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in and not finding their way out. Never enter<br />

a wreck alone and/or without a torch, it only<br />

takes a second for something to go wrong.<br />

And always carry a second torch as a spare,<br />

you never know when you may need one.<br />

DIVING CONCLUSION<br />

Sudan’s Red Sea was every bit, if not more<br />

than what we had anticipated, certainly in<br />

regards to what we could see during the<br />

month we had gone in to dive it. The reefs are<br />

so colourful, beautiful and serene and clearly<br />

untouched by man’s selfish destruction. We<br />

encountered healthy sharks on all our dives<br />

and the number of different species that can<br />

be seen is wonderful. Dugongs are further still,<br />

so probably a trip with an extra week in will<br />

need to be made in order to attempt seeing<br />

them.<br />

The Umbria is every bit worthwhile diving.<br />

Remember to take only pictures and leave<br />

only bubbles behind. Continue to allow others<br />

to be able to see all the cargo still left inside,<br />

it really does make it that more special to<br />

have all the history in place. I’m talking about<br />

the bullets, glass bottles and jars, etc, certainly<br />

don’t pick up any of the explosives!<br />

A GUIDED TOUR OF PORT SUDAN<br />

You cannot come all the way to Port Sudan<br />

and not get a little guided tour of the town.<br />

When Abdallah is not manning his hours on<br />

No Stress, he is living his life in his home town<br />

which is Port Sudan itself. There he runs a Tuc<br />

Tuc driving service and we got the chauffeur<br />

run tour with the man himself.<br />

Our first stop was to the fish market and boat<br />

yard. The fish market is very different from that<br />

of the UAE’s ones and there is a lot of hussle<br />

and bussle going on. The animation here is<br />

very vivid and fish are gutted and cleaned out<br />

on the spot with bits flying everywhere. If you<br />

don’t like fishy smells, scales and guts flying at<br />

you then probably not the place for you. The<br />

boat yard really is just that.<br />

Our next stop was over to see the vegetable<br />

market. There are two. One is the traditional<br />

outdoor market where they serve Sudanese<br />

Coffee if you fancy trying it (we politely<br />

declined) and the other is inside a giant<br />

refrigerator. Steven explained that people<br />

actually paid to spend a certain amount of<br />

time in there to cool off from the hot summer<br />

heat. The men working in there had obviously<br />

hit the jack pot in obtaining that job, receiving<br />

free airconditioning all year round. A luxury we<br />

take for granted.<br />

Depending on how you like to plan your diving<br />

holidays, whether it be a very small group of<br />

5-6 divers amidst a sailing boat or that in the<br />

company of 12 divers aboard a larger vessel,<br />

then we have another operator you can choose<br />

from. Le Baron Noir has been chartering dive<br />

trips in Sudan for the past 20 years.<br />

54 DIVERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, SEPTEMBER 2013<br />

SEPTEMBER 2013, DIVERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT 55

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