Egypt Travel Part X: Sharm el Sheikh, Naama Bay, Submarine Ride, Old Market, Sahaba Mosque
Egypt Travel Part X: Sharm el Sheikh, Naama Bay, Submarine Ride, Old Market, Sahaba Mosque
Day 9 Thursday, 21 December 2017
Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh, Sinai Peninsula
On the second day at Sharm el Sheikh, we left Maritim Jolie Golf Ville and Resort and went to Naama Bay which was a few km from the resort. We were going to be in a moving submarine to see marine life in the bay.
Map showing the location of Sharm el Sheikh
Map showing the southern part of Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Bill-board advertising submarine service
When we arrived at the Naama Bay, we saw a large bill-board advertising the submarinc service.
Submarine service at Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh
A large bill-board advertising submarine service at Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh
Tour members were briefed about the marine life in Naama Bay by a submarine company worker before entering a submarine.
A submarine company worker telling tour group about marine life in Naama Bay
A submarine jetty at Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh
A submarine jetty at Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh
Clear, blue water in Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh
Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Submarines waiting for tourists to board at Naama Bay jetty
Submarines at Naama Bay jetty waiting for tourists to board
More tourist submarines
More tourist submarines at the jetty
A submarine with tourists moving to the deep water of Naama Bay
A tourist submarine moving to the deep water of Naama Bay
Writer and wife relaxing on a submarine before it started to move
Writer and wife relaxing on a submarine before it started to move
Parasailing is one of the tourists’ activities at Naama Bay
Parasailing is one of the tourist activities at Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh
“Banana” ride is another tourist activity at Naama Bay
“Banana” ride is another water activity for tourists at Naama Bay
Snorkelling is a tourists’ popular water activity in Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh
Tour members inside the moving submarine were fascinated by marine fish swimming about, plants and corals in the water.
Tour group watching marine fish and looking at corals in Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh
Corals, marine plants and fish are plenty in Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh, Sinai Peninsula
Corals, marine plants and fish are plenty in Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh, Sinai Peninsula
Large and small fish of diverse kinds in Naama Bay
Large and small fish of diverse kinds in Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh
Old Market in Sharm el Sheikh
After the interesting and exciting submarine ride in Naama Bay, we went to the Old Market of Sharm el Sheikh which was about two km from Naama Bay.
Variety of Shops
It is a well-planned town with shops of many kinds that sell things ranging from daily necessities, foods, beverages to jewellery and electrical goods.
Old Market in Sharm el Sheikh has all kinds of shops like restaurants, groceries, art galleries, etc.
Writer’s wife at Old Market of Sharm el Sheikh on the sunny day.
Writer’s wife at Old Market, Sharm el Sheikh
A street of shops at Old Market, Sharm el Sheikh
A street of shops at Old Market, Sharm el Sheikh
Old Market Bazaar, Sharm el Sheikh
Old Market Bazaar, Sharm el Sheikh, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Sahaba Mosque
The largest and most prominent building at Old Market is a mosque, Sahaba Mosque, built in Ottoman architectural style in 2011.
Sahaba Mosque,built in Ottoman architechural style in 2011, Od Market, Sharm el Sheikh
Sahaba Mosque, beautiful and large, at Old Market, Sharm el Sheikh
Back to Resort for Dinner
In the evening we left Old Market and went back to our resort, Maritim Jolie Golf Ville and Resort, to have dinner. We stayed one more night there as we would fly back to Cairo from Sharm el Sheikh on the following morning on 22 Dec 2017.
(Continue in Egypt Travel Part XI)
Egypt Travel Parts I to XII
Egypt Travel Part I :Salah el Din Citadel, Muhammad Ali Mosque, Tahrir Square and Egyptian Museum
Egypt Travel Part II :Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and Colossi of Memnon
Egypt Travel Part III :Hot Air Balloons and Karnak Temple Complex
Egypt Travel Part IV :Papyrus Paper-Making, Luxor Temple and Esna Lock
Egypt Travel Part V :Edfu Temple, Kom Ombo Temple and Galabia Party
Egypt Travel Part VI :Abu Simbel Temples and Nubian Village(Elephantine Island)
Egypt Travel Part VII :Unfinished Obelisk, Aswan High Dam and Philae Temple
Egypt Travel Part VIII:Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel, Moon Beach(Ras Sudr), and St. Catherine
Egypt Travel Part IX :Mount Sinai, Catherine’s Monastery and Sharm el Sheikh
Egypt Travel Part X :Sharm el Sheikh
Egypt Travel Part XI :Cairo Food, Saqqara Step Pyramid Complex and Memphis
Egypt Travel Part XII :Great Giza Pyramid Complex and Khan el Khalil Bazaar