Here you
will find pictures of my last holiday, which was also my first
SCUBADIVING
holiday in Mangrove Bay near El Qusier - EGYPT -
Mangrove
Bay is a nice and quiet Resort in the Red Sea
about2 1/2
hours drive from Hurghada,
witha beautiful
reef, ranging from 3 to 60 metres ...
- perfect
for beginners like me.
OK, let's start at the beginning.
Therealways
being the learning phase of course.
Introducing
to you my BUDDY and my ... well let's call it
guardianANGEL
....., & our instructors :
Gerold (Buddy) |
Britta (Angel) |
Martin (Chief :-) |
Uli -instructor- |
Buddy Knut's pic is missing, eventhough his name is Lutz ... |
| Okay, GIT out of the water ! (I'vehad it ...) | 
(Chief-)instructor |
Hmmm, you really DO float ! |
This REALLY isn't my thing ... or is it ? |
Gawd ! |
Due to a certain shortage of time
on everyone's part, the whole thing turned into a
so called crash course and to tellyou
the truth it 'scared the shit out of us' breathing
under water, BUT
Believe it or not, we actuallypassed
the PADI-OWD exam
in theory and swimming pool, sonow
let's escape to the RED SEA :
Mangrove Bay is actually further south |
Yeah, the Alps are grand ...  |
Finally there: Mangrove Bay |
overcoming booking- waking- andother
difficulties, we were finally there:
(minus ONE called Gerold - himbeing
on his way to the US of A)
Mangrove Bay - El Qusier - EGYPT...
Buddy-check with Norman ... I forgot his lead Damn ! |
Micky ... Instructress atDuck's |
Just after the exam: One happy OWD ! Thanx Günther ! |
So,
the main worry out of the way,we can
start enjoying our holidays ...
Might as well start with NightDiving, seeing it was pretty well the first thing everybody was sure not to miss ... Britta getting ready |
Oh well, not much to take pictures of once they're in the water and gone ... but something I candefinitely recommend even to (advanced) beginners ... diving at night isreally strange and beautiful |
Let's just go on with some impressions
from a place where there really
isn't ANYTHING else to do but relax,
eat, sleep and DIVE ...
NO comment ... |
... what every scuba diver needs ... |
All round nothing but desert |
Overworked electrical technician? What's that ??? |
... like I said ...
Here are the mangroves !?! |
Again NO comment ! |
Hey ! This is ALL fossilized Coral ! |
Duck's Dive Center |
Good ole Fritz(i) ... (thanksfor transporting all those bottles and stuff) ... |
... got bored at times anddid his part in entertaining the guests |
Like I said, relax, eat, |
... relax ... |
... |
... |
... |
... and ...relax ...Cheers ! Stella - the one and only original egyptian BEER ! |
Alright ! One week of relaxing,eating
(and no Pharao's revenge for me ! hehe),
eating, drinking, sleeping andDIVING
gone ... something completely different -
Boat Safari ...
Here we go |
NICE ship ! |
Go on jump ! And don't breakyour fins, loose your bootle, forget your lead, bust your O-ring |
... just driftin' away ... |
I said Captain - he said What |
really ... NICE ship ... |
... beautiful Anchor (no, not Anchor beer) |
......... overworked ........ what ? |
 |
Driving in Egypt IS murderous ... |
but we made it |
Back Home ...
bloody FREEZING ! |
'cos there's no underwater pics.Well, I didn't shoot any, stupid me ... maybe next time. Of course others have doneso: |
Birgit & Andy |
   
Peter Lange Hey, that's not a fish ! |
Home
Not to
forget ... my Diving School
How about
some medical infos to where you're planing on going :
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