May 2006. I am very pleased to show you pictures of our divingtrip to the Red Sea. This trip had no other goal than looking at the wonders of nature.
We left Amsterdam Thursday 18 may 2006 and arrived at Port Galet near Marsa Alam, Egypt during the evening. Marsa Alam was still being developed and the airstrip was a lonely strip of asphalt in the desert. On the way from the airport to the coast we saw palm nurseries but Marsa was not much more.
The first night we slept on board in the harbour of Marsa and tried to understand all the sounds a boat can make during the night. The boat was very nice but noisy.
After a short night we were all woken up at 6.00 am! This is how this fantastic journey started. We dived during 5 days and made 15 + hours underwater with Inspiration rebreathers. Since we were the only rebreather divers on board we received a proud group name “Therebreatherguys”.
Divers: Tino de Rijk, Rita Oosterbaan, Andre Schrama, Ivo van Dam, Janwillem Bech. Dive guides: Juan C. Martinez and Khaled Elswah. Boat: MY Hurricane, Organization: Tony Backhurst.
