African mood – Egypt's article (3) embrace the Red Sea

Top10 in the world of diving sites in the Red Sea is a few posts, this is my choice of the original purpose of the Red Sea, but not all!

Before departure, on the Red Sea Diving information conceived, in particular to walk alone self-help.

This article, the flowing water, I hope it can reveal the layer Gauze, let more dive friends cruising in the South-East Asia CityGuide as waters as easily arrived at the Red Sea, does not require expensive price and have a comfortable and delicious diving holidays.

7.08

In Luxor at the end of the trip, I have begun to prepare from the Nile to the Red Sea.

Taking into account the recommendations of aramu, first subsidiary in old winter place hotel a layer of Tomas Cook Snoop at Luxor direct flight to Sharm's ticket, then the fare of around 500 Egyptian pounds, it's not that expensive, but only every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with a 9 pm flight 11 points to a flight, time is not very good, you need to stay the night, while Sharm sharm's transport and accommodation are very expensive. Exactly this Tuesday with Commerce warehouse have been sold out, so do not hesitate to implement an alternate plan.

Be on the safe side, first to the station Street Upper Egypt Bus Co. bought the next bus to Hurghada, 30 EGP via Qena and Safaga, 5, 6 hours.

At the same time to avoid because the ferry had to alter the itinerary full of possibilities, and in general the FerryBoat Luxor Nawas bought access to Hurghada, Sharm ferry ticket of 250 El lbs.

Everything is ready, had to live with has a lovely girl of the week, the respective continue Mooyi Yiyixibie different journey.

7.09

The bus station in recent years Luxor has moved to the suburbs, only 1 km from the airport.

In the morning, as usual from Chef there special MinaPalace two eggs, two oranges and breakfast about good taxi has received on time, 20 EGP walked half an hour. Less than 8 points, the station is very quiet, no car or a few individuals. Until 8: 30 or so, we finally got there early, a few passengers, I'm the only one of the visitors, we are all very spacious room, although long, long road out of the air temperature is higher, but a little not legendary horror and hard, and there will always be people who kindly appealed also felt boring, especially to Hurghada do construction workers of juvenile Ali always tempted curiosity to talk to me, every time this opening, "Win, can I ask you a question?. "In short, I do not know what to answer all the way down the number of problems, in the face of his people in little Egypt's honest and courteous and I could not refuse. Until you get off, Ali come very seriously and I bid farewell to "Win, it's great to meet you today, I hope you after journey!" like a gentleman.

5 EGP taxi to carefully selected, new paint El-Arosa Hotel rooms around a central courtyard, about good 120 EGP single room, large bed, air conditioning, fully equipped bathrooms, TV and fridge, together with the evening of authentic Egypt-style buffet.

Most attracts me or can you share a street of the Village of Geisum swimming pool and beach. Can't wait to put on a swimsuit, through GeisumVillage trees such as the Yin Garden, eyes suddenly see a blue — although I wonder once conceived and Red Sea exciting again, at that moment, after more than a half months in a dry hot inland treks in the cool breeze of my heart to the Red Sea. Jump into the sea, Sun, and I love the pure beauty of the world.

7.10

A night of rest, the elution of dry heat, was covered with briskly to Hurghada's early peak, carted himself and backpack into light buses to ferry terminal.

Despite the clear local 25p price, or obediently on one point, is not expected to change, as a tourist, I have been very satisfied. Imparted by the LP called very incredible embarkation procedures — with a passport to go to the street side Calais Office seal check in, then go to the pier, queues of passenger service through security screening. Seeing several unknown in backpackers not sealed and been in the dock door, to waste time waiting in line.

This is a large air-conditioned passenger ferry, hundreds of seats filled to capacity, but secretly glad I bought tickets in advance.

