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Silke has kept away from the sun all day with a book on our terrace.

Today the red flag was up, so that one could not snorkel at the reef edge. Therefore, I had looked around a little in the shallow water area in front of the beach. At high tide it is knee deep to waist high there, but because of the sea urchins and corals only with bathing shoes and carefully to enter.

Otherwise, today was a quiet day. After a short stay at the pool, several games of beach volleyball were a nice change.

Reiner

After breakfast we did some planning and booking for the next days.

To relax we then went snorkeling at the house reef and pool.

In the late afternoon we had a Zumba party for Silke. In the evening we said goodbye to Detlef and Simone from Berlin, who unfortunately had to leave already.

Reiner

For today we had booked a full day trip to the National Park “Ras Mohammed”, which has the largest biodiversity of marine life in the Sinai. First by minibus and then by dive boat we went out to different reefs.

Among other things, to Jolanda Reef, named after a sunken cargo ship. You can still see very well between the wreckage part of the cargo, which probably consisted mainly of toilet bowls.

At the different diving and snorkeling places there were beside the corals also a lot of different fishes to see very close: Giant moray eel (up to 3m), Napoleon fish (up to 200Kg), tuna, blue spotted ray, clown fish, parrot fish, etc.

When we changed the dive site by boat a herd of dolphins accompanied us for a short distance.

All in all a great day.

We skipped the evening program and took care of our sunburn.

Reiner

Comment by Silke on “a great day!”:

Not the whole day was great. After the first snorkel stop about 1/3 of the guests were very seasick. Among them also my dear hubby. Breakfast served as fish food. He was fine in the water with the fish, but on the boat it rocked quite a bit. He would have loved to swim after it. How good, that one forgets such things always fast!

Silke

Comment by Reiner to “a great day!”:

Funny, I couldn’t remember it at all.

Reiner

Today there was step aerobics at 17:00. After dinner, at 21:30 on the beach an Egyptian evening with belly dancing, fire acrobats and subsequent beach party with DJ.

Silke

Snorkeling, splashing, … the days just spill out.

Silke

Slept in and had a good breakfast.

Afterwards we went to the house reef again to check the fishes. In the morning the sun is on the 30m deep wall. Thus, the visibility is much better than in the afternoon.

The rest of the day flew by. In the heat, it’s best to stay in air-conditioned rooms or in the pool.

The food at the specialty restaurant “The Flavour” was not for vegetarians. Nicer ambiance, but no real option without meat and fish. We didn’t go to bed hungry, though, because you could stop by the “normal” buffet briefly afterwards.

Reiner

Pool – Breakfast – Snorkeling –

– Beach bar – coffee drinking – dinner -.

And in between – Tired of doing nothing.

Silke

Today we snorkeled extensively. To do this, we only had to walk the hotel’s own jetty into the sea and could directly admire the coral reef and many colorful fish. A lifeguard is also on site in case someone has problems swimming. It goes steeply over 30 m into the depth. But you just have to let yourself drift. The water is clear and we had no problems with the current. Of course, some idiots step on the corals. There, too, the lifeguard has to use his whistle more often.

In the evening we went to the Egyptian specialty restaurant Sofra. A very nice atmosphere and table service.

I like the food for vegetarians better at the Magico Restaurant Buffet. Afterwards we had a party in the lounge and some cocktails.

Silke

Ps: Have both sunburn on the back despite LF50. The sun’s rays are more intense in the sea.