Return to Shagra

[purple vonny]

On the spur of the moment, I thought "i need a holiday - NOW" and a couple of weeks later landed in Marsa Alam for some nice easy relaxing warm, blue water diving.

Marsa Shagra is about 1/2 hour from the airport, you can stay in tents, huts or lodges. Only the lodges have air conditioning and they are a long walk from the dive shed on the beach. We opted for tents because I loved my tent last year.



Waking to the view of the sunrise at 5.30 was spectacular


it was very hot and you had to get up at sunrise and plop in the sea or else boil alive in the tent.

We did dives on the house reef, went up and down the coast on the back of a truck to do other dives and had a day on a big boat doing some "hardly ever dived sites". Also managed a wreck dive on the last diving day which was lovely.

This fish must have been short sighted and feeling a bit fruity


The ubiquitous clown fish


Coming out of a wee cave


My buddy/friend - looking like Sport Diver cover girl


The tanker wreck at Abu Ghsoun - 1 1/2 hours by mini bus to this site and lunch on the beach during surface interval





The house reef


A nice turtle with ramora

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sleepy pufffer


clams



The water was 29 - 30 degrees. A 3/2 mm shorty was enough even for me. Fab week, lovely diving, great company and lots of fun.

[rainbowannie]

Wonderful piccies Vonny, glad you had a great time!!

[Polly]

Great pics....staying in those tents is still on my list of things to do!

[tricky182]

Vonny - great pics - what camera do you have?

[jo2305]

Fab pics.... I SO need to go and explore the Red Sea !

[Angry Dan]

That looks amazing another to the list of things to do

[purple vonny]

(19-09-2008 09:06 AM)Polly Wrote:  Great pics....staying in those tents is still on my list of things to do!

You'd love it, very laid back and relaxed

(19-09-2008 09:09 AM)tricky182 Wrote:  Vonny - great pics - what camera do you have?

Fuji F50 (recently flooded my F30 which was just as good) - easy camera to use, you can have auto or manual settings and even a eejit like me can take half decent pictures!

[Stix]

Pictures are awesome... And the diving looks great. Like Dan, its added to my list!

[miniman]

Great pics. I was looking at shagra as an option before our doomed Dahab trip. Not sure I fancy the tents though

[Sakara Drinker]

The tents are great.

The house reef there is fantastic I thought. Glad you had a great time Vonny, and some fantastic photos to bring back as well.