Middle East-updates soon to come

We have lot of updating to do--hundreds of India photos and hightlights from the last month or so, and info on our amazing time in the Middle East. It was a real unexpected highlight of the trip--Jordan (Amman, Dead Sea, Petra and Aqaba), the ferry across the Red Sea to Sinai, Egypt (Nuweiba, St. Katherines/Mt. Sinai, Cairo and Luxor, including the overnight train with Sam's intrepid traveling sisters Ann and Becky and Luxor with my intrepid traveling mother and sister), and Israel (Tel Aviv and Jerusalem). More to come. Including photos, we hope.