Safaga, Egypt - May 2003
Hotel:
Hotel Menaville
Diving centre:
Menadive
Duration:
7 days
Experience:
Advanced Open Water Certificate, Dives 50 - 61
Assessement:
Hotel
Setisfactory in %
Remarks
Overall impression
60
Room
50
Meals
50
Atmosphere of restaurant
50
70% actually, but -20% re lot's of noise/ entertainment
Service at restaurant
60
Ratio of price/ performance
70
Resort
50
Pool
60
Cleanliness/ hygiene
70
Beach
70
Diving
Variety of diving spots
85
Quality of diving spots
60
Quality of boat
65
Service on board
40
Meals on board
40
Service at diving cenre
70
Quality of diving cenre
70
Ratio of price/ performance
70
Equipment
70
Briefings/ Safety
85
in case of a baro trauma quick help available
Location
Accessibility
85
Nightlife
20
annoying entertainment
Shopping facilities
20
Other activities
70
A sad chapter:
The Salem Express - Sunk 1993
There is a lot of speculation about the sinking of the Salem Express. We don't want to participate on that how this happend.
However it is a fact that the roll-on-roll-of fary hit the reef, deforming the front and after pulling back the front door was wide
open for the water. Rapidly the ship got list and sunk with almost everbody being still on board. The rescue boats are still there -
at the bottom - approx at a depth of 32m. Some hundreds had to die and not all of them were pulled out of the wrack later.
Now the Salem Express has been declared as grave officially.
A scary place which we visted with great respect.