Well, I've been busy the past week or so in holiday in Dahab, Egypt, learning to dive. Went with my workmate Nicola and together we got to the first stage of being a diver, the PADI Open Water Diver qualification. It was a real challenge, both physically (learning how to swim properly), academically (learning the course work and studying for the exam!) and emotionally (facing up to your fears about the things that could go wrong)!
The dive company we did our course with, Poseidon Divers, were excellent, very professional. They do a wide variety of courses and we were the only Open Water Divers there that week. There were people studying for Technical and Master Diver qualifications as well. Although we had a great time, the course was quite full on so I'd suggest if anyone was going to do it, to think about doing the first part of the course at home in a pool and then doing the open water dives on holiday. It was very tiring!
We stayed at the Coral Coast Hotel about ten minutes north of the main centre of Dahab. This was brilliant as we didn't have to deal with all the restaurant and shop touts every time we left the hotel. We had a lovely view out over the Gulf of Aqaba over to Saudi Arabia with some stunning mountain views.
Dahab itself is nice and laid back - it's grown quite a bit since I was there in 1996 but still is a lot nicer than the larger resort town of Sharm El Sheikh. There are restaurants and nice sitting areas all along the waterfront and the food and drink is incredibly cheap. Mains courses are generally about 25LE - about £2.50!
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