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What I don´t understand is: you write that you forgot to bring your logbook, which means you are there already, and than you write that you will be travelling next week...

Well, actually right now there is almost ZERO tourism anymore because of the stupid travel warnings... ...and I doubt it will pick up very much in the coming months. I don´t expect any considerable improvement before easter 2014.

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UPDATE: one of our staff just spoke with the top police guy here in Dahab. He said that INSIDE Dahab there are no restrictions for tourists to go out for dinner after 1900 hours. Driving to Sharm or Nuweiba after this time is not possible right now. That´s the official word from our local police...

Someone in Sharm (who I spoke with by phone) contacted the authorities and was told, that inside Sharm (e.g. going to a restaurant for dinner) the curfew would not be enforced. Travelling to Taba (approx. 200 km) at night through half of Sinai is surely not allowed right now. That´s the...

Is there a specific reason why you keep digging up threads that are months, and in some cases years old?

...and it should be added that the status of the CDWS is less clear than ever! Nobody is really sure if one still needs to hold a valid CDWS-card (I have one, though - better be on the safe side) or if a center still needs to be a CDWS-member. MOT and CDWS are at some sort of war with each other...

Hey, alsamalsa, you´re a year late!

Do a Ras Mohamed-Wrecks-Brothers trip with Snefro out of Sharm and you have the best of two worlds. Shark feeding is an absolute no-no btw...

String, I pray to Allah, or God, or Buddha or the Flying Spaghetti Monster that you are right! But SA is pressing really hard for this damned thing and Morsi seems taken by the idea. Actually lately in the egyptian newspapers it was stated that they want to go forward with the project.

[irony mode on] What´s a couple of turtles and sharks, some fishing on local reefs and a few plastic bags in the water compared to the damage the proposed bridge between SA and Sharm will cause to the area. So, keep on hunting and fishing as long as these creatures still exist here... [irony...

According to several computers, water in Dahab is between 22° and 23° right now.

One hour of chamber treatment cost around 600 €! If you consider that an effective treatment could require several days with repeated chamber sessions of approx. 8 hours each day you come up to more than 10000 USD easily... And that´s not considering all the other costs! I would recommend a...

I think you would be better off going to Dahab which is much smaller, more relaxed and has many small centers that offer personalized service. Since Dahab has mostly shorediving, half day trips can be much easier organized.

I am not concerned about immediate security problems - travelling to Egypt is (in the moment) quite safe. What bothers me are the long term issues looming on the horizon! With the dictatorial decree issued by Mursi and the intensifying clashes in Cairo and other cities, I fear for an escalation...

During the last days after Mursi established a new dictatorship, one worse than before under Mubarak, Egypt is all over the news again with reports of unrest, clashes and even the prospect of civil war. If you read the comments and reactions in european newspapers you can clearly see that...

Unfortunately, 40 €/day for a DM is next to impossible. Here in Dahab DMs are paid (as freelancers) aound 10.- €/dive plus some small commissions here and there - and freelancers are not in demand much right now for the reasons Crowley already mentioned. Finding a regular job with a guaranteed...

23° - drysuit recommended... ;-)

OK, the email was somewhat rude - but if caught on a bad day I can´t vouch for myself not reacting in a similar way... :D But there is something else bothering me: Why is it, that in the dive-industry some customers believe the instructor/manager/guide has to be available 24/7? Why do they...

Anything below 25° C is considered ice-diving by me! Dry-suit is really recommended in the moment - even if it´s only for the chilling winds when you get out of the water. The water doesn´t seem to get warmer. It´s around 22° C now since many weeks. And vis sucks, too... I´m depressed and want...