Ahhh... the ocean

It was so nice to go to sharm. I came back day before yesterday at night, after 5 great days on the beach. We had a nice bus hired for us, and got there last wednesday night. Each year, these two brothers that live out there throw a big birthday party at this private beach club, and had hired us to play for the party. The band was guitar, bass and drums, and another guitarist and saxophonist joined us there. We spent the day on the beach, did the soundcheck in the afternoon, and then went home to get ready to come back for the gig. The party was a lot of fun and the place was packed, and everybody seemed to enjoy it. The next day the other guys in the band went back, but me and my friend Hamada, who's Egyptian but raised in Minnesota (almost as random as being Spanish raised in Indiana), who had tagged along for the trip, stayed until sunday. Did a little snorkeling, swam, got sunburned, hung out more at the beach club, since we had sort of VIP status for playing there. I've stayed in contact with the owner, who had talked to another guy in the band about playing there again in a week, which would be great to get to go right back out there. As of now, that's not confirmed, but inshallah we'll be on beach again very soon.