marsa alam anybody been ?

planning a trip here in may this year just wondered what to expect
thanks

One of the best places in the world for diving.
I'm just leaving tomorrow for Hurghada and Mars alam.

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> planning a trip here in may this year just wondered what to expect
> thanks

Excellent...I've been to Hurghada a couple of times........Mars
alam....where are you staying? Are there quality hotels there?




"Italian" <enco@poczta.interia.pl> wrote in message
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> One of the best places in the world for diving.
> I'm just leaving tomorrow for Hurghada and Mars alam.
>
> Uzytkownik "speedburn" <audioman111@hotmail.com> napisal w wiadomosci
> news:n6qm3051rrtvof9gl4rijndnu18h75e78f@4ax.com...
> > planning a trip here in may this year just wondered what to expect
> > thanks
>
>

I was in Marsa Alam in May 2003. Having researched the area thoroughly
I concluded that the best way to see the southern red sea was by
spending time on a live aboard. I sailed on the MV Excel for 7 days(
www.scuba.co.uk ) and can't enthuse enough about how good the trip
was. The boat sails from Marsa Alam to the Brothers, Daedelus,
Elphinestone, Rocky and St Johns, which are regarded as the best dives
sites in the Red Sea. I have to agree, the diving was spectacular, the
boat 5* and the guides, Sonia and Grant, brilliant. On our last day we
dived a few sites that would be within day boat reach of Marsa Alam
and found them to be pristine and profuse with marine life. There were
large pods of dolphins, large shoals of hammerheads, and abundance of
reef sharks ( grey, white tips, black tips ) Oceanic white tips,
threshers and even a dugong during our visit The reefs were
awesome and, having dived all over the world, I have to say were some
of the best I've ever seen
There's bugger all in Marsa Alam, as it's still a virgin and slow
developing resort. That said, the hotels in Marsa Alam are of a good
standard, but there's not much to do if ur gonna be shore based.
I hope this helps . please, please, please take a liveaboard. I
guaratee u'll have a trip of a lifetime if u do.
Submersible Sid

I've been closer to El Quseir - in Akassia Hotel - very nice.
(www.akassia.com)
Excellent house reef!
All dives are shore dives, and all are great.

F.


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> planning a trip here in may this year just wondered what to expect
> thanks