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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 />
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