Trip Report MY Ghazala Explorer and north Red Sea, Hurghada to Straits of Tiran

[JustSurfaceInterval]

The 12L are certainly DIN as this is the standard in Egypt. But there are always enough adapters for those without own.

 

[Rafael Moreira]

I remember clearly that the 15L tanks are DIN. Adapters are provided to convert to yoke. I am not certain if the 12L tanks are DIN. Maybe @Rafael Moreira or @Opa-TX can recall.

You are correct all tanks were DIN but they provided the adapters if needed…

 

[Cornbread O'Malley]

Something to note. The Ghazala Explorer's lower deck suite has the emergency exit in the bulkhead. Going through the exit leads towards the bow, through the berths for the crew, and up several steps to the main deck. The bulkhead or the door is also rather thin. The lower deck suite occupant during my cruise said she could hear the crew snoring.

I stumbled on an earlier thread about liveaboard fires in the Red Sea. That reminded me of a few more safety items for Ghazala. The boat does have flotation jackets in the cabins for each passenger with whistles and lights attached. Fire extinguishers are easily accessible throughout the boat. And all crew and passengers conducted an evacuation drill. Those of us in the lower deck had the pleasure of squeezing through the emergency exit in our life jackets.

 

[Parlem]

The 15L tanks provided on Ghazala Explorer are steel. The 12L tanks are aluminum.

Many thanks. That's what I suspected.

 

[Whistler]

Great trip report, however I can guarantee with utmost certainty that you were not served pork as you stated in your post.

 

[Cornbread O'Malley]

@Whistler

Dang. Good catch! Considering the part of the world I was in, you're absolutely correct.

Thanks for reading!

 

[Sure Squintsalot]

...but you may have been served camel.

 

[Cornbread O'Malley]

...but you may have been served camel.

lol I actually ate camel steak twice at Hurghada New Marina at a restaurant named Che Guevara. The first time was for lunch before the liveaboard embarked. I enjoyed the camel steak so much that I went back to the restaurant when the liveaboard returned and ordered the largest camel steak serving available!

 

[Adr1an]

Great trip report, however I can guarantee with utmost certainty that you were not served pork as you stated in your post.

Coptic Christians account to 6-9% of Egypt's population according to official data, while unofficial estimations put the figure anywhere between 10-20%. One would be amazed how much pork is being eaten in Egypt. In Cairo you can have it delivered to your door..

 

[BubblesBubblesBelow]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I am looking at going in April on the North - (Tiran & Dahab) itinerary. Do you think the upper deck cabins are worth the extra $100? Was there more than one exit from the lower deck cabins? And, did the boat have an analyzer available to check after each fill?