If I had to choose just one place in the world to dive, I'd choose Ras Mohamed.
Ras Mohamed is a very thin strip of land at the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula at the Northern end of the Red Sea. In itself a peninsula, it is bordered to the west by the relatively shallow waters of the Gulf of Suez, and to the east by the deep waters of the Gulf of Aqaba. Here the water reaches depths of up to 2000 meters. The peninsula itself is made up of a fossil coral reef that emerged during the Quaternary Period about 75,000 years ago.The Peninsula is surrounded by high reef tables. The most prominent of these are Yolanda Reef at the extreme southern tip, and Shark Reef.
Its nutrient rich waters attract hundreds of thousands of living species to its immensely diverse coral reef. Its luxuriant sea walls and terraces provide some of the most awesome sights anyone can lay eyes on. Few historical wrecks in the vicinity which are very well preserved and accessible. The truth is words can never do justice to this breathtaking spot.
Few could dare argue the fact that Ras Mohamed is the best place to dive in the world. 2nd bests are quite close by as well. Sharm-El-Sheikh (about 30 KM away) and Dahab which we dived as well, Hurghada, Marsa Alam and Nuweiba and are all less than a couple of hours away at the most.
So after checking out places as diverse as Maldives, Manado, Lembeh Straits, Similan Islands, Lombok, Anambas Island there is no shame in some boasting about the fact that Ras Mohamed tops them all.
We did not take many underwater photos because I am new to the Olympus 8080. Being a camera idiot did not help. LOL! Hovever we have video taken during our dives.
1 Flight egypt to sharm
1 Flight egypt to sharm
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