The wreck diving here was a really pleasant surprise. I never spend too much time looking up what I’m going to dive ahead of time, more than once it has taken away the best part, the discovery. Wrecks have become the heart of my love for diving. As I’ve gotten older and been through some pretty wild things, over time I have noticed my adrenaline response to fear has changed dramatically. Wreck diving provides me some of those rushes again and it’s a good feeling.
Tiles Wreck was a great start and was glad I had the red filer for this dive, as some of the cargo, Italian tiles were really vibrant. Shorter swim through but this was a nice wreck to explore.
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November 16, 2022, 3:44 pm
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The reason Egypt was so perfect for this moment in time was it was a terrific land adventure but just as importantly, checked another important destination off of my diving bucket list: the Red Sea. After years of doing crazy shore diving all over the world, I have come to appreciate a liveaboard (you sleep on a boat that is constantly moving around to new sites, this trip I did 7 nights). You can dive the same site every day and it never be the same dive in a place like that, so saving yourself the daily long boat rides allows you do just do more diving in a shorter period of time and makes night diving more accessible.
I really enjoyed my time on the Red Sea Aggressor II. The crew was awesome, the boat was comfortable, and the food was amazing and I’m still in awe of what came out of the tiniest kitchen you could ever imagine. Getting on a boat of strangers and sharing my cabin with someone I’ve never met before is extremely outside of my comfort zone. As the years go by, I am used to spending days at a time alone with the dogs and more comfortable with my introversion than ever. I was really pleased as it was a pretty fun group of people on the boat and at the end of the day, I felt really lucky to spend time with such interesting people from all over the world and my bunkmate Kim was awesome, I couldn’t have asked for better.
I’ll break the blog up in to fish and reef pics in this one, and a separate blog about my wreck dives.
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November 10, 2022, 5:04 am
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Finishing the trip off at Karnak and Luxor temples was pretty chill. The size of these is breath taking and because they’re part of the New Kingdom, there is still lots of color, and then you start to see later influences, with old graffiti carved into places. What I liked about these temples was the scale of everything. That, combined with the minimal crowds when I was there was a very connected experience. I am used to feeling short but, in these temples, you felt like an ant.
Finishing at Luxor Temple was a treat. There was a nice breeze which certainly helped but I was lucky to visit during a very quiet time and enjoyed much of the temple in quiet reflection.
November 7, 2022, 12:31 am
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Of course it wasn’t normal, why should it be?
Many people had told me that a balloon ride over Luxor was a must. Although it was never anything I really pictured myself doing, the opportunity to fly over the Nile and the valley of the Kings, I could not pass up .
The flight itself was pretty cool, although the real adventure it was all in the landing. We had the first touchdown in the middle of a field of sugarcane. We took off again, and found ourselves landing at the tops of banana trees. We finally came to rest on the banks of the Nile and based on the look on the guys faces who came to pick us up, this was not the plan. Overall, I have to say it was an awesome experience wild landing and all.
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After a week of diving the Red Sea, I travelled to Luxor. My pics from diving will need to wait until I get home, I have no way of charging my laptop unfortunately, so for now…
The day started with a trip to see Hatshepsut Temple. She was the first female leader of Egypt, who seemed to like shady business.
Later, exploring the The Valley of the Kings was amazing. We got there nice and early and from what I understand, I got off real lucky. No line ups to get into the tombs I’m told is rare, so I’ll take it.
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After sweating out any extra water my system may have had on hand, we had a quick stop over in an alabaster shop. This stone is mined behind the Valley of the Kings and is famous in Egypt and all around the world. They immediately put me to work and complimented me by assuring me that I was a stronger than average woman.