Popular Red Sea liveaboards including MY Typhoon, MY VIP One, MY Hyatt and Sweet Dream have been destroyed by fire while undergoing routine maintenance in dry dock in the Suez.
No-one was injured in the 30 January blaze, which is believed to have started on MY Typhoon before spreading to other vessels in strong winds.
Firefighters tried to control the fires during fierce winds caused by recent storms across the Red Sea, however, they were unable to rescue the four boats. read more »

Chamber of Diving and Water Sports

FREE online and downloadable Issue Four of BLUE magazine is essential reading for all Red Sea diving and watersports enthusiasts. Here's just a taster of what you will find in Issue Four:
* I Should Be So Lucky: Red Sea guides on their jaw-dropping dives of the year
* Red Sea Night Life: an in-depth look at the underwater world after dark
* Insider's Wreck Guide: John Kean explores the Numidia read more »

The exciting new Ice Cream Factory is already serving some of the best homemade ice cream and sorbet in town and they are still only at the soft opening stage.
A lady visitor to Sharm, in her 80s, who has clearly travelled and eaten ice cream from around the globe … tasted the pistachio ice cream and the lemon sorbet.
She told us that she had never experienced such delicious ice cream! read more »

A large cargo vessel has gone hard aground on Woodhouse Reef, in the northern Red Sea. read more »

British Airways has announced the launch of new flights to Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt.   The new services will operate on a three-flights-per-week basis from Gatwic read more »

...Egypt is the third country in population in Africa with over 77 million. Right behind Ethiopia and half the number of Nigeria with 154 million. Source: Wikipedia. Cairo is the most populous city in Africa with over 16 million. read more »

...to a safer spot in the middle of nowhere. Remember to check the condition of the hose you use once in a while. Check for leaks after having changed the tank. read more »

...the other side of the globe of Sharm is in the Pacific Ocean. The earth seen from that side shows the most of ocean and the least of land. It's the straight middle between Austalia and South America. read more »

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