Well it looks like there’s going to be a bit of an enforced break where the Red Sea posts are concerned (I might post-date the last one or two when I get back just for completeness ).
The reason for the break? Tomorrow Tom and I are heading off down south-west for [...]
Wednesday:
The day started with a rather rude awakening when the boat engines rumbled to life, more than an hour before the bell. We were moving round to the other side of the two Gubal islands for our first dive of the day and even from our beds it felt like a wildly rocking trip. [...]
As a somewhat unusual diversion for a liveaboard holiday, we had a brief excursion onto Small Gubal island mid-afternoon on Tuesday. There had been a fair amount of interest when it was proposed before lunch, but when the time came around, most of the sleepy bodies soaking up the sun on the comfy sunbeds [...]
Tuesday:
Shortly after 07h30, we were in our kit once more and pounding over the waves in a Zodiac, back to the Abu Nuhas reef.
Today’s first dive was the Carnatic – a grand old P&O steam and sail hybrid which went down in 1869. Almost all of her passengers were saved but the [...]
We had about half an hour of peace and quiet after the boat moored up at its new site. As it was going 11h30, the bell roused us again and we headed indoors for the briefing for the next dive: a wreck. Down in the lounge area Steve had a laptop with wreck [...]
Monday:
It was off to an early start for our first day of diving in the Red Sea. The boat engines started shortly after 05h00 to move us to our first destination for the day – just round the corner from the marina – and the wake-up bell came jangling up and down the corridor [...]
Sunday:
When the alarm went off at 05h10 it was all systems go. I chucked some coffee into our insulated travel mugs for the trip and we left without breakfast, counting on our meal on the plane for that. So it was just a case of dressing and tipping our gear into the car [...]
It’s been quite a long day, but I’m actually not feeling too bad. Which I consider impressive given that I’m sure part of my head still thinks it’s on Egyptian time, which would make it well past time for bed.
We managed to make good use of our 5-hour flight last night in terms of [...]
