Egypt succinctly...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
What to say about Egypt.
On land: it's hot, dry and sandy. Mind you we only spent 24 hours on Egyptian soil as such (and a significant portion of that at Hurgada Airport - nominated for "the world's least efficient" and "most effective passenger delay system" at the Crap Airport awards 2006) so i'm sure there's more to it than that... i think someone mentioned pyramids or something...
Anyways, it was the underwater world that concerned us this trip. And what a trip. Easily some of the best diving i've ever done and in serious style. Check out the M/Y Amelia here... Photos are now posted on my photo site (follow the link to the right) to give you an idea what it was like underwater. Simply beautiful.
Coral ampitheatres, mountains and caves; oceanic white tips (see above...), giant morays and giant sea turtles; prides of lionfish, blizzards of anthias, even a couple of octopus.And some of the best vis i've ever dived in. The photos tell it better than i ever could though. There are 16 up now and i'll be uploading more as the days go by - theres 117 to go up and that's just the highlights! Enjoy.
**A small disclaimer - the photos uploaded have been re-formatted to allow me to upload them in less than a geological timeframe but they are still fairly big files and take some time to load. I think the quality still remains pretty good but if not, (Dan, Alex or Maddy!) let me know and i'll see what i can sort out...