pieta! I have not gotten to read this all week, luckily you havent done much updating! Breakfast sounds yum, and its making me hungry. I am needing some pics uploaded please. I quit my job yesterday, staring my traineeship in BENDIGO 21st of June!!!!! Have fun, I bet Dads very jealous of you atm in Egypt! xox
I'd just like to thank you for letting me drive your car to work today. It was very nice of you :) haha
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