Our holiday started when we met up at Luton and it was fantastic to have all new people joining an Indepth group trip away, with the exception of Mark, Sheikh Markie of Kew, who manages to find time between working and sleeping to regularly join us on holidays to the sun!
Within 50 minutes of landing in Sharm, we were settled by the beach bar, Sakara beer in hand and our week of relaxing and diving had begun!
Adel - our superb guide
Said - our trusted captain & womaniser
Osama - the best chef in the Northern Red Sea
Gerhard - deck hand
Salah - zodiac driver supreme
As Indepth are regular visitors to Sharks Bay, we were lucky enough to be offered the use of the larger safari boat, Freedom VIII, as our dive boat for 6 days. This meant that not only did we have our favorite crew looking after us but also that we had the rib at our disposal, enabling us to do some dives that are normally not possible when daily diving.
Our first day was spent close to shore at Ras Bob and Ras Nasrani as the wind was still strong but throughout the week we enjoyed some lovely dives at Tiran and Ras Mohammed and managed to spot turtles, rays, dolphins and just one leopard shark. (FYI Gema, these sharks are harmless and there is no need to scream and hide behind your buddy!!)
Congratulations to the whole group as everyone's diving improved dramatically during the week but special mention to those below for passing the following PADI courses.
Gema - OW and Advanced
Frances, Darren and Mike - Advanced
Mark Pile - SMB specialty.
Frances: you win the award for doing your homework perfectly. Mike: sadly you did not get anywhere near to this award but there is always hope in the future!!
Thanks to Adel's ability and passion, we had a lovely week diving and look forward to our next visit to Sharks Bay.
Helen Geall
Gema Edwards
Mike Hobbs
Frances Partridge
Ken Partridge
Mark Pile
Darren Skinner
Michal Sulikowski
Tim Swindell
News
"Ken & I really enjoyed our holiday. Everyone in the group was great ..... we've now booked up for October with Indepth & can't wait to be back in Sharm"
Frances Partridge
"Damn, it was difficult going to work today. I had an awesome week - thanks to all."
Darren Skinner
"Thank you for all your hard work! I had a great time and cannot wait to go on my next diving holiday"
Gema Edwards
Thanks 'mum'. Yep it was a pleasure to meet you all and I thoroughly enjoyed my week (and my bottle of Bacardi, JD, Pimms, Gin and Dark Rum). Looking forward to the next trip now...."
Mike Hobbs
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