Posted in Egypt, Personal, Photography, Scuba, Travel on Aug 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
…fish! (And eagle rays! And giant moray eels!)
For the second half of my diving in Dahab and Ras Mohammed, I shot video footage instead of photos. Here’s a 2-minute highlight reel, in YouTube format:
The shots were taken on dives in Egypt, at Dahab and Ras Mohammed (between Shark Reef and Yolanda Reef). They feature [...]
Posted in Egypt, Jordan, Personal, Travel on Aug 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Here are two unanswered geological questions from our trip to Egypt and Jordan:
1. Why is the desert sand red in Jordan?
High iron oxide content in the sandstone from which the sand was formed.
2. Why are there black streaks in the rocks in the Sinai Peninsula?
I can’t find this one out. My working theory is that [...]
Posted in Egypt, Personal, Photography, Scuba, Travel on Jul 28th, 2007 No Comments »
In May 1941, the British Merchant Navy freighter S.S. Thistlegorm left port at Glasgow and headed towards Alexandria, carrying a cargo of motorcycles, trucks, transport trailers, two light tanks, two steam engines, spare parts for airplanes and land vehicles, tires, rubber boots and more. Sailing back up through the Red Sea, with her anchor cast in [...]
Posted in Egypt, Personal, Photography, Scuba, Travel on Jul 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
Arrived back into Dublin yesterday with my lungs intact, a beaming smile and quite a few more dives under my (weight) belt.
Between our time in Dahab, two sojourns to Ras Mohammed for more diving, and a side-trip overland to Petra in Jordan, I’m swimming in memories and photos.
I did promise underwater photos, yes? None of [...]
Posted in Egypt, Personal, Scuba, Travel on Jul 14th, 2007 4 Comments »
The long arm of the intarweb stretches improbably to this beach-side restaurant at the Penguin Dive Center, in Dahab, Egypt, where I just completed my PADI Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver qualification. The course included five dives:
a navigation dive
a deep dive (to 30 meters depth, right around where you start getting “narked” (which causes incapacitating symptoms [...]
