It was a late start to the day. We woke up late, Djalma went out to get breakfast, surprise – falafel! While I stayed back and tried to catch up on my diary and our pictures. We ate breakfast and did our homework, this time for the Naturalist Chapter (not to be confused with nudist or naturist!) as well as the back log for the other knowledge reviews that we hadn't done – not multiple choice they took a lot longer to complete. Instead of looking out for different fish families like yesterday (scorpion, wrasse, puffer and butterfly) we focussed on different corals.
Out near the dive site - Ricks Bay to Canyon we suited up, were briefed and got into it. It was stunning and again the “skills” were not demanding, we swan along looking for different coral for over fifty minutes we saw; brain, fire, raspberry, pore and broccoli coral and on the way back another diver, Mandy, who had joined us for the dive pointed out what looked two injured, limping lionfish covered in vegetation, but were actually two rare Red Sea Walkmen, it was a great end to a great dive, we got out, I was enthusiastic again and we went back to the centre to debrief and talk about the things we'd seen and identify the coral we didn't know the names for.
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We had showers and dressed nicely for our romantic dinner by the sea, a present from Biriba and De (thank you!). We started with a beer and some very cheesy garlic bread in one restaurant which was soon followed by a walk to a restaurant where the waiter didn't insist on listening to Whitney Houston or Celine Dion on repeat at an ear splitting level. It was a shame that we didn't love it as much as he did, he was grooving and getting into the music out in the street, perhaps unsurprisingly his niche taste in music and intense moves did not attract the crowds.
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We headed back to Funny Mummy, a chilled out place with excellent music right on the seafront, cushions on the floor and low tables topped with candles. After a lot of deliberation we settled on some fried calamari for a starter. It was heaven, big juicy chunks in a light batter and cooked to perfection, despite not feeling all that hungry we wanted to make the most of our gift and so shared a meal, some grilled fish, king prawns, rice and vegetables which followed some mammoth onion rings as a second starter as washed down with some good old Sakara.
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Feeling full but chilled out we headed away from the sea front and the view of Saudi Arabia and into an internet café where Djalma called home and I sent some couch-surfing requests. We headed back to our hotel where we tried to arrange to stay in the same room instead of being turfed out into a different room also with air-conditioning. It all ended a bit nastily and Djalma told the turd behind the front desk where to go and what to do when he got there. It wasn't the nicest end to a lovely evening and I was a bit worried that he would turn up with some extra people and kick us out the hotel, so I locked the door and left the key in before going to sleep. The last part aside it was another gorgeous day in beautiful Dahab.
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