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are just the ones we saw, there are many others. If you navigate carefully into these picturesque natural harbours you’ll be rewarded with the bliss of unspoilt turquoise water, surrounded by African vistas, home to dugongs, ospreys, dolphins, turtles and much more. What is special about this coast, though, is that it is truly deserted, it is untouched by tourism. You know when you unpack your
BBQ on the beach, or put on your walking boots for a hike, that you have joined the lucky few who have walked its shores.
“As we motored out of Marmaris Bay
emotions were mixed. We would miss the friends we had made, but we
lon ged to be sailin g to new lands, new friends and new experiences. “
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We did our bit for the environment by not touching the coral and certainly not leaving any rubbish on land or in the sea. Received wisdom has it that there is a tragedy occurring in the Red Sea. T e coral is slowly dying, mostly as a result of global warming. T e excessive damage has been helped along by the over-diving of fragile environments by the increasing hordes of tourists to Egyptian waters. Of course, compared to the rest of the world, the reefs are still enormous and to our minds they appeared abundant and teeming with life.
T e irony is that the fl ourishing algae which covers the dead coral has created a surge in fi sh life in the Red Sea.
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