Temperatures dropped the last days and the first real snow this year has fallen today. Afterall winter finally arrived at vienna also :)
Cheers!
Andrew >:o)
Winter finally arrived
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Neon Sign
The other day I passed by this nice neon sign definitely worth a picture.
Regards, Andrew >:o)
Egypt – Marsa Alam – Brayka Bay – 2016
Hi folks,
a short resume and some pictures of our last diving-adventure is online now here!
Enjoy it,
Yours Andrew >:o)
Angaga Experiment.Reloaded | day 12
In the morning we had a second dive at ‘Endiri Tila’ but the really interesting dive we had in the afternoon at ‘Wreck MV Kudhi Maa’, a cargo ship which has been sunken here on purpose in 1999. The sight was fine, our maximum dive-depth was about 23 meters and the temperature was 28°C.
It was the first time that we had the opportunity to dive a wreck and it was a thrilling experience! I’ll never forget the magic moment when the wreck shows up through the dark blue water ….. very cool! But enough chatting just let the pictures talk for themself:
So this was our last dive at Angaga for this year, a perfect final dive! Tomorrow we will just do some snorkeling at the house-reef and the next morning we’ll head back to Vienna :(
Anyways, we had so many nice dives at unbelievable dive-spots and we can take so much unforgettable impressions with us, that there is no time for sadness ;)
So see you tomorrow for a last live-posting straight from Angaga-Island …
Stay well!
Yours, Andrews >:o)
Angaga Experiment.Reloaded | day 11
Today again ‘Madivaru Mantapoint’. Last dive here went better in respect to photo-opportunities but who cares … to see living Mantas is all that counts! I’ve added some more snapshots to show you how close these charming guys move to the divers.
Sight was medium well, temperature about 28°C and maximum dive-depth of 14 meters. Oh .. yes … I’ve to add that these time I didn’t use the 8mm fish-eye but the Olympus 12-40/2.8 which was the right decision, because I couldn’t move close enough to a Manta to get usable 8mm fish-eye pictures ;)
I don’t like people sitting in the reef like the diver in the last picture but I’ve to admit that there isn’t much to break here.
In the afternoon we went to ‘Pineapple Island’ reachable by boat from Angaga Island in about 20 minutes. We had medium current and sight was medium well. Not a lot of fish but impressive stone corals in special ‘table corals’. The dive was not really relaxing and I felt cold after 40 minutes which happened the first time since we are here. The 3mm shorty I’m wearing does a good job in general.
So that’s it for today – see you again tomorrow,
Andrew >:o)
Angaga Experiment.Reloaded | day 10
In the morning we had a dive at ‘Rangali Outside’ and this is really a very special dive-spot. At no other place we’ve seen such big swarms of ‘Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips‘. We met also big swarms of ‘batfish‘ and ‘Salema porgys‘. A very impressive view!
The title-picture shows the swarms most curios batfish at watching a diver. This was when it came to my mind that it is not always clear who’s watching whom ;)
Some more impressions from ‘Rangali outside’:
In the afternoon we had a second dive at Angagas house-reef which was also fine. But not as spectacular than the morning dive, so I show no pictures here.
Best regards,
Andrews >:o)
Angaga Experiment.Reloaded | day 9
Today in the morning we had our second dive at ‘Madivaru Manta Point’ and this time we had more luck than the last time. The manta rays came really near! One of them became exceptionally interested in me and my camera and touched the camera housing :o
All the pictures are done by the Panasonic 8mm fish-eye, so you can imagine how near the manta ray was … unbelievable, really!
By the way … sight was about 10 to 15 meter, temperature of about 28°C, maximum dive-depth was 22 meters and it took us about 50 minutes to get there by boat.
Some additional notes to todays cover-shot: At the bottom of the manta you see five suckerfishes. They dock on the mantas belly by a kind of ‘suction device’ located at the top of their head using the poor fish to get a free ride! But the manta learned that the suckerfish doesn’t like the air-bubbles produced by the divers breathing-device. So he navigates straight through the bubble-shower to drop off the suckerfishes.
Smart mantas! ;)
In the afternoon we had a second dive at Angags house-reef. Nothing special but a nice, relaxing dive. I’ve to say that we really enjoy this house-reef dives because there is so much life to discover! Today we saw a shark, a sea-turtle, two lionfishes, trumpet-fishes and a lot of different fish-swarms of all kind. Very, very enjoyable !!!
I have no flash with me, because my whole underwater-equipment is focused on big fish, like wale-sharks, mantas and sharks in general. This is why some of the pictures are not as crispy as I would like to have them ;) But net year I’ll take two flash-lights with me to be prepared for the smaller animals on the reef also!
Hope you had fun today with us!
Yours, Andrews >:o)
Angaga Experiment.Reloaded | day 8
Today we had just one dive at ‘Angaga Tila’ in the afternoon. Sight was medium well – about 10 meters at 28°C, the maximum dive-depth was 21 meters and we had medium to low current.
Todays title shot shows a sea star with very beautiful structure and coloring. I’ve added some other pictures of nice things we met today for your entertainment:
And last the biggest swarm of ‘Maninis’ I’ve ever seen! The second picture shows just a clipping of the first picture to give you an idea of the details:
Thanks for listening!
Ciao, Andrew >:o)