There is no sea around here, so desert it is.

Our flights were painfree, except for that incredibly long layover at JFK. The Delta SkyClub is comfortable, of course Delta recently stopped putting any decent munchies out so we ate hummus and crackers for a little while. Then we went next door to Chilis and had a really nice grilled salmon dish to share.

Boarding went very smoothly, except that they boarded everybody through the front door. It's so much better when they use the second door; on a full flight like last night, I always hate to be sitting there drinking a mimosa while the poor people headed for purgatory file past. The dinner menu looked extraordinary, but not for a nearly midnight flight; we declined and crashed. Woke up a a couple of hours before landing, so that was perfect.

Man! K&D has always been a great tour company, but they do it RIGHT here. I'm sure people on the plane were wondering what celebrities they had missed; we were whisked away from the very foot of the stairs in a private car, then put in a private lounge while all our tedious little details were taken care of. Just call me Brangelina. When we got in the car to head for the hotel, we were given two bottles of cold water in insulated carriers, and I got a bouquet of flowers. We came through rush hour traffic, and that was QUITE an experience. Four lanes nicely laid out on the road, our escort called the paint job "decoration". I counted seven lines of traffic as we wove in and out among the vehicles and dodged pedestrians.

When we got to the Four Seasons, we were once again put in a small lounge while Hassom checked us in. Then we were escorted to our room and everything was checked out. This is the way to live! We can faintly see the tops of pyramids from our balcony.

We ran into Pat and Ray as we were finishing dinner; they came in to start theirs.

We'll start getting our days and nights straightened back out, now.