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Three-Day Break
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 more...
Appeared in DIVER January 2010
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Six days in the desert
For a wide-angle photographer, Marsa Alam provides spectacular opportunities, says Zac Macaulay, as he enjoys a taste of southern Egypt's underwater world more...
Appeared in DIVER October 2009
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Living large at the Savoy
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? more...
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Time to spare in Fury Shoals
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 more...
Appeared in DIVER July 2008
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Shake out in Egypt
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 more...
Appeared in DIVER July 2009
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Back to nature - but is it really eco?
Many divers relish the simplicity of a shore-based 'eco-village' diving holiday in southern Egypt.
It's more comfortable than in the pioneering days, says John Bantin - but is it as environmentally friendly?
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It's more comfortable than in the pioneering days, says John Bantin - but is it as environmentally friendly?
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Appeared in DIVER April 2009
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Frogfish capital of the world!
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! more...
Appeared in DIVER March 2009
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Some kind of wonderful
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 more...
Appeared in DIVER January 2009
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North to south: the Egyptian Red Sea
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 more...
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Beyond the blue horizon
Some divers are so keen to dive the southern Egyptian Red Sea that they'll take a voluntary plunge even during a free-flow! John Bantin views the always-diverting scene from a very comfortable liveaboard more...
Appeared in DIVER January 2007
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Jekyll & Hyde Dive in the Red Sea
Colona Dive Club has run dayboats and liveaboards in Egypt for years, and its latest base is the Magawish Village near Hurghada. Now it offers divers the chance to get a bit more technical and dive more as they might in the UK. John Liddiard spends a schizoid week learning more more...
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Diving the Sticky-Up Bits
Want to dive some big, shallow, well-populated wrecks that have hardly ever been dived before? Mike Ward finds some great photo opportunities aboard a prize-winning liveaboard way up in the Gulf of Suez more...
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Hot Route to the South
The southern Egyptian Red Sea is not the remote, exclusive place it was, as dayboats visit prime sites from new coastal resorts, but is it being spoilt by its new accessibility? Mike Ward was on the first flight into the new international airport at Marsa Alam to find out more...
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The Great Red Sea Coast Roadtrip
Where should you base yourself next time you go diving in Egypt? It used to be either Sharm or Hurghada, but now El this, Wadi that and Marsa the other are vying for your attention. Hitching rides in minibuses, 4x4s and pick-ups, plus the odd taxi, John Liddiard decided to check them all out... more...
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Danke Schön, Safaga
The Germans seem to know something we don't, says Gavin Anderson, back from a highly Teutonic but eye-opening stay in Safaga. It's a bit crowded, but you might want to start laying down a few British towels on those dayboats. more...
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Buy Now While Stocks Last!
As the resorts and sites of the northern Egyptian Red Sea become increasingly crowded, the wise money is on venturing south. Development of new resorts is rapid, says John Bantin, but it is a live-aboard trip that offers the exciting and the unpredictable more...
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Diving in the Desert
Away from the cosmopolitan tourist resorts of the Red Sea lies the small town of Dahab, the gateway to a fascinating desert experience and stunning dive sites, as Max McLeod reveals more...
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Egypt by Boat
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On Shore in Hurgada
On a shore-based holiday there is much to consider besides the diving if you want to get the best out of your trip. In the first of an occasional series, John Liddiard helps us find our way around one of the Red Sea's popular locations more...
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Hurricane Force
You have just voted it your favourite liveaboard in the Awards and, at least as far as the Red Sea is concerned, John Bantin can only agree that mv Hurricane stands out from the crowd. So what makes it so special? more...
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Gold, Silver & Bronze
Are these Egypt's best natural dive sites? John Bantin raises the question after taking a liveaboard south and getting reacquainted with the Brothers islands and Daedalus and Elphinstone Reefs more...
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All in the First 12 Metres
Repetitive shallow diving is not something John Bantin goes in for a lot, but a week at El Gouna in the Red Sea is enough to remind him of its appeal more...
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Ships of the Desert
Camel-diving can be a more rewarding experience than might seem to be the case, says John Liddiard, who gave it a try on a recent Red Sea trip. First, make friends with your camel more...
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Diary of a Red Sea Diver
It started badly when a dive bag makes an unscheduled flight, but there will be many highs and lows as the days pass. Tony Sutton returns to Egypt to find himself part of a diving soap opera, but it's just another week in Sharm el Sheikh more...
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Welcome to Hurgada (if you're careful)
An over-dived area of the Egyptian Red Sea is now being protected on two fronts. A voluntary agency installs buoys to save reefs from boat mooring damage, while government rangers enforce a new law to preserve the country's underwater heritage. Stephen Lee reports from Hurghada more...