![Shuttle bus for the Red Sea Diving Safari from Hurghada to Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906852.RedSeaJan06022.JPG) Shuttle bus for the Red Sea Diving Safari from Hurghada to Marsa Alam |
![Mountains on the Red Sea coast near Safaga](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906853.RedSeaJan06032.JPG) Mountains on the Red Sea coast near Safaga |
![Road sign to Al Qusayr and Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906854.RedSeaJan06035.JPG) Road sign to Al Qusayr and Marsa Alam |
![Villa on the Red Sea coast](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906855.RedSeaJan06036.JPG) Villa on the Red Sea coast |
![El Hamrawein, the El Nasr Mining company town](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906856.RedSeaJan06037.JPG) El Hamrawein, the El Nasr Mining company town |
![Rustic Ecolodge Rocky Valley Camp on a bluff north of El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906857.RedSeaJan06038.JPG) Rustic Ecolodge Rocky Valley Camp on a bluff north of El Qusayr |
![Mövenpick El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906858.RedSeaJan06043.JPG) Mövenpick El Qusayr |
![Mövenpick El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906859.RedSeaJan06044.JPG) Mövenpick El Qusayr |
![El Qusayr was the only interesting looking town we passed between Hurghada and Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906860.RedSeaJan06045.JPG) El Qusayr was the only interesting looking town we passed between Hurghada and Marsa Alam |
![Monument in El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906861.RedSeaJan06046.JPG) Monument in El Qusayr |
![Egypt Mubarak - Safety and Stability](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906862.RedSeaJan06047.JPG) Egypt Mubarak - Safety and Stability |
![Mosque El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906863.RedSeaJan06048.JPG) Mosque El Qusayr |
![Mosque El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906864.RedSeaJan06049.JPG) Mosque El Qusayr |
![El Qusayr (Al Queseir)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906865.RedSeaJan06050.JPG) El Qusayr (Al Queseir) |
![16th C Ottoman fort, El Qusayr (Quseir)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906866.RedSeaJan06051.JPG) 16th C Ottoman fort, El Qusayr (Quseir) |
![16th C Ottoman fort, El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906867.RedSeaJan06052.JPG) 16th C Ottoman fort, El Qusayr |
![16th C Ottoman fort, El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906868.RedSeaJan06053.JPG) 16th C Ottoman fort, El Qusayr |
![Our minivan made a brief stop in El Qusayr, but not long enough to visit the fort](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906869.RedSeaJan06054.JPG) Our minivan made a brief stop in El Qusayr, but not long enough to visit the fort |
![El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906870.RedSeaJan06055.JPG) El Qusayr |
![El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906871.RedSeaJan06056.JPG) El Qusayr |
![Truckload of camels bound for Cairo, El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906872.RedSeaJan06057.JPG) Truckload of camels bound for Cairo, El Qusayr |
![Truckload of camels bound for Cairo, El Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906873.RedSeaJan06059.JPG) Truckload of camels bound for Cairo, El Qusayr |
![Red Sea coastal highway south of Al Qusayr](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906874.RedSeaJan06062.JPG) Red Sea coastal highway south of Al Qusayr |
![Bluff along the highway](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906875.RedSeaJan06063.JPG) Bluff along the highway |
![Getting closer to Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906876.RedSeaJan06065.JPG) Getting closer to Marsa Alam |
![Red Sea coastal highway](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906877.RedSeaJan06066.JPG) Red Sea coastal highway |
![Welcome to Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55906878.RedSeaJan06069.JPG) Welcome to Marsa Alam |
![Red Sea Diving Safari](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908183.RedSeaJan06353.JPG) Red Sea Diving Safari |
![RedSeaJan06 352.JPG](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908182.RedSeaJan06352.JPG) RedSeaJan06 352.JPG |
![Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908154.RedSeaJan06188.JPG) Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village |
![Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908155.RedSeaJan06189.JPG) Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village |
![Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908156.RedSeaJan06190.JPG) Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village |
![RedSeaJan06 197.JPG](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908160.RedSeaJan06197.JPG) RedSeaJan06 197.JPG |
![Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908157.RedSeaJan06191.JPG) Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village |
![Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908158.RedSeaJan06192.JPG) Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village |
![The Danish flag, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908159.RedSeaJan06193.JPG) The Danish flag, Shagra Village |
![A pair of chalets at Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908145.RedSeaJan06071.JPG) A pair of chalets at Shagra Village |
![Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908161.RedSeaJan06198.JPG) Shagra Village |
