Thank You Simon TW

[Georgina]

Just returned from another trip out to El Gouna but spent most of my time with my neighbour YD'er Simon TW.   Simon lives ten minutes drive from me down the Red Sea coast towards Hurghada.   He has a beautiful villa with swimming pool and private beach with the most stunning views.   He has been driving me around in his very impressive black Dodge Ram 8 cylinder car, taking me to favourite restaurants, giving me champagne and easter eggs as we watch the sun set on his sun loungers on the beach and then we are waited on hand and foot by his house boy Ramadan.

We did, of course, go diving too      Went out with the Dive Tribe in El Gouna to their local sites of Dolphin House, Poseidon Garden and El Galawa.   Diving is superb as usual and the highlight is always the dolphins.   Air temperature was up to 32 degrees and water temperature 22.

And now I'm back to reality in the UK  

Wish I was still with Simon in the Egypt......

[SCUBA Chick]

Oooooooo, you are making me go green with envy georgina!!

I have been looking at the dive tribe site and getting tempted by the opportunity to swim with the dolphins!! Where abouts do they generally hang out? I'm sure that I wouldn't quite believe it if they ever joinde me on a dive...I came up from a dive this year when I had 9 manta's circling me on my safety stop and I couldn't speak!!! I probably wouldn't speak for a week if I could have my dream of dolphins around me in the water (hubbie might think that this is a good thing though!!!!)

Happy diving

Scubachick

[Jules]

oooo we are going to El Gouna in July for two weeks... bethi loves dolphins, swimming with them was the highlight of our red sea trip last year....
cant wait!
jules

[Jules]

Goergina and Simon

Are the dolphins regularly  sighted or just  occasionally? I dont want to raise Bethi'shopes and then find that you only see them once in  blue moon.

jules

[SCUBA Chick]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Julia C @ April 14 2004,15:55)]oooo we are going to El Gouna in July for two weeks... bethi loves dolphins, swimming with them was the highlight of our red sea trip last year....
cant wait!
jules

oooooo, now I am doubly jealous!!!

Where are you staying Julia?

Scubachick

[peter k]

He's a nice big lad Jules. Try and catch up with him at some point! As soon as I get this other stuff sorted I'm going over. I'll try and avoid July though, don't know if I could handle two Clarks at the same time

Peter

[Georgina]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Julia C @ April 14 2004,16:01)]Goergina and Simon

Are the dolphins regularly  sighted or just  occasionally? I dont want to raise Bethi'shopes and then find that you only see them once in  blue moon.

jules

No, definately regularly.   Simon has wonderful stories about spending 40 minutes with them.   We saw a mother and baby while another group that went somewhere else said they had about twelve round them that day.   Tony from Wittering Divers who stayed at my apartment in October had fantastic dives with them.   The photographer Peter Tatton was on the same boat, he used up a whole film, surfaced, changed film, and got back in and joined them again!

Simon just rang me and I told him you were asking.   He said he will book them for you      He booked them for me and they came    

[Jules]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Georgina @ April 14 2004,16:27)]Simon just rang me and I told him you were asking.   He said he will book them for you      He booked them for me and they came    

Cool, or as Bethi would say KEWELLL!
   

[Jules]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (peter k @ April 14 2004,16:16)]I'll try and avoid July though, don't know if I could handle two Clarks at the same time

Peter

that's ok then cos Bethi isn't a Clark she's a Marshall....
wadddddya mean you couldnt handle both of us??? you might noteven be able to handle one    LOL

yippppeeeeeeee (sorry just thought about diving with dolphins again )

[Simon TW]

<font color='#000080'>To book the dolphins I need at least a weeks notice cos they don't check their email on a regular basis. Dolphin house is a reef that the Dive Tribe will take you to on your first dive as it's shallow with not much current so it's good for covert check dives.

Dolphins are regular guests at many of the reefs though I tend to see them on frequently allthough a video guy who dives every day said that I was lucky if I dived with them once every 6 months, I must just be very very lucky cos I'm with them every time I don't take my camera. I now never take the camera, allthough I did have it when Georgia was diving and as soon as the battery went flat one came within a foot of me. Georgina had her camera but it went before she got off a shot. No problem though cos on the next dive we had the mother and baby and she took a few of them.

Come on Peter never mind thinking about it get it booked. Send me a PM or email.

It was also very nice having Georgina out here, I got to practice my English.