In the Blue Hole

The Blue Hole

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March 14th 2006
Since I am staying on this beautiful gulf, which supposedly holds the most prestine reefs in the world I decided it was time to explore them. I had heard these reefs were amazing but looking out over the water its hard to imagine! I got a local taxi to take me about 5km north of town to a place called the blue hole. Its a place in the reef where about 200ft off the shore there is a giant hole t ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more