Windsurfing A Way Of Life

Well what can I say, no wind today woke up early to catch the laundry in the Hilton. Now the laundry service in the Hilton is actually quite good. You can drop your clothes in there early around 8:30am and collect them around 5pm the same day all washed, pressed and ironed. Sounds great I hear you cry, no more drying laundry hanging around the house because its too wet outside, or the clothes are freezing on the line and so on all the usual problems with washing in winter in Europe on days when you can’t use that but ugly whirly gig thing that becomes a blot on the picturesque view of your garden, God I hate those things, you spend a fortune on plants, and then find you can’t see them, because this damn spinning washing is blocking the view. Anyway where was I, ahh yes, the Hilton Laundry. The guys in the laundry are absolutely great very friendly and do give a great service. However there is a problem, it seems the machines in there only wash at boiling temperature, its a good testing ground for those brand label items, is the quality of this material really as the sales person told me? send them to me and i’ll go test them for you. Anyway its a life saver for a guy like me who really doesn’t want to invest in a washing machine and has no time for ironing, the laundry service keeps me looking clean and fresh and i thank them for it. THANKS GUYS!!

After going to the Laundry I passed to the Club Mistral Windsurfing center at the Hilton Dahab to see friends and colleagues. When I arrived I was pleasantly surprised to see that we had received a delivery of new North Sails Teamwear. I have to say I have been waiting for some of this to arrive and immediately bought a short and long sleeve t-shirt. After raiding the shop I set off to the Swiss Inn with Manolis for a spot of lunch, actually in a year and a half here today was the first time I have eaten in the Swiss Inn and I must say it was very nice to have something other than the same deep fried artery clog hot menu from the beach bar at the Hilton. Actually the beach bar food at the Hilton is very nice but the menu hasn’t changed in the whole time I have been here and it could do with a few healthy option hot dishes. The food was quite good and I filled my stomach with some yummy pasta with chicken and a cream sauce. Manolis had to dash off as he had arranged a trip for his guests to the Blue Hole, a local dive and snorkeling site which is a great trip and a must do if you visit Dahab. If you go to the Blue hole I would suggest that you swim around the right hand side. There is a beautiful bank of coral running down and this is the most alive part of the reef.

To round up grabbed a pizza from the beach bar to bring back to the flat for later on, came home and cracked on with some work. Now filling this in for anyone who is interested and enjoying a glass of Chivas Regal with warm water YUM!. Take care all.