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 <title><![CDATA[Long weekend at the Savoy]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[You can’t spare a full week but you could squeeze in a long weekend, and make up for the short stay by living it up a little. But is the Red Sea a practical proposition? BRENDAN O’BRIEN tries it – you decide]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[What’s the rush?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:09 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[When does the boat leave? Well, when can you be here? Gassous Bay near Safaga is a place to kick back and chill out (except when trekking to the Lighthouse), says John Liddiard]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Get a bit tekkie Egyptian style ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Want to drive your diving onward and upward on your next trip? Werner Lau Sharm could be just the ticket, says JOHN BANTIN ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Where is the spiritual home of British divers? Egypt of course! If you want to argue about it, contact JOHN BANTIN, who has just done his 100th Ras Mohammed dive]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Boat-diving isn’t for everyone, but where best to savour the possibilities of shore-diving in the Red Sea? JAMES DAWSON provides a heads-up. Main photography by JOHN BANTIN ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[What about the fifth wreck? ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 09:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The phantom wreck at Abu Nuhas has attained semi-mythical status, but is it just a figment of divers’ imaginations? Only one way to find out, suggests Mike Ward ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Light my fire - Marsa Alam]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:41 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[NIGEL WADE knows what he likes best – coral reefs in great condition. For fellow aficionados he reckons the trick is to get down to Marsa Alam while the going’s still good ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Wrecks & reefs]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Never let familiarity breed contempt – the northern wreck and reef circuit may be the best-known way of diving the Red Sea from a liveaboard, but that’s because it’s so good. Keeping her fingernails carefully intact, Farzi Bantin reports <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Going solo on Golden Dolphin]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Diving the Thistlegorm? Nothing unusual in itself, but it felt strange for Stuart Philpott to be doing so as the only (but not lonely) guest on a liveaboard that can take 20 divers on its dive-platform alone. The experience put the classic wreck in a whole new light <br/>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Some regard Dahab as a deep-divin' tekkie town, but for TV presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff, it's the perfect retreat for shore-divers with a young family in tow.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[5 undersung Red Sea sites]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Red Sea has plenty of dive sites likely to figure in any 'See Before You Die' or 'World's Top 100' listing - Elphinstone, the Thistlegorm or the Brothers - but what of the lesser-known gems? James Dawson names his favoured five <br/>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:04 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It looks like RIP for VIP One, a mature Red Sea liveaboard badly damaged by fire earlier this year. But Stuart '007' Philpott wasn't to know that he might be embarking on a final voyage as he climbed aboard, his imagination running riot ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A shore-diving resort may be great for a family holiday, but combined with a short liveaboard getaway, it's even better! John Bantin takes a holiday within a holiday ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[When a Red Sea liveaboard is about to go into service, it's a good idea to give it a bit of a trial run. Of course, if you invite along paying guests and journalists, you're being impressively brave. John Liddiard volunteers as a lab-rat aboard the Contessa Mia ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Six days in the desert ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[For a wide-angle photographer, Marsa Alam provides spectacular opportunities, says Zac Macaulay, as he enjoys a taste of southern Egypt's underwater world ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Southern Sudan Odyssey]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:25 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Get far enough south in the Red Sea and you won't see other safari boats, or overdived reefs - just marine life, and lots of it. If only John Bantin had waited till the hammerheads had been and gone before writing up this treat of a trip ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Shake out in Egypt ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:09 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The favourite holiday spot for British divers appears to have raised the bar for dive destinations the world over, with its new inspection system for dive centres. Has diving in Egypt just got a whole lot safer? Brendan O'Brien shadows the Chamber of Diving & Watersports inspectors to find out ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Back to nature - but is it really eco?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Many divers relish the simplicity of a shore-based 'eco-village' diving holiday in southern Egypt. <br/>It's more comfortable than in the pioneering days, says John Bantin - but is it as environmentally friendly? <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Lionfish duel ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:47 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[They often look as if they're spoiling for a fight, but on this occasion a battle royal took place - witnessed by Richard Carey ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Frogfish capital of the world! ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:58 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In Taba to conduct a regulator comparison test, John Bantin is taken by surprise when a jolly green giant bowls over to sit on his head!]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Sharm with Camel and a very light CCR ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[John Liddiard gets to see some classic dive sites in a new light, and enjoys being bubble-free to get among spawning shoals of snapper and batfish ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Some kind of wonderful ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Drawn back to the diver town of Dahab again and again, Louise Trewavas thought she'd seen everything it had to offer - until her most recent trip ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Living large at the Savoy]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The well-heeled diver can now enjoy all the luxury associated with the Savoy name in Sharm, where the reef-diving is as good as ever. All that's needed is a better way of linking diver with site, says Colin Mac Andrias. Anyone seen his butler?]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Time to spare in Fury Shoals]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[There's not that much to see topside at Hamata, in Egypt's deep south, but staying there does give John Liddiard the unusual chance to explore a famous collection of reefs at leisure]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Diving Miss Nouran]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The accommodation was a bit compact, but everyone seemed to rub along nicely aboard this Red Sea liveaboard, as John Bantin passed the time by shooting fish in some old haunts ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[This dugong don't care]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Ah, the joy of spending quality time with a rare wild creature in its native habitat! Sometimes you may have to share the experience with a few others, of course, as John Bantin discovers ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Ancient enigma intrigues the cleaners]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:43 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[John Bantin gets involved in some archaeological hard graft, as part of a Red Sea mystery tour ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[North to south: the Egyptian Red Sea]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Have you been to Sharm el Sheikh or Hurghada and wondered what the rest of Egypt's eastern coast has to offer? Or perhaps you're still a Red Sea virgin? John Bantin sums up the possibilities between the Israeli and Sudanese borders ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Keep on truckin]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:39 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Taking a liveaboard to Sudan from Egypt made a refreshing change from flying for John Bantin, but the trip would veer wildly between episodes of comedy and the odd moment of terror! ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Plane truth about the Thistlegorm]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Chris Frost is a diver, a pilot and something of an aeroplane anorak. He reckons it's time to shed light on the aircraft parts to be found on the Red Sea's best-known wreck ]]></description>
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