03.12.06
The Wild Blue Yonder
… er… except this time I’m referring to the sea, rather than the sky.
Today was our excursion to the Ras Mohamed national park. The captain and his crew were great fun and very informative as we swam around the reefs, pointing out varieties of fish, coral, and other sea-life that we might not otherwise have noticed. It was just like swimming around in those giant fish tanks at aquariums. On the journey back to the port after the day was through we came across a pod of dolphins. Unfortunately I can’t remember what species the crew told us the dolphins were (possibly spinner dolphins?). We also went past a MASSIVE (probably about 1.5m in length) napoleon fish (AKA a humphead wrasse) which had come to the surface for some reason or another. It came and went too quickly for me to get a photo, though.
After dinner we spent the evening wandering around the stalls lining the street near the hotel, fending off the local’s attempts to get us in to their shops (”come, sign my guest book!”, “have some tea!”, “I give you 20 camels for your wife!”, etc… I was almost tempted by that last one. j/k ;-)).
What a great day!