Day 41, 14 August 2012, Dahab Diving Day 2 - To beat the heat of the day would involve leaving the hotel at about 3 am and no breakfast, so we stuck with the 7.30 am departure and headed north of Dahab for one of the best dives of the trip - The Canyons. Dropping down into a narrow cleft in the rocks and sitting at the bottom with the light streaming through the water, we thought choirs of angels were about to sing. Truly a dive site not to be missed if any of ...

Day 40, 13 August 2012, Dahab, Dinner, Diving the Red Sea - Dahab is Arabic for gold as it is thought when the sun sets behind the mountains then the ocean around Dahab turn golden. We had dinner in downtown Dahab last night and a brief look at the local market - we felt like we were no longer in Egypt! Apparently many local men have married western girls and have had it explained in no uncertain terms that westerners adore shopping and will actually spend more...