Yes...Hadaba (and not Hamata lol
I too would agree that Hamata is 'a few miles' from Naama...about 700-800 kilometres would be right?
Hadaba on the other hand is only 10-12 kilometres from Naama Bay I estimate.
Diveschool...in Sharm I use Werner Lau...and this next time around I also go on a liveaboard during the second week Sept 17-24...the liveaboard will be with Sinai Divers.
Liveaboards seem to be available at a very good price these days...I get the impression they are hard pressed to fill up the boats due to a lower influx of divers.
I haven't used Sinai Divers yet...so really can't say anything about them yet.
Regarding Werner Lau...it is a German outfit...seemed very professional to me.
The staff is a mix of Danish, German, Dutch and South African instructors (plus a single Hungarian, Finnish and Colombian).
The clientele I would say is 35% Danish/Scandinavian, 35% German, 15% Dutch/Belgian/French, 15% other nationalities.
Rooms at the Mexicana...ask for a room on the first floor somewhere near the main pool...that way you should be well away from that 24-7 generator on the building site beyond the hotel...and also that way you are well away from the hotel bar.
The shuttle bus for the Werner Lau diving centre picks you up each morning at around 7:45 AM...and so would shuttle buses from other diving centres it seemed to me.
The afternoon return shuttle bus would bring you back to the hotel around 5-5:45 PM.
A taxi from the hotel to Naama Bay would be around 15-20 Egyptian Pounds (around 2 GBP)...depending on your haggle skills price could be a little less.
In general I would say the Mexicana is a very quiet hotel...which suits me fine because I come to Sharm for the diving and pretty much nothing else.
There didn't seem to be much of night time entertaiment...except for maybe having a drink at the hotel bar up near the main lobby.
I didn't see the other hotel guests much (everyday I was diving), but I got the impression it was a mix of English and Russians...and the occasional Scandinavian (me).
Now...just be aware that this last time in Sharm was my first time there...so I am no expert on Sharm!
If you want a hotel closer to Naama Bay and in the same cheap price range as Mexicana, I was recommended the Sharm Cliff Hotel, too...that one is just 12 minutes walk from Naama Bay.
