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Dahab (دهب) is a small town situated on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Formerly a Bedouin fishing village, located approximately 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab is still considered to be one of the Sinai's most treasured diving destinations. The arrival of international hotel chains and the establishment of other ancillary facilities has now made this a popular destination with tourists. The nearest international airport is located at Sharm el-Sheikh. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 488 KB) Summary Description: The village of Dahab (Egypt) Date: December 2003 Author: Nowic Source: own photo Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Dahab Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 488 KB) Summary Description: The village of Dahab (Egypt) Date: December 2003 Author: Nowic Source: own photo Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Dahab Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera...
Sinai Peninsula, with the Gulf of Aqaba (east) and the Gulf of Suez (west), as viewed from the Space Shuttle STS-40. ...
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Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 For other uses of the word Sinai, please see: Sinai (disambiguation). ...
A Bedouin man on a hillside at Mount Sinai Bedouin, (from the Arabic (), is a desert-dwelling Arab nomadic pastoralist, found throughout most of the desert belt extending from the Atlantic coast of the Sahara via the Western Desert, Sinai, and Negev to the Arabian Desert. ...
KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management KM programming language KM Culture, Korean Movie Maker. ...
View of the Red Sea and Tiran Island from the Sheraton Sharm hotel. ...
Airport which serves Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. ...
Tourist highlights include:
- Dahab is world-renowned for its windsurfing. