Me and My Shadow
The Red Sea, Ras Gazlani, Egypt Click here to share this image.Touring Egypt 20: This is not the fish I sought or the shot I wanted on this day. I spent most of this dive trying to get a shot of the ubiquitous scalefin anthea*, a brightly-colored orange, yellow, pink, and sometimes purple small fish […]
Old-Fashioned Supermarket
Cairo, Egypt “Snacks and Condiments”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 19: Supermarkets have become ubiquitous worldwide, but sometimes those of us who live in western cities (especially America) forget that most of the world does not actually shop at a supermarket. While in Cairo, my party went several times […]
Come to School
The Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt “The Class”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 18: New divers arriving at Sharm el-Sheikh always have at least one “check-out” dive before joining the longer boat trips to the famous dive sites of the Red Sea. One of the places favored by the […]
Froggy
The Red Sea, Tiran, Egypt “Froggy”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 16: “Look for a small white sponge but with eyes, you know?” So said the divemaster from Camel Dive Club and Hotel. We had just had the predive briefing as our boat approached Jackson Reef, a dive site […]
Old-Time Religion
Cairo, Egypt “Have a Seat”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 15: As I’ve mentioned before, Cairo is home to hundreds of mosques. One of the most imposing is the magnificent Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa, downtown on the edges of the old city. Just a very short distance from […]
