Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
We arrived bright and early to Sharm - clear skies and wall to wall sunshine, albeit a bit chilly. A Costa cruise ship had beaten us to the only berth alongside; clearly their captain had taken the shortcut, as Italian captains seem wont to do! We noticed it was strongly tied to the dock, presumably to prevent it rolling on its side. Coincidentally our captain, known to us as Dave, had broadcast earlier in the day, to calm the twittering masses by assuring us tha...