![Shagra Village chalets](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908146.RedSeaJan06072.JPG) Shagra Village chalets |
![Shagra Village chalets - toilets and showers, but no A/C or TV](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908147.RedSeaJan06073.JPG) Shagra Village chalets - toilets and showers, but no A/C or TV |
![Shagra Village chalets - 45 euros per person per night (low season) full board](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908148.RedSeaJan06074.JPG) Shagra Village chalets - 45 euros per person per night (low season) full board |
![Shagra Village huts - no bathrooms](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908149.RedSeaJan06075.JPG) Shagra Village huts - no bathrooms |
![Shagra Village huts](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908150.RedSeaJan06076.JPG) Shagra Village huts |
![Reception and Dive Centre, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908151.RedSeaJan06079.JPG) Reception and Dive Centre, Shagra Village |
![Beachfront tented accomodation, Shargra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908162.RedSeaJan06199.JPG) Beachfront tented accomodation, Shargra Village |
![The dining tent, Shagra Village. Construction is underway for a more permanent facility](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908163.RedSeaJan06200.JPG) The dining tent, Shagra Village. Construction is underway for a more permanent facility |
![The Omelette Guy](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908164.RedSeaJan06201.JPG) The Omelette Guy |
![Jetty, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908165.RedSeaJan06203.JPG) Jetty, Shagra Village |
![Row of tents, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908166.RedSeaJan06204.JPG) Row of tents, Shagra Village |
![Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908167.RedSeaJan06206.JPG) Shagra Village |
![Bungalows, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908168.RedSeaJan06209.JPG) Bungalows, Shagra Village |
![Cactus garden, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908169.RedSeaJan06210.JPG) Cactus garden, Shagra Village |
![Cactus garden, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908170.RedSeaJan06211.JPG) Cactus garden, Shagra Village |
![Hut, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908171.RedSeaJan06212.JPG) Hut, Shagra Village |
![Hut, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908172.RedSeaJan06213.JPG) Hut, Shagra Village |
![Huts, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908173.RedSeaJan06214.JPG) Huts, Shagra Village |
![Chalets, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908174.RedSeaJan06216.JPG) Chalets, Shagra Village |
![Chalets, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908175.RedSeaJan06217.JPG) Chalets, Shagra Village |
![Chalets, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908176.RedSeaJan06218.JPG) Chalets, Shagra Village |
![Chalets, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908177.RedSeaJan06219.JPG) Chalets, Shagra Village |
![Me at Red Sea Diving Safari camp](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101242047.wkwyt0BN.RoyEgypt128.jpg) Me at Red Sea Diving Safari camp |
![Each morning brought a surprise after the maid visited](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908178.RedSeaJan06221.JPG) Each morning brought a surprise after the maid visited |
![Day 1 was a towel swan](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908179.RedSeaJan06223.JPG) Day 1 was a towel swan |
![Another surprise](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908237.RedSeaJan06706.JPG) Another surprise |
![The brick domed roof of our chalet](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908180.RedSeaJan06225.JPG) The brick domed roof of our chalet |
![The brick domed roof of our chalet](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908181.RedSeaJan06227.JPG) The brick domed roof of our chalet |
![Chalets, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908184.RedSeaJan06354.JPG) Chalets, Shagra Village |
![Chalets, Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908185.RedSeaJan06355.JPG) Chalets, Shagra Village |
![Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908186.RedSeaJan06356.JPG) Shagra Village |
![Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908187.RedSeaJan06357.JPG) Shagra Village |
![Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908188.RedSeaJan06358.JPG) Shagra Village |
![Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908236.RedSeaJan06705.JPG) Shagra Village |
![Excursion in the back of a truck](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908189.RedSeaJan06361.JPG) Excursion in the back of a truck |
![Scenery around Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908190.RedSeaJan06362.JPG) Scenery around Marsa Alam |
![Expansion of Shagra Village's decompression treatment center](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908191.RedSeaJan06364.JPG) Expansion of Shagra Village's decompression treatment center |
![Marsa Alam has lots of new tourism projectgs](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908192.RedSeaJan06366.JPG) Marsa Alam has lots of new tourism projectgs |
![Debbie's savior - a nearby shop with Diet Coke](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908193.RedSeaJan06367.JPG) Debbie's savior - a nearby shop with Diet Coke |
![Another new tourism project, Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908195.RedSeaJan06369.JPG) Another new tourism project, Marsa Alam |
