21ST MAY-28TH MAY

Daedalus, Zabargad & Rocky

6 day live-aboard on Blue Seas diving the above reefs. First night staying at the Coral Beach in Port Ghaleb, with a days boat diving and then boarding Blue Seas that evening for a 6 day safari to these reefs, which I love.

£800 pp for all transport and the above itinerary.

http://www.oonasdivers.com/dive-tours-red-sea-liveaboards-blue-planet-liveaboards.shtml

I am going on this trip which leaves 12 places.

Any questions, feel free to get back to me or check the Oonasdivers link above.

Charlie Stewart

Oonasdivers have emailed me details of some last-minute bargains for May, if anyone’s interested…

3 - 10 May - Sharks Bay

£399 Twin View Hut & 5 days diving

£429 Twin Beach Cabin & 5 days diving

£485 Twin Bedouin Village Room & 5 days diving

Prices include flights, transfers, 7 nights B&B with 5 days diving/10 dives.

(Single Supplement applies)

7 - 14 May - Marsa Shagra

£509 - Tent & 5 days shore diving

£542 - Mandarah Lodge & 5 days diving

£607 - Madyafa Guest House & 5 days diving £640 - Madyafa with Air-con & 5 days diving

Or upgrade your diving pacakge to 6 days diving for approx £60.

Prices include flights, transfer, 7 nights full board with 5/6 days diving (Single Supplement applies, except in tents)

http://www.glug.co.uk/archives/1135

Hi everyone. There are 13 places left on the above trip. I have had an inquiry from a US diving club who want to join this trip and I want to keep it as fair as possible by offering it exclusively to GLUG until the end of the month (Feb).

Some of you, who had expressed keen interest, still haven’t paid your deposits and, as ever, the payment of the deposit is essential to securing a place. Once you have paid, could you kindly let me know. Thanks and I look forward to having you on board this fabulous trip.

Deposit of £200 payable to Oonasdivers on 01323 648924

Best wishes

Charlie

17th September 2008

ONE WEEKS LIVEABOARD ON BLUE SEAS
SAFARI: THE BROTHERS, DAEDALUS AND ELPHINESTONE
TO INCLUDE: RETURN FLIGHTS, TRANSFERS, FULLY CATERED, 6 DAYS WITH 4 DIVES A DAY.
£1025.00
(PLEASE CLICK ON LINK FOR FURTHER DETAILS incl additional costs such as beer, nitrox and marine park fees)
http://www.oonasdivers.com/dive-tours-red-sea-liveaboards-blue-planet-liveaboards.shtml

Hi Everyone.

Following on from GLUG’s last two fabulous Southern Red Sea trips on the magnificent Blue Seas, I have booked her once again and, this time, we will be doing The Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinestone. These are mostly drop off dives with wonderful coral covered walls on one shoulder and, on the other, the blue with great chances of seeing Hammerheads, Grey Reefers, White Tips, Blue Fin Tuna, Baracuda and, the killer turtle on Daedalus!! You will need to have at least 50 dives under your belt for this trip.
Feel free to read the trip reports on previous trips to these reefs to get a feel for a day on board Blue Seas. Also, for those of you who went on last year’s trip (2006) Berga and Tobias ( 2 burgers and a beer) are back on Blue Seas and we are keeping our fingers crossed that they will be our dive guides for next year!

To book please call Oonasdivers on 01323 648924 with a deposit of £200 (only refundable by replacing your canceled place with someone new) and then please email me so as I can keep my paperwork up to date. This a first come first served trip with booking only accepted once you have paid your deposit. Presently there are 18 places left. Thanks.

Finally, just to sound bite this idea-if anyone is interested in me organising what I can only describe as a ‘pretty’ trip, doing The Fury Shoals/St Johns including Dolphin House safari liveaboard, with less challenging diving, but equally very beautiful, especially for photographers, let me know and I can then price it up and arrange. For now, it would be on Blue Waves which holds 15 people and I would be looking at a May trip for around £895. Looking forward to hearing from anyone interested and then, I will ‘event’ it.

Best wishes to everyone and please feel free to get back to me with any questions.
Charlie Stewart

Hi All

The Red Sea Trip, on 27th July, is now full but I will be creating a reserve list should there be any cancellations. As you can see there has been no interest in the June trip on Coral Queen but I will keep this one open for a little while, as I think it still offers a good discount on the normal price.

Lydia from Oonasdivers will be joining the informal part of January’s club meeting ( 10th Jan ) for a Q&A ( no sales). Please pop along if you have any questions.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE

The lovely Lydia at Oonasdivers has now agreed to give me 19 places on The Southern Red Sea trip ( dep 27th July ), a 7 day liveaboard on the fabulous, brand spanking new Panorama Explorer. This means that GLUG now has the boat to itself with the 20th place hopefully being taken by a diving journalist. Already 10 people have registered interest and one has paid, in full! At £649, incl flights, I think this is a great price. Let’s fill this boat and make this a great trip.

For those already registered, I will be sending out a group email shortly, regarding deposit amounts.

Another offer from Oonasdivers (Please check out their web site for full details)

The aptly named Coral Queen holds 12 divers and covers some of the most spectacular reefs of the Southern Red Sea.
Leaving on June 22nd for one week, Oonas have offered us this trip at £877 instead of £950. ( part discount, part apportioning of the free place.)

Coral Queen is being presently held for GLUG, but I would need some firm interest shown as soon as possible, to secure the booking.

Yet another good deal; let’s not miss it!

This is very short notice, I know, but is anyone interested in diving the red sea next week? i’m looking for a buddy to either go to marsa alam with Oonasdivers eco - village for the 23-30 june (approx £495) or am open to suggestions (but for similar dates). i’ve got about 50 dives and am aiming to have a relaxed week. You can email me by clicking on the envelope above. huw jenkins

The Auction for the Oonasdivers mini-safari was won by……Charlie again!

I guess the date was too close for most people, since Charlie’s bid of £185 was the only one! Charlie will be writing up a report for the newsletter - although it probably won’t be in time for the next one, which I hope to publish in the next 2-3 weeks.

Looks like Charlie is set to become our Oonasdivers expert!

Neil.