Aqaba

Aqaba is a port city, bordering Israel and Egypt. We got a slow start there with the hotel, but finished at the top of the list. We decided to go with an off hotel called the Tulip Hotel, which was supposed to be near the beach (and I'm sure it was depending on your definition of "near") however we both decided that we have no hot water and cockroaches in Iraq, so we decided to pick another hotel that night. We had to argue with the people to let us leave though because they tried to charge us $50 for taking a cold shower, but their credit card machine wouldn't work and we refused to go to the ATM. We won in the end because they got too frustrated. We moved to the Movenpick that night - which was awesome and the next day made our way down to the beach. We found a guy with a boat and he took us out to the "Japanese Gardens" dive area at South Beach where we met his "cousin" who had a big dive boat. Kallee had finished her dive certification in the pool in Spokane, but had never been on an official dive and she did great. She managed to take some awesome pictures in the mean time. We finished our day off by hanging out in the pub watching the Spain vs Germany football match. It was great fun!