Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Dahab, Egypt was hit by three bombs yesterday, killing 23 and injuring 62:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4941446.stm

You can see the Neptune Hotel, where I stayed, in picture 7 below. The bridge in pictures 1 and 2 was immediately beneath my window:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4941026.stm

The Al Capone restaurant is where I ate dinner most nights:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4940908.stm

I have made only a few new friends on this trip. One is Salem, who worked in my hotel in Dahab. His name means "Peace," and we have kept in touch via e-mail since I left Dahab two months ago. In his last e-mail he sent me a picture of himself (above), and ended his message saying, "Really I miss you." Really, I hope I don't have to miss him too. Such incredible stupidity.

The Christian Science Monitor interviewed Hany Aly, the manager of the Neptune Hotel, and he sounded rather upbeat, stating that the cafe where Salem works is still open for business. This makes me optimistic that Salem's pretty picture doesn't deserve to be posted on my blog.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0426/p06s01-wome.html

(Photo received via e-mail: Salem at the Neptune Hotel, Dahab, Egypt)