Red Sea - Marsa Alam - A LOT OF PICTURE (15mb)

[daniloronchi]

Two weeks ago I went in Marsa Alam - Red Sea to have an holiday with my family, my wife and 2 very young daughters

So I think to show you what I've seen, the structure of the Resort and what I've seen under the sea... the Reef

I stayed at Kahramana Beach Resort ruled by Swan Tour.

It was an amazing place, as you can see in the picture.

We can find two beach in the resort, one is called "relax beach" (yeah translating from italian some terms isn't so easy, and my english doesn't help me so much), and another called "main beach" when you can find tour operator people to help you to fun )

Unfortunately in the week we stayed we found the sea isn't so calm, so it's impossibile to see the reef in front of the resort.

So I show you the pictures of the resort, of the two lagoon in front of the resort, of the reef in Abou Dabbab, and expecial from the reef in Sharm El Loli

Al the pictures outside the water was taken with Nikon D80 and 18-200 f3.5/5.6, all the picture from the sea was taken wit Pentax Optio W30

THE RESORT

The view from our room

The sea from our room

One room seen from far away

From our room looking to the desert

From the swiming pool to our room... 261

From to bridge to the main restaurant in the early morning

 

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The Sea...

From the bridge to the sea with the beach at left

Main beach

The Sea

The main swimming pool and the sea from the main reataurant

Relax Beach

Main Swimming Pool

Main beach with low tide

Main beach and beach umbrellas

Low Tide

 

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Low Tide again

Main people

The warf... never in use by the condition of the sea

Artistic view of our apartment taken from swimming pool

Swimming pool at sunset

View of the sea, of the wind from the lounge of the swimming pool

Reef Line and The Rocks!

Swimming Pool in the night

Early morning in the main beach

 

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...and under the sea???

MAIN BEACH - MAIN LAGOON

Pink Pocillopora

maybe Arothron fishes

Butterfly fish Chaetodon auriga, red sea variety

Small group of fish in front of the beach

Chaetodon auriga near Tridacna maxima and Pocillopora

Abudefduf saxatilis

Two Chaetodon auriga

A rare view of Acanthurus sohal, normally we can find into the reef, here we have not more of 60cm of water

Parrot fish

A very beautiful one, about 30 cm length, of Rhinechantus assasi or arabian picasso triggerfish

 

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Sohal

Chaetodon auriga

A wonderful Tridacna maxima

Pufferfishes

I don't know the name...

barracuda, about 30 cm length

Many Tridacne

A beautiful Favia

Rhinecanthus assasi

Small group of Chaetodon auriga

 

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one pipefish and one small blennies

Chaetodon fasciatus

A very beautiful Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray - Taeniura limma, only some centimeters from me

Me... ugly with mask

A pocillopora with damsel fishs, maybe aruanus

A very beautiful surgeonfishes

Tridacna maxima

Feather duster worms

Pink Pocillopora

Surgeonfishes in low water, among the other we can see one Zebrasoma Desjardinii

 

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Fuscsia Pocillopora I wanted to bring at home...

Small yellow Acropora sp.

MOray eels, one Echidna nebulosa, a small one

Beautiful Favia

Fishes...

Ambligobius phalaena, ...maybe

Under the sea in front of BEACH RELAX

Serpent star in one inch of water

A small one of Chaetodon fasciatus, Red Sea variety

A small one of Pterois, called also lionfishes

 

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ABOU DABBAB REEF

As soon I entered into the sea... I see this wonderful fish, a Naso litoratus about 40 cm.

Pseudoanthias squamipinnis... hei you can see them also in my tank

Huge Acropora, about some meters...

What colors...

A beautiful view from the sea... some blue yes... not like our HQi...

Acropora... Acropora... Acropora...

Amazing... two Chaetodon

Again

3 spectaculars fishes... two Chaetodon semilarvatus and one Heniochus intermedius

 

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what colors...

Zebrasoma Desjardinii

Many fishes, Chaetodon semilarvatus, Heniochus and one Chaetodon fasciatus

Tridacna maxima above corals

Very beautiful Zebrasoma xanthurum, many Pseudoanthias squamipinnis, above blue view of the reef

From above

One view like this worth the swim

Pseudoanthias... Pseudoanthias and again Pseudoanthias...

Acanthurus sohal

Naso unicornis or brevirostris

 

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Caranx ignobilis... 1 meters length...

Beautiful triggerfish, Pseudobalistes fuscus

Corals

Acropora, surgeonfishes and one triggerfish

Fishes in the reef

A beautiful one Naso unicornis, huge one...

 

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SHARM EL LOLI

Many Chromis viridis over one yellow Acropora

View...

Acropora...

To die or not to die

Some meters of Acropora sp. and Chromis again

Rhinecanthus assizi and many colored Acropora sp.

Again...

Two Chaetodon semilarvatus

View from the reef again

The blue view

 

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The blue with fishes, Pseudoanthias squamipinnis again

Many acropora sp... they seems brown but it's the light

A huge Acropora sp.

A beautiful Acropora microphthalma... In my tank I've one very similar in dimension...

Chaetodon paucifasciatus inside many Chromis viridis

Acropora sp.

To die or not to die part II :-D

Again...

Two wonderful Chaetodon austriacus

One Diploria labyrinthiformis, huge one!

 

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To die or not to die part III :-D

Particulars...

Acropora sp. and colors...

Tridacna ...

Another huge Diploria...

Can you imagine how big was this small coral?

The fish and the blue

The fish and the blue... more close to me (or more zoom?)

Zebrasoma desjardinii over a wonderful view

Acropora sp.

 

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again...

Chaetodon fasciatus

Chromis, Chromis and Chromis again

More Huge than huge... Diploria

Sea anemones with two clownfishes, Amphiprion sp., and one Lutjanus kasmira

They again

Sharm El Loli beach... white one with soft sand

Turn around of 180° you can see the true desert of Wadi Gimal

Two ones

A very beautiful image of Chaetodon austriacus

 

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Tridacna maxima

Blue-colored view

Gomphosus caeruleus

In the afternoon they bring us in another reef... but I don't remember the name...

The boat

Here the corals are more huge than before...

Many black surgeonfishes

Two Chaetodon austriacus in a wonderful view

two Heniocus

More deep you go more blue you see

 

[Ron Leversee]

Sweet.... Very nice photography...your cameras did a good job on both land and water!!! Thanks for sharing that great trip here!!!

 

[daniloronchi]

what wonderful view...

Tridacna inside acroporas

Pseudoanthias squamipinnis

To die or not to die part IV...

What colors near the surface

Again

Pygoplites diacanthus, but not so good picture

Chaetodon semilarvatus in ... I've finish my words

Heniochus...

4 meters of acropora sp

 

[daniloronchi]

I want to come back!

Another my pic... ugly fish with mask

Inside the boat... at right you can see Aly, our guide for the tour

Sunset

Danilo 20 september 2007

Sorry for my not so good english, but I hope you have seen the pictures more than reading my comments

 

[Ron Leversee]

You did great with the English!!! And the pictures are worth a thousand words for sure....again thanks for sharing...looks like you had the time of your life!!!! Wonderful....makes me want to jump in the SUBA or Snorkel gear and hit the water!!!

 

[reelfreak]

WOW! Add that to the list of must sees! It's time for another vacation...