7/20-8/16, 2009, Dahab, Egypt, 21976km

I stayed in Cairo for some more days after my wife left, waited till she moved to Japan with our cats safely although she never asked for such. Then, I left Cairo and went to Dahab.
Dahab was a seaside resort on Galf of Aqaba in Sinai peninsula, was famous for diving. The sea was beautiful. I enjoyed swimming with goggles and watching colorful fishes near at hand. But I didn't like the town so much. Everything was touristic. Rooms were cheap but meals were expensive, compare to Cairo. Instant noodle, chips, or some other junk foods became my main meal.
However, I stayed there for nearly a month, for doing nothing special but being lazy. I stopped going beaches eventually but spent lot's of time on internet. What a waste of time. My motivation for the trip, or for anything, was that low somehow.
My visa had been expired for two days already when I finally dragged myself out of the town. The mustle on my legs was no longer fit for peddaling. I suffered from cramps and exhaustion on the way to the next port town, Nuwayba, from where there were boats to Jordan.

Policemen at a check point on the way noticed that my visa was expired. "Problem", they said, but let me go, with kindly giving me water.
At Nuwayba I missed the last boat in the evening while I was eating sandwiches (because some Egyptians told me I still had time...). I had to wait for the next day.
I was told the departure was 10 am. I went by 9, and waited in a hall with other passengers. Waited, waited... It was after 3 o'clock in the afternoon when we finally began getting on the boat. Nobody was angry. Nobody complained. Egyptians (and Jordanians?) were easy going till the end.
The boat left the port around 4 pm. I thought I bought the ticket of a "speed boat" (there was only one kind at the ticket office), but it must be wrong. It was about 11 pm when we arrived at Aqabah in Jordan.
We could have got a stamp of an entry permit on our passports while on the boat. I didn't know, and had to wait for another hour or so at the port with some other stupids. Well, what did I care after all?