Days 10 and 11: The Red Sea, Aqaba and Snorkeling

Ahhh, Aqaba. After our adventures in Petra, we were were ready for a few days of r&r. We stayed at a beautiful resort on the Red Sea in the city of Aqaba. It was beautiful! Although it wasn't as warm as we all would have liked, it was still nice enough to sit out on the beach and enjoy the view.  Our first day we did just that. We just hung out, relaxed, swam and ate. It was perfect!

CJ taking it all in.

View from our deck off of our hotel room.

The kids enjoying playing on the beach just as if they were back home. Except this is the Red Sea and across the water there is Egypt!

The girls enjoyed sitting at the beach bar drinking smoothies.

They hung out here quite a bit.

Mike, CJ and I sat at a table and just enjoyed the sunset. 

So happy!

The kids loved playing with the giant chessboard by the pool.  They could have stayed and played all day, but it got cold and dark fast.

 The next day, we headed to a different beach away from our hotel to go snorkeling. Once we got there, we found a guy who was willing to take us out on his glass bottom boat.  We figured this was a good option because it was cold and we weren't sure how good the snorkeling would be. This way Sebi and Brooklyn could enjoy the day too and we were guaranteed to go to a good spot to see fish.

Sebi heading out to the boat.

Checking out the fish using the glass bottom. The kids LOVED this! 

Mike and Stella heading out to snorkel.

Stella and our captain looking at pictures on his phone.

The snorkelers trying to stay warm on the boat after they went for their undersea adventure.

I love these guys. They honestly are so much fun and happen to be the best vacation couple.  We love traveling with them and their family and can't wait until the next adventure!

After snorkeling and on our way back to Jerusalem we had to stop by CJ's favorite Shwarma place for lunch. It was delicious.