![Mountains and desert near Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908196.RedSeaJan06374.JPG) Mountains and desert near Marsa Alam |
![Red Sea coastal highway, Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908197.RedSeaJan06376.JPG) Red Sea coastal highway, Marsa Alam |
![Red Sea coastal highway, Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908198.RedSeaJan06377.JPG) Red Sea coastal highway, Marsa Alam |
![Red Sea coast, Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908199.RedSeaJan06378.JPG) Red Sea coast, Marsa Alam |
![Marsa Alam's main town is tiny and uninteresting](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908200.RedSeaJan06382.JPG) Marsa Alam's main town is tiny and uninteresting |
![Marsa Alam's gas station](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908201.RedSeaJan06383.JPG) Marsa Alam's gas station |
![Roy in the back of a truck](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908202.RedSeaJan06384.JPG) Roy in the back of a truck |
![Roy looking happy](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908203.RedSeaJan06386.JPG) Roy looking happy |
![Debbie wondering what on earth she did to end up in the back of a truck in this god awful country](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908204.RedSeaJan06389.JPG) Debbie wondering what on earth she did to end up in the back of a truck in this god awful country |
![Excursion by truck to the Red Sea Diving Safari's Nakari Village, 18 km south of Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908205.RedSeaJan06390.JPG) Excursion by truck to the Red Sea Diving Safari's Nakari Village, 18 km south of Marsa Alam |
![Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908227.RedSeaJan06690.JPG) Marsa Alam |
![Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908228.RedSeaJan06692.JPG) Marsa Alam |
![Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908229.RedSeaJan06693.JPG) Marsa Alam |
![Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908206.RedSeaJan06392.JPG) Marsa Alam |
![Beach at Nakari Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908207.RedSeaJan06394.JPG) Beach at Nakari Village |
![Red Sea Diving Safari's Nakari Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908208.RedSeaJan06395.JPG) Red Sea Diving Safari's Nakari Village |
![Red Sea Diving Safari's Nakari Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908209.RedSeaJan06396.JPG) Red Sea Diving Safari's Nakari Village |
![Launch to the Big Boats](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908210.RedSeaJan06397.JPG) Launch to the Big Boats |
![Dive boats for Dolphin House offshore](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908211.RedSeaJan06398.JPG) Dive boats for Dolphin House offshore |
![Nakari Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908212.RedSeaJan06399.JPG) Nakari Village |
![Red Sea Diving Safari boat](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908213.RedSeaJan06401.JPG) Red Sea Diving Safari boat |
![Nakari Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908214.RedSeaJan06667.JPG) Nakari Village |
![The truck](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908215.RedSeaJan06668.JPG) The truck |
![Homemade looking license plate 7454](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908216.RedSeaJan06669.JPG) Homemade looking license plate 7454 |
![Nakari Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908217.RedSeaJan06670.JPG) Nakari Village |
![Nakari Village beach](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908218.RedSeaJan06671.JPG) Nakari Village beach |
![Nakari Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908219.RedSeaJan06673.JPG) Nakari Village |
![Nakari Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908220.RedSeaJan06674.JPG) Nakari Village |
![Nakari Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908221.RedSeaJan06677.JPG) Nakari Village |
![Egyptian speed limits](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908222.RedSeaJan06679.JPG) Egyptian "speed limits" |
![Red Sea Coastal Highway heading back to Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908223.RedSeaJan06680.JPG) Red Sea Coastal Highway heading back to Marsa Alam |
![Near Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908224.RedSeaJan06683.JPG) Near Marsa Alam |
![Red Sea near Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908225.RedSeaJan06685.JPG) Red Sea near Marsa Alam |
![Near Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908226.RedSeaJan06686.JPG) Near Marsa Alam |
![Red Sea Coastal Highway near Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908230.RedSeaJan06697.JPG) Red Sea Coastal Highway near Marsa Alam |
![Red Sea](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908231.RedSeaJan06699.JPG) Red Sea |
![Red Sea](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908232.RedSeaJan06700.JPG) Red Sea |
![In the back of the truck for the return to Shagra Village](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908233.RedSeaJan06701.JPG) In the back of the truck for the return to Shagra Village |
![Near Marsa Alam](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908234.RedSeaJan06702.JPG) Near Marsa Alam |
![The whole Egyptian coast is studded with military bunkers like this](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/55908235.RedSeaJan06703.JPG) The whole Egyptian coast is studded with military bunkers like this |