Archive for the ‘Sharm News’ Category
New Year
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Famous!
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007A Sharm Wedding!
Friday, September 7th, 2007![]() DB Home |
Well, after many weeks’ planning, and more than a few sleepless nights… it actually all came together!!! And this I can say was the best day of my life!
|
DiveBunnie Gets Hitched!!!
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
DB Home |
So the DiveBunnie is about to be made an honest woman… Yes fellow instructor here in Sharm George has gone legal and made it official! We have done the embassy bit up in Cairo and have our ceremony with family and friends here on Saturday. The first of many (mummy Bunnie) has already arrived and more are due to turn up this evening with more and more turning up as the week goes on! To make things easy on myself, I have taken the whole two weeks off, but in all honesty Sharm in August is a very hot place if you are not diving… as I am discovering right now. I can’t wait to get back in the water if only to cool off. The scary bit is my hen night which is happening on Wednesday (George’s was on Saturday : Disco Dave’s Blog) and the ceremony and party itself is to be Saturday afternoon. |
DiveBunnie Home |
|
DiveBunnie Gets Hitched!!!
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
DB Home |
So the DiveBunnie is about to be made an honest woman… Yes fellow instructor here in Sharm George has gone legal and made it official! We have done the legal bit up in Cairo and have our ceremony with family and friends here on Saturday. The first of many (mummy Bunnie) has already arrived and more are due to turn up this evening with more and more turning up as the week goes on! To make things easy on myself, I have taken the whole two weeks off, but in all honesty Sharm in August is a very hot place if you are not diving… as I am discovering right now. I can’t wait to get back in the water if only to cool off. The scary bit is my hen night which is happening on Wednesday (George’s was on Saturday : Disco Dave’s Blog) and the ceremony and party itself is to be Saturday afternoon. |
DiveBunnie Home |
|
Goodbye Dave
Friday, August 10th, 2007
DB Home |
Ah what a sad day. I arrive back home in Sharm (well that bit’s good) but when I check my emails, I see that our favourite celebrity turtle Dave has lost his battle and died. He had admittedly been looking quite sluggish the last few times I had seen him and definitely a little skinny around the neck, but let’s face it, turtle neck is the expression often used to describe a skinny old neck. Anyway, we are not sure exactly why, maybe he just wasn’t eating enough, or maybe a bigger turtle got the better of him. I believe they are looking into it, and I will let you know what they find out. |
DiveBunnie Home |
|
Sharm update
Saturday, July 7th, 2007
DB Home |
So I haven’t really been keeping this section up to date, so thought I’d fill you in on the latest happenings here in Sharm. Firstly we have a new shopping centre, now I am not talking your average centre here… this, once it has been completed (famous last words here in Sharm) will be quite a spectacular place. Imagine Disney meets Vegas and you have our new Il Mercato centre. It is quite a spectacle of kitsch, pseudo Italian architecture, but the joy of it is the content. For those of us who have been starved of trendiness since moving here, it is a real breakthrough, we can now buy genuine Billabong, Roxy and Diesel goodies. Of course for the moment I can count the number of shops on my hands, but more are on the way. It is a bit of a contradiction however, as much of what appeals about Sharm is the simple lifestyle. But isn’t it great to have the option of a little shallow retail therapy should the mood take you? Added to this little gem, we also have a new bar in Hadaba (instructors’ village if you like). It is a merging of the famous Tavern bar in Naama Bay and Papas from Hurghada across the water in real Egypt. It is very much like your typical pub really, but again the joy is that it is on our doorstep, rolling distance from home, rather than having to run the gauntlet of taxi services in downtown Naama at the end of an evening. Cool. DiveBunnie Home |
A dramatic week in Sharm!
Friday, September 22nd, 2006Well it has been all fun and games in and around Shaab Ali this week… well, you could argue that it has been far from fun and games, but thankfully no one has been hurt.
The first nightmare was on Shag rock, just up from the Thistlegorm wreck and prone to the same kind of hairy currents! Two divers (both very experienced locals) went missing during a dive. For two days we all held our breath whilst the search team looked for them, however eventually it was sadly called off. A day later though, sighs of relief were felt throughout the town when we heard that the divers had actually only drifted for 4 hours, before finding a small wreck on another patch of reef. There they sheltered for the next couple of days until they were picked up by some local fishermen on a felluca and returned home very sunburned and dehydrated, a bit scratched and scuffed, but otherwise OK.
The other event was yesterday just south of this on the Thistlegorm itself. The swell was up all over Sharm and the wreck is one place where if there is a bit of lumpiness in the water, it is going to be at its biggest here. So two boats from our dive centre were there, and unfortunately both almost came a cropper! The bow line snapped on one causing it to spin on its stern line, snapping the anchor line of its fellow boat… pretty soon neither boat was on a mooring, guides were trying to heave guests out of the water, and one boat even ended up ramming its bow into the window of the other! As I said no one was hurt, the conditions under the water were actually perfect, and the videographer sold loads of dvd’s that day, so I think the adrenaline got everyone going.


