Iberotel Coraya Beach Hotel Marsa Alam

If you have seen some of the oceans around the Caribbean or in the<br>Red Sea, you will understand why diving is booming. Holidays in<br>countries like St Lucia or Barbados can be so much more exciting than<br>just chilling out at the beach side. Bookings for<br>diving holidays have been on the increase since the beginning of the<br>year and it&#8217;s no wonder when the ocean is filled with some of the most<br>stunning creations on earth. Diving holidays<br>were not really ...

... fun began.  A truck had slowed and stopped near our bus, which at the time the bus driver motioned to keep going as if the truck was stopping to see if we were broken down.  Well this truck wasn't stopping to see if we were okay.  Our tour guide, the bus driver, and the tour guide's boss all engaged in what we thought was a heated discussion with the men that had pulled up.  We all got on the bus while they talked (or argued) and then two of the three men got on the bus and sat in the ...

... I was, mostly because it would be handy to know how to do it, if I one day should find myself in deep water while laughing this hard. It took a while, though, but ultimately I did manage to clear my mask and regulator of water. Needless to say, we both started laughing again once we exited the water two minutes later. Firstly, we just had to say hello to the masked puffer we kept running into close to the beach, though. This dive had been a perfect way of ...

... it had paid off to change my way of swimming. The frog-like kicks are obviously a lot less air consuming, even though I found them awkward and hard to do at first. YAY!! Happy Day!! I now know how to dive properly, or at least a lot better than when I arrived in Egypt five days ago :) The zodiacs were waiting for us, and we were apparently the last ones out of the water. Of course I was the least elegant one to board one of the zodiacs, only this time I ...

... Life on the coral reef seemed undisturbed from the waves above. I don't think I will ever get tired of looking at coral formations. It truly is a natural wonder. I am constantly amazed by the different types of coral and the busy life there seems to be around them. I particularly enjoy the mesmerizing coral which appear to be inhabited solely by tiny yellow and blue fish. They are really entertaining to look at. Especially when you get close to them and they stress ...

... even told me, that when they had first learned to scuba dive they too had had to be attached to the guide for the few (if not many) dives. It surprised me a lot that even one guy who appears to be a natural under water had started out just like me...Guess there is hope for me after all ;) It doesn't bother me to be attached to someone else, it just irritates me that I have, but eventually I will learn to control my air consumption. After all, experience only comes with, well...experience.

... during the entire 42 minutes that I spend below the surface. I had finally gotten used to the dark water, and it no longer bothered me that there was only visibility where my flashlight pointed. The occasional temporary shock of suddenly being eye to eye with a decent sized sea inhabitant will always happen though, but I don't mind that now, I am having too much fun being mesmerized by this new world. :)

... nudibranch and a massive stone fish (which I thought was a rock and was about to hold on to!), we hung out for a bit waiting for the other group to exit the water. The exit point was next to the original entry point, and just as narrow and tricky, subsequently we could only exit one person at a time. My air supply was beginning to be awfully low... I sat completely still next to the exit hole, and was already way passed my safety stop, as I thought it was once again time to let our ...

... bit, but I still passed on the early morning dive and instead went to sleep for a few more hours. I woke up at 9 feeling a lot better, and then went to look for my brother. As I got to the diving Shade I could see that they had returned a little while ago. I had (my second) breakfast with Kenneth and the other divers who had been to Elphinstone. They had barely put food on their plates, before they started planning the next dive. They wanted to dive the House Reef before ...

... took a break from eating to spin in a few circles and try to get these fish off. We were out there watching and swimming with the turtles for about an hour before I got cold and we had to go back in. After a short break (and a good rest in the sun) we wanted to explore the reef on the edges of the bay. We took off towards the left and saw many of the same fish again, but added an adult Lion Fish to our list and a baby ...