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Beach The Red Sea is considered one of the best places in the world to go diving due to it's tremendous coral reefs, warm waters and being a reasonably cheap destination. The advice I received was to go to Sharm El Sheik which is at the bottom of the Sinai Peninsula due to it being less commercially developed. In particular Naama Bay is a popular destination which is where my travel package happened to be headed to.

Diving is Big Business There are 45 diving centres in Sharm El Sheik, the majority associated with particular hotels but some large independents such as the Red Sea Diving College which is who I booked with. Full training for PADI Open Water Certification takes 5 days and costs £180, allowing you to dive pretty much anywhere in the world to a depth of 18m. In case you are wondering what PADI stands for, as explained by our instructor it is "Put Another Dollar In" (or "Put All Dollars In") as they offer a huge range of courses and specialties all of which are designed to impart vast amounts of cash from the wallet. For instance once you have done the standard Open Water course, you can then do the Advanced Open Water course, followed by Deep Diving, Underwater Photography, Rescue Diving, Drift Diving, Dry Suit Diving, Instructing... you get the idea.

Needing to escape the merciless winter in London for Christmas week, I finally settled on a diving trip in the Red Sea. When I say finally I mean just that... scanning the teletext pages for deals the day before I wanted to leave, getting a package deal sorted out just 17 hours before leaving the country...

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Having never dived before I was looking forward to the challenge but a little apprehensive about my long standing problem of motion sickness - it doesn't seem to matter whether it is car, boat, plane, train or roller coaster - if there is motion, I will find a way to feel ill!


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If you're considering the Jaunted suggestion of spending New Year's Eve in Sydney--especially because the time difference means you get to celebrate sooner--then we have a hotel package that might suit.

The Novotel Darling Harbour is well-located with fantastic harbour views (that means fireworks views, check-out this daytime view above.) and they've got a few special things happening on New Year's Eve.

The most delicious-sounding part is their massive Seafood Buffet meal. Starting from 8.00pm on New Year's Eve, you can get a buffet dinner including King prawns, Sydney rock oysters, lemon coriander black mussels, chilli lime baby octopus and blue swimmer crabs, and the list just goes on and on.

Local beers, house wines and soft drinks are included, although we reckon you'd need to eat and drink quite a lot to get A$199 (US$175) value from it--but of course you're also paying for the location, and it is New Year's Eve.

Accommodation and dinner packages aren't available--you'll have to book into the hotel separately--but be aware that during this peak season (it's summer in Australia, as well as the holiday season) there is a minimum booking requirement of three nights. Rooms start at A$229 (US$200) including breakfast, but you'll have to pay more if you want your room to have a harbor view.

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