Day three in Gaza:

Well it is Monday, March 9, and it seems we have been in Gaza forever. My hotel overlooks the sea. I hear the sounds of the waves and it is so lovely -- like any resort but Gaza is not a resort -- it is a prison. We hear the same message everyday from all of the people we meet. We don't need your humanitarian aid -- we need a just peace. We need an end to the occupation. We need our children to grow up free and with a future. The people of Gaza want you to go to your governments and tell them that you will not tolerate seeing an entire population being held hostage.

We left Cairo this morning around 9:30a.m. for Al Arish, Egypt. This is no easy task since our numbers now total 59. The energy of the group is really quite fascinating. The group is diverse in ages, backgrounds and nationalities. The group is mostly American and Canadian and more women than men. We are make quite a scene wherever we go with all the pink, the noise and the craziness.

CODEPINK has raised enough money for 1,000 gift baskets so we have 1,000 pink baskets, pink scarves and then soaps and candies and so on. Gifts to just brighten the life of a woman in Gaza on International Women's Day.

Last night delegates met for the first time. Growing in size throughout the evening, eventually nearly the full 60 delegates -- from the U.S., Canada, Australia and Pakistan -- squeezed into a room at the Arabesque Hotel in Cairo. CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin explained that they have had wonderful support from locals in Egypt. For example, when they learned the nature of the delegation, the company renting the buses to drive us to the border offered to donate them.