9 points of departure, this season of the Red Sea is calm, one and a half hours, we have arrived at Sharm port. Car park just have a car coming from the arrival of minibuses Daha, soon scraped a car person, 35 El pounds per person, direct to the hotel in Dahab. If just this day of luck, it is easy to save time and money in the best way to go to Dahab. The road to Dahab Sharm is usually a side adjacent to the wide sandy beach of the Gobi, far saw the Red Sea, while the other side is the interlocking of barren sand yellow hills, under the hot sun, there is no better than here even more immersive experience "with half water, half flame".

Penguin Village is my preferred in Dahab, room from dozens of EGP dormitory bed to 200 EGP sea view standard room here, I chose which 80 EGP air-conditioned room.

Residents are mostly young people from around the world, which makes the linhai Bedouin style pavilions and a popular restaurant and vitality, Diver Division stationed in Bridge or suctionCited by many divers.

Although Dahab is a holiday and a small town, but not so glamorous, Sharm has also seen the crowded and noisy crowds.

A coastal walk, # string up countless traditional open Pavilion-style restaurant and bar, dive shops and Garden Hotel, wind, water within reach, lazy afternoon or a romantic Moonlight, here is a good place to while away the time. Another almost parallel to the walking Street is within a shopping destination, the sale of jewellery, perfumes, clothing fabric as well as crafts and gift shop is lined, during which several restaurants although the loss of some sea view but also more affordable, which is located in the small square in the corner of a room called "the Bride Sea Food seafood restaurant is" is my favorite one, do not bother, cooks have good for you with a delicious seafood dinner, and reasonable prices, so often there is a local clientele. Daily replenishment can go in Egypt's inland city in one of the large supermarkets to purchase Ghazala, very convenient. The most fun, and cool temperate marine Dahab climate, where Egypt known book Alder, cheerful and easy-going and not simply words. This makes me and the conversation between Egypt had to Exchange and can be understood and thus doubled power.

Afternoon tea time already and Bridge Diver Nash agreed on a three-day diving program, two days before the local in Dahab, the first day of the Canyon Garden two days diving, a night dive Light house, the second day of the Blue hole two days diving, five offshore diving with all equipment rental a total of 80 euros; the third day you can go from Sharm boarding my dream to Ras Mohammed National Park and sea wrecks Thistlegorm Harbour, three boats with brunch, all equipment, including a total of 90 euro, flashlight all better than I expected.

7.11-12

Submarine scenery near Dahab is not particularly good, but the blue hole and the Canyon the two most famous explorers diving sites, is located north of Dahab Centre 15 km of the sea.

Dive shop red jeep pull us to our destination.

The first major test equipment, dive due to the Red Sea water density is high, dive guide ADI South put my weight added to the 6 kg, it makes me feel quite hard in the waist, so the second dive is reduced to 5 kg, just right.

Canyon is the sea bed of a ravine, cliffs covered with all sorts of colorful corals. As before you have a book on the Red Sea Diving booklets turned it over and over again to see the water fishes will be familiar to many unique species or the Red Sea, and noted with interest to see biological and memory one-to-one, apart from the beauty of the sea, know the ins and outs of them has gradually become one of my diving fun. But we have not met the expectations of large fish in the Red Sea is a bit unfortunate. In a 30-metre depth of small basin, with a group of several AOW trainees completed their last examination.

Blue hole like a slender Bell, in contradiction of 30 meters and 51 metres each have an export, 30 to 51 metres not only better, Cave and more narrow, and this regardless of the equipment or the diver is an extreme challenge, reach 30 m in hole on a certain experience divers who do not, control the balance neutral buoyancy and ear pressure remains the most important technology, but also lightly.

Rapid vertical dive and reach the entrance of the gaping let me feel the joy of exploratory tunnel, but looking back it to his head and looked through the tunnel light shadow out of a deep blue, blurred and dream, no wonder so many divers come, some even forever stay there, blue hole shore cliff on engraved their names.

Light house of night diving is black and white, it makes me more looking forward to Ras mohammed and the Thistlegorm.

7.13

Red Sea level, on the just-pan has already climbed to Sharm ferry routes, seven o'clock after security check on Windy, we were the first sailing ship of a submarine.

