We love to photograph in the Red Sea. Have a look at the most recent photos. You just might decide to plunge in yourself! 🙂 I can warmly recommend snorkeling, diving and photographing close to the coral reefs.
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Exciting Red Sea
During our vacation in Port Ghalib, we got many new and exciting photos underwater.
Sergeant Major is a fun fish, it is certainly not a shy fish. It happily swims close to the photographer.
The Red Sea Raccoon Butterflyfish is such a beautiful fish. I love to photograph it. But as it is a shy fish, it is not easy to get very close to it.
The Red Sea Bannerfish is quite an elegant fish. It usually swims with its mate, very close to each other.
I have often seen two Masked Butterflyfish, swimming together close to the caves under the coral reef. Once I saw quite many of them, swimming right in front of me. It was a magnificent moment.
Barracuda and Cornetfish
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!
ps. click on the photos to see them enlarged
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 🙂
Port Ghalib – still so perfect
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 🙂
ps. click on the photos to see them enlarged
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! 🙂
The Chevron Butterflyfish
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 🙂
Our second home
Our second home is far away from Finland. It is a colorful and amazing home. A little wet, but that’s just nice 😉 Yes, you guessed right, I am talking about the Red Sea.
We share our second home with many. For example with the Exquisite Butterflyfish. Sometimes the Masked Pufferfish pays us a visit.
Most days we spend time with the Crown Butterflyfish, the Regal Angelfish and the Red Sea Sailfin.
Where is this wet and beautiful second home of ours? Here:
THE RED SEA AND EUROPE 