Shuttle bus for the Red Sea Diving Safari from Hurghada to Marsa Alam |
Mountains on the Red Sea coast near Safaga |
Road sign to Al Qusayr and Marsa Alam |
Villa on the Red Sea coast |
El Hamrawein, the El Nasr Mining company town |
Rustic Ecolodge Rocky Valley Camp on a bluff north of El Qusayr |
Mövenpick El Qusayr |
Mövenpick El Qusayr |
El Qusayr was the only interesting looking town we passed between Hurghada and Marsa Alam |
Monument in El Qusayr |
Egypt Mubarak - Safety and Stability |
Mosque El Qusayr |
Mosque El Qusayr |
El Qusayr (Al Queseir) |
16th C Ottoman fort, El Qusayr (Quseir) |
16th C Ottoman fort, El Qusayr |
16th C Ottoman fort, El Qusayr |
Our minivan made a brief stop in El Qusayr, but not long enough to visit the fort |
El Qusayr |
El Qusayr |
Truckload of camels bound for Cairo, El Qusayr |
Truckload of camels bound for Cairo, El Qusayr |
Red Sea coastal highway south of Al Qusayr |
Bluff along the highway |
Getting closer to Marsa Alam |
Red Sea coastal highway |
Welcome to Marsa Alam |
Red Sea Diving Safari |
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Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village |
Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village |
Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village |
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Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village |
Red Sea Diving Safari Shagra Village |
The Danish flag, Shagra Village |
A pair of chalets at Shagra Village |
Shagra Village |
Shagra Village chalets |
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 |
Shagra Village huts - no bathrooms |
Shagra Village huts |
Reception and Dive Centre, Shagra Village |
Beachfront tented accomodation, Shargra Village |
The dining tent, Shagra Village. Construction is underway for a more permanent facility |
The Omelette Guy |
Jetty, Shagra Village |
Row of tents, Shagra Village |
Shagra Village |
Bungalows, Shagra Village |
Cactus garden, Shagra Village |
Cactus garden, Shagra Village |
Hut, Shagra Village |
Hut, Shagra Village |
Huts, Shagra Village |
Chalets, Shagra Village |
Chalets, Shagra Village |
Chalets, Shagra Village |
Chalets, Shagra Village |
Me at Red Sea Diving Safari camp |
Each morning brought a surprise after the maid visited |
Day 1 was a towel swan |
Another surprise |
The brick domed roof of our chalet |
The brick domed roof of our chalet |
Chalets, Shagra Village |
Chalets, Shagra Village |
Shagra Village |
Shagra Village |
Shagra Village |
Shagra Village |
Excursion in the back of a truck |
Scenery around Marsa Alam |
Expansion of Shagra Village's decompression treatment center |
Marsa Alam has lots of new tourism projectgs |
Debbie's savior - a nearby shop with Diet Coke |
Another new tourism project, Marsa Alam |
Mountains and desert near Marsa Alam |
Red Sea coastal highway, Marsa Alam |
Red Sea coastal highway, Marsa Alam |
Red Sea coast, Marsa Alam |
Marsa Alam's main town is tiny and uninteresting |
Marsa Alam's gas station |
Roy in the back of a truck |
Roy looking happy |
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 |
Marsa Alam |
Marsa Alam |
Marsa Alam |
Marsa Alam |
Beach at Nakari Village |
Red Sea Diving Safari's Nakari Village |
Red Sea Diving Safari's Nakari Village |
Launch to the Big Boats |
Dive boats for Dolphin House offshore |
Nakari Village |
Red Sea Diving Safari boat |
Nakari Village |
The truck |
Homemade looking license plate 7454 |
Nakari Village |
Nakari Village beach |
Nakari Village |
Nakari Village |
Nakari Village |
Egyptian "speed limits" |
Red Sea Coastal Highway heading back to Marsa Alam |
Near Marsa Alam |
Red Sea near Marsa Alam |
Near Marsa Alam |
Red Sea Coastal Highway near Marsa Alam |
Red Sea |
Red Sea |
In the back of the truck for the return to Shagra Village |
Near Marsa Alam |
The whole Egyptian coast is studded with military bunkers like this |