Dive Dive Dive!

Actually, I'm going to split the holiday into four posts. As we were there, I thought I would try scuba diving to break up the days. Allegedly the Red Sea is one of the top three diving/snorkling destinations. I wasn't sure if I would like it so I only booked the first lesson for the middle of the first week, but I did like it, and unfortunately I could only go once more.

The first time was good, once I'd learnt the basic signs, and three of us went down to about 12m. I saw lots of fish and coral, and some pictures are below. the good thing was I didn't get told off by the instructor much.

The second time (no pictures) we actually went down to 20m, but I think that was because the other people I was with were experienced divers and so as I was the only beginner the instructor could look after me. Again I saw lots of fish, including a big one which seemed to be as large as my armspan, also a clam type thing opening and closing, and something akin to a puffer fish going from being all open to all closed up....I really enjoyed it all and wished I had gone more, maybe next holiday....

One thing about the second trip though was that my air meter dropped pretty quickly and I thought I hardly had any air left, which was a bit of a panic. I used the instructor's air for a bit, but it turns out that it was the gauge that was broken and I had plenty of air.......still a bit of a panic for a novice like me.