It has been quite some time I didn't manage to go for a dive. Of course it was due to weather. The cold season just got over here in Yanbu. However, the last weekend I managed to get into the boat and walla.... only Daniel and I were to dive. Initially I was informed the dive master, Kapt Fauzi would be on the trip with his two other students but somehow he cancelled it. So, it was ended up that only myself and Daniel who flew from Riyadh just to get the taste of diving in Red Sea. We were accompanied by another local, Abdulrahman , but he only went for snorkelling to accompany the boat captain.
Anyway, Daniel and I managed to make 2 dives each lasted about 45 minutes. The first dive was not so great but the second one we got the chance to see a moray eel which as usual was hiding in between the corals. Moray eels swim moving side by side and are excellent hunters on coral reefs. Morays usually hide in the reef with just their heads sticking out. It would have been a real thrill we can watch it swims across the corals. Hmm... may be next time.
Unfortunately, most of the photos that I shot turned out to be hazy due to wrong setting! Poor me ... Anyhow, here are some photos which are not excellent at all.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
My third dive in Red Sea
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Get To Know Yanbu
Yanbu' al Bahr (Arabic: ينبع "spring by the sea"), also known simply as Yanbu, Yambo or Yenbo, is a major Red Sea port in the Al Madinah province of western Saudi Arabia. A large number of the residents are foreign expatriates, mostly from Asia, but there are also large numbers from the Middle East and Europe.
Yanbu's history dates back at least 2500 years, when it was a staging point on the spice and incense route from Yemen to Egypt and the Mediterranean region. Yanbu served as a supply and operational base for Arab and British forces fighting the Ottoman Empire during the World War I. It remained a small port town until 1975, when the Saudi government designated it as one of the country's two new industrial centres (the other being Al Jubayl on the Persian Gulf).
The city is divided into three villages, about 15 minutes drive by car away from each other. The Town (often called Al-Balad) is the actual city and has most of the population and all the shopping centers. Yanbu Al-Nakhel (Al-Nakheel) is very old and mainly contains farms. Yanbu Al-Sina'iya (literally "the industrial Yanbu"), is the industrial city, established around 1975 with a very modern housing architecture. It houses all the major refineries and petrochemical installations and still growing very fast.
The natural harbour is protected on both sides by wide coral reefs. These reefs remain mostly untouched making them excellent areas for diving.
Yanbu's history dates back at least 2500 years, when it was a staging point on the spice and incense route from Yemen to Egypt and the Mediterranean region. Yanbu served as a supply and operational base for Arab and British forces fighting the Ottoman Empire during the World War I. It remained a small port town until 1975, when the Saudi government designated it as one of the country's two new industrial centres (the other being Al Jubayl on the Persian Gulf).
The city is divided into three villages, about 15 minutes drive by car away from each other. The Town (often called Al-Balad) is the actual city and has most of the population and all the shopping centers. Yanbu Al-Nakhel (Al-Nakheel) is very old and mainly contains farms. Yanbu Al-Sina'iya (literally "the industrial Yanbu"), is the industrial city, established around 1975 with a very modern housing architecture. It houses all the major refineries and petrochemical installations and still growing very fast.
The natural harbour is protected on both sides by wide coral reefs. These reefs remain mostly untouched making them excellent areas for diving.
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