Trip Reports
Marsa Shagra June 2010
WOW -WHAT A WEEK!
MY FIRST DIVE TRIP ABROAD AND THANKFULLY IT WAS TO MARSA SHAGRA, EGYPT, WITH 'THE TRIBE', WHERE EVERYTHING WAS PERFECTION FROM START TO FINISH.
OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE NO OTHER EXPERIENCES TO COMPARE IT WITH - BUT NOW I SHALL MEASURE EVERYWHERE ELSE TO THIS FANTASTIC DIVE TRIP WHERE, IT SEEMED TO ME, EVERYTHING WAS ORGANIZED AND ARRANGED TO MAKE THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE A COMPLETE JOY.
MY LOG BOOK COMMENT FOR THE FIRST 'ORIENTATION' DIVE READ ''OH-MY-GOD'' I TRIED TO LIST EVERYTHING I'D SEEN, BUT RAN OUT OF PAGE (AND KNOWLEDGE OF FISH NAMES!) HOWEVER, OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, MANY EXCITING AND BEAUTIFUL CREATURES WERE LISTED ON THOSE PAGES ALONG WITH MEMORABLE MOMENTS LIKE THE GIANT TURTLE DIVE-BOMBING PHIL'S HEAD AND BUCKING BRONKO STYLE RIDE IN THE SPEED BOAT TO ELPHINSTONE AND THE SHEER JAW-DROPPING AWSOMENESS OF THAT FABULOUS REEF. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE I'VE EVER SEEN. (EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE HAMMER-HEADS OR SILKIE SHARKES LIKE SOME I COULD MENTION)
MY MIS-NAMED 'HUT' WAS A PEACEFUL HAVEN TO CATCH 40 WINKS IN-BETWEEN DIVES AND WAS CLEAN AND COMFY WITH A VIEW FROM THE DOOR I'LL NEVER FORGET.
THE COURSE DIVES COMMENCED STRAIGHT AWAY AND SO EARLY ON THE SECOND MORNING WAS THE FIRST 'DEEP' DIVE FOLLOWED THAT EVENING BY THE FIRST 'NIGHT' DIVE - SURREAL! COMING UP FROM THE LAST NIGHT DIVE - THRILLED AND CONTENTED STANDING MESMIRIZED BY THE MOON HANGING IN THE BLACK SKY WITH THE MOONLIGHT MARKING A GLISTENING PATH ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER - ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL AND UNFORGETTABLE....... WHAT DID YOU DO LAST SATURDAY NIGHT?
SO, BY THE END OF THE WEEK I HAD TWO NEW SPECIALITIES UNDER MY BELT AND NOW CAN'T WAIT TO START THE RESCUE DIVER COURSE. PHIL AND ALL THE MORE EXPERIENCED IN THE GROUP WERE ALWAYS THERE TO BUDDY UP, OFFER GUIDANCE, ADVICE, HELP AND SUPPORT. WHAT A FANTASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE - A REAL PRIVELAGE TO MEET AND BE A PART OF 'THE TRIBE'
A JOKE TELLING SESSION ON THE BEAN-BAGS WITH GEM MEANS IF MY DIVING EXPLOITS FAIL TO IMPRESS MY FRIENDS BACK HOME, THEN GETTING TO THE END OF THE ONE ABOUT GERVAISE AND THE BLIND, GREEN HAIRY LIP SQUID - CERTAINLY WILL!
SO, THANKS A MILLION TO GEM AND PHIL - PLEASE PUT MY NAME DOWN FOR NEXT YEAR. xXx MO
Maureen Strickland
WOW -WHAT A WEEK!
MY FIRST DIVE TRIP ABROAD AND THANKFULLY IT WAS TO MARSA SHAGRA, EGYPT, WITH 'THE TRIBE', WHERE EVERYTHING WAS PERFECTION FROM START TO FINISH.
OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE NO OTHER EXPERIENCES TO COMPARE IT WITH - BUT NOW I SHALL MEASURE EVERYWHERE ELSE TO THIS FANTASTIC DIVE TRIP WHERE, IT SEEMED TO ME, EVERYTHING WAS ORGANIZED AND ARRANGED TO MAKE THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE A COMPLETE JOY.
MY LOG BOOK COMMENT FOR THE FIRST 'ORIENTATION' DIVE READ ''OH-MY-GOD'' I TRIED TO LIST EVERYTHING I'D SEEN, BUT RAN OUT OF PAGE (AND KNOWLEDGE OF FISH NAMES!) HOWEVER, OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, MANY EXCITING AND BEAUTIFUL CREATURES WERE LISTED ON THOSE PAGES ALONG WITH MEMORABLE MOMENTS LIKE THE GIANT TURTLE DIVE-BOMBING PHIL'S HEAD AND BUCKING BRONKO STYLE RIDE IN THE SPEED BOAT TO ELPHINSTONE AND THE SHEER JAW-DROPPING AWSOMENESS OF THAT FABULOUS REEF. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE I'VE EVER SEEN. (EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE HAMMER-HEADS OR SILKIE SHARKES LIKE SOME I COULD MENTION)
MY MIS-NAMED 'HUT' WAS A PEACEFUL HAVEN TO CATCH 40 WINKS IN-BETWEEN DIVES AND WAS CLEAN AND COMFY WITH A VIEW FROM THE DOOR I'LL NEVER FORGET.
THE COURSE DIVES COMMENCED STRAIGHT AWAY AND SO EARLY ON THE SECOND MORNING WAS THE FIRST 'DEEP' DIVE FOLLOWED THAT EVENING BY THE FIRST 'NIGHT' DIVE - SURREAL! COMING UP FROM THE LAST NIGHT DIVE - THRILLED AND CONTENTED STANDING MESMIRIZED BY THE MOON HANGING IN THE BLACK SKY WITH THE MOONLIGHT MARKING A GLISTENING PATH ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER - ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL AND UNFORGETTABLE....... WHAT DID YOU DO LAST SATURDAY NIGHT?
SO, BY THE END OF THE WEEK I HAD TWO NEW SPECIALITIES UNDER MY BELT AND NOW CAN'T WAIT TO START THE RESCUE DIVER COURSE. PHIL AND ALL THE MORE EXPERIENCED IN THE GROUP WERE ALWAYS THERE TO BUDDY UP, OFFER GUIDANCE, ADVICE, HELP AND SUPPORT. WHAT A FANTASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE - A REAL PRIVELAGE TO MEET AND BE A PART OF 'THE TRIBE'
A JOKE TELLING SESSION ON THE BEAN-BAGS WITH GEM MEANS IF MY DIVING EXPLOITS FAIL TO IMPRESS MY FRIENDS BACK HOME, THEN GETTING TO THE END OF THE ONE ABOUT GERVAISE AND THE BLIND, GREEN HAIRY LIP SQUID - CERTAINLY WILL!
SO, THANKS A MILLION TO GEM AND PHIL - PLEASE PUT MY NAME DOWN FOR NEXT YEAR. xXx MO
Maureen Strickland
