Aug 31, 2006 in EG Egypt, Middle East Africa, Things To Do
Our RYA sailing course was cancelled at the last minute, so we booked a last minute trip to Hurghada on the Red Sea in Egypt. We snorkelled, scuba dived, quad biked and visited Luxor including Valley of the Kings and Karnak Temple. This was the first “last-minute” all-in booking that we’ve made. And we can [...]
Apr 20, 2001 in Things To Do, ZA South Africa
After completing our master diving training course, we took a month out to go scuba diving in Umkomaas, to rack up our scuba hours and experience. The brief for this dive was to (hopefully) see Tiger Sharks. Our dive leader (and sea dog) Walter took us to “Eels Skins” at a depth of 15m on [...]
Apr 02, 2001 in ZA South Africa
During our Master Diving training course, we were instructed to do a shore-entry navigation dive in our buddy pairs. This meant kitting up on the beach, gently easing into the waves, setting the appropriate navigation course, putting fins on, submerging beneath the waves and setting off in the right direction.
The intention was to swim [...]
