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04-10-2008
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añejo
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Sounds interesting...
Thanks Andrea, I am really enjoying your report so far.. I'll be there in June, and so I am VERY interested in your report. For those newbies...Andrea takes beautiful artistic photos, so I am anxiously awaiting those too... 
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04-14-2008
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añejo
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I know that time flies by when you are on vacation but that’s even faster if you go diving with a group of nice people. Took more pics diving and some dive sites were coverd with small orange fish which was a beautiful sight. Yesterday was supposed to be our non-diving day (you should not dive 24 hours before flying) but since we fly only late this afternoon I went down again twice. If I am lucky one of the girls at the shop will buy my wetsuit which I didn’t wear anymore yesterday. It always took me 15 minutes till I was inside and we found out that it is too small.
Went to Hurghada yesterday as I had to buy the HRC pin for Bob and I am pretty sure the guys at the shop ripped me off. But I have it now (they told me it was sold out and sold me the ‘private’ one of one of them for probably twice the price). Since I am going to Paris tomorrow more tales and pics will come on friday when I am back home (if I am not too tired). |
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04-14-2008
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añejo
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Vanessa: they were told not so stand on the reef but they don't care and don't listen (but other nations stand on it too). Lots of reefs are already nearly dead or destroyed.
Bonny: if you are going wihtout Mike the guys here will probably be happy. Mike can be happy if you go home yourself and no-one sends camels as payment instead.  Unfortunately pics will have to wait since I have only 15 more online-minutes and haven't downloaded the last ones yet. |
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04-14-2008
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añejo
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Jeeez, what a trip.... we started punctually from our hotel in Safaga. Then at the next hotel that kind woman let us wait for half an hour till she finally deigned herself to get on the bus. Then we were supposed to get more people. The driver did get off the main road and we drove around a bit in the desert but he didn't get into any of the hotels. Finally he got back on the road to Hurghada. Shortly before we were in Hurghada he turned around again and drove back to where we had come from. Turned out we had to stop at two more hotels where the people had been waiting for over one hour. Of course we arrived at the airport late (but not too late) and then the next nuisance came when the guys who were just getting our suitcases out of the bus (which was just one movement for them) held on to our suitcases and asked for 1 Euro before handing them out. First of all this was way too much for what they were doing and secondly my two bags were at different sides of the bus and the second guy got nothing. Most of the other ones didn't give anything since that demanding behaviour did annoy us. If someone renders me a service I am glad to give a tip but that was just pure ripping off. The guy putting the suitcases on the belt at the security check held his hand open as well.... hey, I am not supposed to have any money in my pockets!
The flight was sort of quiet till we heard the announcement that a doctor was being looked for. Since we had one with us we heard afterwards that we were vrey close to an unplanned landing in Budapest but our doctor told the pilot that he couldn't guarantee anything but with his experience he would say that the sick person would make it till Düsseldorf. And in fact the ambulance was already waiting for him there. Not sure he had a stroke. But this just shows that doctors are never on vacation... |
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04-14-2008
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añejo
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[quote=Daddy B;1100821][quote=Andiline;1100364] ..small orange fish...
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 Going to sleep now, have to unpack, pack and go to work tomorrow morning. Will work on the pics on the train to Paris though.
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04-14-2008
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añejo
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[quote=Andiline;1100833][quote=Daddy B;1100821]
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04-20-2008
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añejo
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Here is a slideshow of pics ABOVE water (Safaga and Hurghada). Sorry I don't copy them over but with the slide shows it's not that easy to copy. Safaga
The fish will have to wait some more since it takes time to take the blue out of the pics and I have tooooo many pics... 
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04-21-2008
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añejo
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To me, it usually speeds up the process and renders good tones. |
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04-22-2008
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añejo
Join Date: Feb 2004
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 for the pic from me (3 USD). I ignored him so he told me this was not a joke but I just walked away. DaddyB, I usually use 'remove colour cast' first and then I look if more actions are required. Working on one single pic usually does not take long but what takes so long is that I have so many of them... played around with my new toys (external flash und red filter) so I have even more pics just to try them out... will start working on them tonight was too tired yesterday. |
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