Back of to Egypt for a week again, once
again with Jon and Johanna. Marsa Alam this time, as the diving base
that used to be in Sharm el Sheik moved to here, probably because of
declining tourism. Mohammed has got the management of the base now,
as Tanja has moved to Switzerland.
Woke up at 3 o'clock in the morning and
packed the few rests of my gear into my already stuffed suit case.
Johanna and Jon picked me up at about 4 o'clock (after I fed the
cats) and we set of towards Stuttgart airport after somehow getting
my case and me in to Johannas small VW Fox.
Spent a while on the A7 motorway and
had to find a way around a bypass on the road. Got lost in the fog a
bit, but found our way thanks to the navi.
Arrived at our parking space and caught
a shuttle to the airport, where we managed to get through check in
and security after repacking some stuff of mine in to Johannas and
Jons suitcases. I had overfilled mine a bit with to much diving gear
and electronics.
Got on to the air plane without a hitch
and spent four and a half hours flying to Marsa Alam. Had a small
snack to eat on the way and 100ml of water but nothing else.
Landed and where hit by 27°C air
temperature when we stepped out of the doors. Managed to get to the
hotel with our suit cases fixed to the roof of our bus and where
greeted by a friendly reception. The hotel (The Three Corners
Equinox) had just been opened a week ago and was still being repaired
from its previous neglected state. Had a drink, some cool towels
whilst filling out our details for the hotels. Found our rooms, got a
few things unpacked and went to the diving base to say hi to
Mohammed, Sala and the rest of the crew. After that Johanna and I
abandoned Jon to office work, whilst we went to swim in the sea.
Mohammed commented it as being cold, at 26°C water temperature. Saw
four fire fish, a puffer fish and a flute fish just whilst
snorkelling. Got out, went for a shower and had some drinks before
eating. Ate a super meal in the evening, thank god they renovated the
hotel and had some more drinks with a shopping spree and a game of
checkers after that. Back to the room for the blog write.
Looking forward to the next few days.
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