RE: Red Sea diving!! xxx
ORIGINAL: Jacquie B
I always joke that when I go on holiday, I will come back tanned only on one side.....my back, as I spend so much time snorkelling!
I'm finding that's not just a joke, but very true, however! I must get the top half of a wetsuit due to it I think, even if waters aren't cold.
RE: Red Sea diving!! xxx
ORIGINAL: Aromababe
There wasn't much to see in Cyprus - the Eastern Med is pretty sterile, but did some fabulous snorkelling in Mexico last year.
Maybe we should put together an HP "Where it's worth snorkelling/ scuba-ing" list? ;)Last year I snorkelling off the Venice Lido, and it might as well have been in a swimming pool for all the interest. I got out early.
Saw a seal yesterday, but I was just walking and didn't go in to see if it would play.
RE: Red Sea diving!! xxx
ORIGINAL: Jacquie B
David....I am impressed that you can hold your breath for 3 minutes! Wow! I can only manage about a minute and a half
Actually I can beat 3 minutes, and it's a rather nasty trick to play on people since they get worried! ;)I certainly can't do it if using my muscles, which burns up oxygen, and you have to calm the mind, basically like meditation. So you hold onto a big rock (so as not to drift upward due to the air in the lungs) and then you chill out. 😀
As for the pain, right now it's a metaphorical pain too. Virtually stopping me from wanting to go under at all. Will have to see if it passes over time. [&:]
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RE: Red Sea diving!! xxx
David.....that would be a very interesting look you would have going on there if you only wear the bottom half of a wet suit. I can just picture you wearing shorts and a t shirt, the top half looking all gorgeous and bronzed, and then I spot the milk bottle white legs!![sm=speechless-smiley-040.gif] Only joking!
We used to get seals following us underwater when we went on expedition up to Scotland. They would play hide and seek in the kelp forests. Very inquisitive creatures they were. We used to collect scallops and the odd lobster, if we could find one,for our supper too. I really enjoyed diving up there.
I have snorkelled a bit off the Florida coast, but that was very sandy where we were, not much to see. I agree with Lesley, that there is not too much to be seen in the Med. I have snorkelled off Malta and Gozo too, not much to report, but the Blue Lagoon was lovely to see. Greece was the same too, I do love the sea cucumbers there though, they feel gorgeous to handle, all soft and velvety.
I always take a packet of crisps with me when I go snorkelling or diving, not Prawn Cocktail though.:) The fish love them. I stick the packet down my bikini bottoms when I get in the water, soI don't have to carry them. I do get a few funny looks from passing snorkellers!!
I was always a bit wary diving in Gibraltar, because we sometimes used to get Great White Sharks in the area. I love the advice they give, should you encounter a shark about to attack.........to give it a sharp smack on the nose. Hmmmmm.
That's all for now.
With love
Jacquie [sm=love-smiley-009.gif]
PS. It would be a lovely idea for people to say where was good to snorkel/scuba.
RE: Red Sea diving!! xxx
Do you remember the British Gas Advertbroadcast in1990 of babies swimming in a coral sea? That was the Red Sea, and was filmed off Sharm el Sheikh.
You can watch the video of the ad here [link= http://www.littledippers.co.uk/laurenbio.htm ]http://www.littledippers.co.uk/laurenbio.htm[/link]- click on the British Gas link - the quality's not great but you get it best on full screen.
I'm not advertising for BG by the way - the baby in the poster and the film was my now 17 year old. There were 3 other babies used in the film too!
I snorkelled there and took some great photos of the fish and the coral reefs. It was an amazing experience ata time when Sharm was just beginning to develop as a commercial diving centre. They imported Chinese workers to do the building workand I remember a vision ofa long line of pig-tailed, coolie hatted Chinese filing into a coach withdesert as the backdrop.
Have a great time - but be careful - there are some nasties lurking in those reefs! We had a few scares!
Sharonx