Sundays off, nearly impossible in the last 15 years, but now we suddenly have them. And what do you do on a sunny Sunday off? Relax at Coral Beach! The man in yellow T-shirt is Joel the caretaker. He also collects the rental fee for the beach lounges, and calls himself the Bedman!

Checking the tan of the knees:
Well....., almost there, cook just a little longer. 

We discovered why the sparrows are so in decline in Holland: they are just pretty smart, and have moved to Eilat. There are thousands of them, and who can blame them for staying in such a marvellous climate and with some Dutchmen feeding them bread and cookies? In minutes, there are a dozen of them around the beach lounges.

Wow: while snorkling along the reef of Coral Beach, we encountered this sea turtle. Or perhaps his brother, because we did not have a camera with us then, but he looked just the same. We swam together for at least half an hour at less than 3 feet from it, watching it graze the coral and ascend every 10 minutes to take a breather.  

Sonja takes on her Hebrew course, as it does help to understand a few words here. It is an audio-cassette course, and she took the boombox with her to the balcony. It is our second CD/Cassette player, as the first one was made in Israel. Technologically, Israel is probably no.2 in the world, but making audio equipment is a different league. The CD player stops after every track, the audio cassette of the Hebrew course was ripped to shreds within seconds, and the sound was awfull. So, this time a Sony. 

All buildings here feature a mezuza at the door post, containing a prayer. Religious people touch the mezuza when going in and out, to thank and to pray for protection. This custom now gets a bit carried away, as most doors inside the house also have mezuza's attached. This unique one is sticked on the post of the childrens room, so high that the child will have grown up  before it will be able to touch it.