Goodbye Maher
All good things come to an end. Maher left today to Cairo and will transit via Paris and then jump to a plane for Denver for a couple of days. It was cool to meet him here, it is a nice guy and he has been very helpful. It is sad that he was sick for the last days of his round-the-world trip and he could not dive here. So good luck to him for his new job wherever it is.
In the morning we have had some fun shopping for saffron in Dahab, it looked like we nearly shocked the ‘spice man’ vendor. We got the saffron for 1.25EGP (0.25EUR) per gram. It looks like price in Europe is around 4EUR per gram. Quite a big difference.
Following this I have decided to move from Auski camp to El Salam camp where I can continue to benefit from a rate of 5EGP (1EUR) / night. I might well be sucked to death by mosquitoes tonight but I will see how it goes and take the necessary actions by then 
That said I will dive tomorrow mainly for photography purposes. The set of 10 dives has been offerred to me for $150. I will check around for better prices but it is quite unlikely. The Thistleghorm has been offered to me for $90 (3 dives + transport 2 ways + night + food) which is somewhat attractive. Ras Abu Galum goes also for $90 but this one is a bit pricey to me.
tes plongees ne sont pas cheres,l’epave est interessante,mais beaucoup de monde,si vous y passez la nuit c’est bien car lors de votre premiere plongee les bateaux de sharm ne sont pas encore arrives.
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jno
Comment by jano — January 31, 2003 @ 9:44 pm
Stephane ,
Je suis ton itineraire jour après jour . Tu m’as l’air d’y prendre beaucoup de plaisir jusqu’à présent . C’est formidable. Les photos sont superbes . Il ne doit y avoir un monde fou pour plongeren ce moment . En rentrant de Jordanie la semaine dernière nous avons survolé l’Egypte , le Caire et Alexandrie et imaginé de loin Sharm.
Il avait l’air de faire très beau .
Mon voyage s’est bien passé aussi , il n’y a pas un touriste en vue, les hotels sont vides c’est dommage , le pays est beau et le site de PETRA magnifique .
Nous avons eu de nouveau une période de neige sur toute la France , et aussi à Paris, la pagaille bien sûr . Mamie est toujours sous la neige .
Sinon tout le monde va bien .
Bone continuation
bisous
Comment by CHANTAL — February 2, 2003 @ 6:39 pm