This small advantage that day of diving are particularly exciting because there are no crowds of diver surprise walk underwater creatures, which is then personally compared the potential from Sharm departure before the judgment of the mission. Windy, Red Sea, one of the rare clippers, more than two hours had passed through Ras Mohammed arrives at the world's most famous one of Thistlegorm wrecks.

The two diving Thistlegorm was thrilling! in 1941, the transport of arms supplies to avoid United Kingdom of great Germany attacks almost one week around the whole of Africa, but in extremely close to the destination in the Red Sea or not from being Germany's bombs destroy destiny.

In the flat sand bed, hull broken into two, mast broken, but many parts are quite full, anti-aircraft guns barrel remains her head down and Aung, a transport tanks being left out of the boat, quietly lying not far away, swim back, just to see a panoramic view of the sinking. Dive into the cabin, with torches poor light can see all the more dramatic. A dozen trucks, jeeps neatly, military motorcycle like dominoes as dumping of laminating, scattered rifle and rubber boots to bend to pick up, into the bottom of the tank shell she sinks into a "manufacture" 1929 — which seems to still wait for armed a elite troops to return to the land. And now, schools of fish, Parrot fish, Tuna fish box, bat fish, butterfly fish, lonely NapolenAnd a lot of unknown colorful fish cruising leisurely around, went through more than 60 years of sea time, corrosion of ship plate attached to a lush coral, the cabin is a giant eels, Scorpion fish, crocodile fish these like the rest of the biological family. Thistlegorm existence itself is a legend.

Sumptuous buffet lunch, return to Windy have Ras Mohammed, ring Shark reef and yolanda reef is the area most classic diving routes.

Not responsible for the fame of submarine National Park, this area is exceptionally colorful corals, scale amazing, and most I heart movement or the Red Sea in bright red soft corals, light blue prick torpedo leisurely volts in the sand, Giant Eagle rays show moving wings in our side quickly across, grey reef shark sharp has just seen Rotary even disappear in a dark blue. Yolanda reef similarly named to a sinking ship, just ship mounted not guns and military supplies or treasure, but the whole ship, numerous ceramic sanitary toilet water vision Zoom effect seems bizarre, but there are also deep sea to take pictures of the tour, and we got the pies is sitting on a toilet, a pair of dress up spit of strict with bubble toilet looks rather funny.

Twilight, Windy, really like a gust of wind in grown by sunset afterglow blonde of the sea, sometimes also in Dolphin family accompanied by breaking waves, and ship all diving person still immersed in the submarine tour excitement.

After landing, in the light of Dahab and the height difference between Sharm, need a couple of hours of decompression time so in Sharm old market turned, was sluggish, although signs of terrorist bombings have been erased, but it was still in the shadows.

7.14

Already in the agreeable Dahab spent four days, this day is the day of departure.

In International Diver constantly email contacts, they are always very seriously in the reply, again to provide information, and for me as backpackers in the plan, I was very moved. Although already full and did not participate in their organization's three-day boat places for diving, but closer to Ras Mohammed, the Straits of Tiran to roaming, I was booking a two-day boat diving Package, the base of natural to go to Sharm, but unfortunately because of 18 hours of decompression time abandoned den Sinai, fish and eat it too. Package includes four dives, day Ras Mohammed, day Tiran, incl. lunch and full equipment rental, two late Viking Club (4-star, BF) accommodation, bus stops, dive shops and Terminal traffic to and from the hotel, a total of 218 euro (extra 5 European national parks protection fees).

Wake up has three pole day, gave the bag on the front, Intel diver of Miran again sent a text message confirming pick-up, ready, go to the seaside stroll, passing through Seven Heaven in the restaurant next door, that Pavilion in the northeast to the shopkeeper and chat, but also a fried dumplings and shoot cucumber, really do not know the next time you eat authentic home-style cooking and what time.

