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Barracuda and Cornetfish

June 5, 2015 Johanna Leave a comment

Red Sea offers a wide range of fish and corals to watch and photograph.

One time in Port Ghalib my husband happened to meet a Barracuda. That is a rare moment. He took some photos of the Barracuda while it was at the cleaning station. Afterwards he admitted that the situtation was very scary!

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The barracuda is a ray-finned fish known for its large size and fearsome appearance.

Barracudas are ferocious, opportunistic predators, relying on surprise and short bursts of speed (up to 43 km/h) to overtake their prey. So you better not get too close to it or disturb it 😉

The Cornetfishes (or flutemouths) range up to 200 cm in length. They are as thin and elongated as many eels, but are distinguished by very long snouts.

Many more photos to come on this blog, so stay tuned 🙂

Egypt, The Red Sea

Port Ghalib – still so perfect

May 12, 2015 Johanna Leave a comment

When visiting Port Ghalib, in Southern Egypt, you can cruise out to the sea in a catamaran. This one looked awesome.

The Red Sea is one of the best places in the world. You can enjoy swimming in it, sit on the sandy beach and enjoy the fabulous sea view, enjoy a catamaran cruise or go below the surface. We like to go below the surface and watch and photograph the beautiful and colorful fish and corals.

Here are a few new photos from our latest trip to Port Ghalib. I will post more Red Sea photos weekly or at least several times a month. This time we took 1400 photos 🙂

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The staff, the service, the food, the atmosphere and the suite – everything was perfect once again at the Palace. We hope this all will continue with the new owners, the Red Sea Hotels.

The sea view from our suite was fantastic!

Breakfast and dinner in the Olive restaurant was a thrill every day. It was nice to meet familiar faces in the staff.

Watch out for the dessert table. You might eat too much, as the Egyptians make beautiful and delicious desserts.

The appetizers, salads and main courses were all superb. No matter if you like vegetarian food, chicken, fish or meat, you will always find something great and tasty to enjoy.

More stories and photos to come, so stay tuned! 🙂

Egypt, The Red Sea

The Chevron Butterflyfish

May 6, 2015 Johanna Leave a comment

The Chevron Butterflyfish, also known as Triangulate Butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish found in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands.

I got my first photos of it last week in the Red Sea!

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I also got a few great photos of the Clownfish, also called the Anemonefish.

I can warmly recommend to travel to Egypt and find a hotel close to the Red Sea and preferably a coral beach. The best one for us is the Palace at Port Ghalib, close to the Marsa Alam International Airport. Recommend you try it – you will love it!

More photos and stories to come – stay tuned 🙂

Egypt, The Red Sea

Orangespine Unicornfish

February 26, 2015 Johanna Leave a comment

We have seen many fish in the Red Sea since 2011. We have seen more than 100 different fish and photographed nearly 100 species. Some photos look awesome, some look nice and some are not as great as we thought, due to the sand dust, dark areas or plankton.

Photographing in the Red Sea is a dear hobby to us. We are not professionals with huge cameras and equipment. For our next trip we know of a few new tricks though, how to possibly get more amazing photos.

Here are a few photos from last year:

ps. click on the photos and you see them enlarged.

The Orangespine Unicornfish is a beauty. The black color is like velvet. The orange color is like art work on the fish. The blue eyes are like small diamonds.

A smaller fish, the Sulphur Damsel, is bright yellow. Just like the summer sun. You recognize it from the black spot, which is a great contrast to the yellow color. The fish likes to swim around the raspberry corals.

I am pretty sure many people would love the new experience to watch the fish and the corals below the surface of the Red Sea.

I recommend to try snorkeling. Buy your own mask and snorkel and dive into the amazing Red Sea.

One of the funniest fish is the Masked Pufferfish. In the photo below it watches the photographer as well as the Exquisite Butterflyfish couple.

Check out more fish photos in the previous blog posts.

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