We've been in
Turkey for 3 winters now and each one has got wetter ((bl@@dy global warming?). Anyway, we've decided that we really must move on, preferably to somewhere hot.
The
current decision is to join the
Vasco Da Gama rally in October. It'll take us through
Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Yemen, Oman and ending in April 2010 in
India.
Plan B, should it prove too scary to wend our way through the pirates and civil war-torn countries off the East African coast, is to over-winter in the Red Sea, basing ourselves in
Egypt. Investigations have yielded
Abu Tig marina, part of the
El Gouna complex. They are offering a berth for USD150 per month for the rest of 2009. I believe prices will go up in January 2010, but I guess everything's negotiable... I've been talking to Andrea Brum, who's
email address is:
info@abutig-marina.com
The cost of heading down the Suez
Canal includes a return trip if undertaken within 6 months. Sounds good to me. If we don't make the rally I guess we'll be
diving in the Red Sea next
winter. Beats listening to the rain in
Turkey.