I've been looking at options for my Mar 7 - 15th vacation, when I want to get my AOW + Nitrox certs.
I think I've pretty much decided that for the money, a place called Red Sea Relax Resort in Dahab, Eqypt is the way to go.
Flight (UA/Egyptair to Sharm el Sheikh) | $1348.00 |
Depart: UA950 ORD to IAD, UA966 IAD to FCO, EgyptAir718 FCO to SSH | |
Return: EgyptAir717 SSH to FCO, SAS682 FCO to CPH, SAS943 CPH to ORD | |
Transfers to/from Red Sea Relax Resort and SSH | 130.62 |
Red Sea Relax Resort, Dahab (7 Nights, Superior Single) | 347.83 |
TOTAL | 1826.45 |
That's pretty cheap for an experience like this. From Chicago, I have layovers in Washington, D.C., and Rome, Italy on the Way there and Rome and Copenhagen on the way back.
The resort offers boat diving, PADI courses, camel dive safaris and interactions with the bedouin. I won't be able to book this until I get my bonus check around the 10th, but I am 99% certain that this is the trip I want to take. 100% if I can find someone to come with me. (Plan B is Dominica.)
Of course, I don't think anyone I know will want to come with me. They're all so boring!! You guys are not.
Any takers?
--Peter aka grouper