Also from Beijing Fransisca and her boyfriend Dannil also in Ukraine, the two men spent a year from the beginning to learn diving has always got a diving instructor qualifications, apart from being a diving vacation wait go Maldives dive shops offer for coaches. Every time I see are not Sheesha Xiaoliangkou, but still want to pass the Dannil sucks a bag is equivalent to a package of cigarettes to quit smoking Sheesha, somewhat incredible. Fellow mutual road, continue to have their own life or itinerary.

5 EGP taxi to bus station, bus 30 EGP 3 points of departure, 4 point-and-a-half to Sharm, direct drive to dive shop registration to discover the presence of Intel Diver Sharm's most beautiful and luxurious Sofitel Hotel, that I'm surprised that Intel Diver has so many generous guests, but still passionately care one alone like me of backpackers.

One dive from Czech Republic coach Jeff and I together back to the Viking Club, dive shop here has appointed to provide divers and temporary senior staff accommodation. Interestingly, Viking almost has become Italy tourist base, listen to the waiter said, Jeff, and I am the only person not Italy. I have a living room, bedroom, bathroom, and even a big balcony and a small kitchen in the apartment, the courtyard is a beautiful swimming pool, all the better than expected.

Evening walk to Na'ama Bay, a walk to the main street of shops, restaurants, bars, passenger traffic.

And go to the depths of the coastal path, but the more the more static row, the original is many huge luxury hotel territory, on the beach portion of the public have been closed, only the area still Hotel SI Shu haunting music, toasted.

7.15-16

As a lot of information, Sharm diving tour full account the European holiday guest preferences, everything not tight not slow, comfortable, safe and stable, the Sun high sea, as if just offshore cruising, diving is not focused.

So many out from sharm dive boats arrive almost simultaneously with the water, you is not difficult to imagine that a busy underwater scenes, like the boiling bubbles even fish are surprised to hide it.

Then dive Ras Mohamm

Ed, according to our diving qualification and experience, I and three middle-aged man was to France for a group, and one had latent. The three of them are equipped with a great computer table, after each dive, we will get together to take notes, finally put down with signature column left me, and asked the Chinese, that is very cool, it makes me so common as people are inevitable, as China's growing influence and pride.

Although relatively organized by Dahab day boats, diving see flat, but once the Tiran Straits thrilling experience worthy of lifelong learning from the first dive in depth about 15m, only heard the sound of a boom, teach my weight disengaged, struck down in coral cliffs, suddenly became a missions of sand and fog.

There is a second world solidification, then dive guide caught my buttocks, dive with dive quickly picked a counterweight, the entire process to fasten the belt back on yourself, I'm not scared, but incredible deep sleep. There are several piles more lucky it didn't cause unexpected liters of water, would have been in a steep rock face, diving tours, but this one just has a slope caught my weight; in addition, this group apart from an Asian girl is strong European men, we all swim faster, more dispersed, but at that moment just before down guide my hand and discover the status of the response. However, the weight loss is a reason that the belt's buckle tight, I have been very difficult to buckle up, often leaving little gaps, but this did not lead to my attention, did not require DTH fastened with help me, and the Strait of Tiran to intense, so he took a screen before. Visible for a little bit of wrong or should give way, although there is a potential partner, his first for yourself, do not rely on more cannot tie others — I think this is a lifetime benefit. Second dive, dive guide specially come and help me to buckle fastened with seamless, we looked at each other and smile, as always, the diving spirits.

Returning from Tiran also ended the trip dive trip.

In the check out dive shops, back to the hotel after a short rest, see Jeff is also ready to leave to go back to the Czech Republic, he said that he is old, very homesick. 8 o'clock, dive shop car to meet us, to send me to stop off to Cairo's night train, and then send Jeff to the airport. Respectively, to hear Jeff sincere wish that the "journey smoothly, and the Chinese girl!" mentality was sullen and pride, Yes, get together is short but from them or surprised or curious eyes, I believe many people not only remember I am a girl from China, discover a different kind of China.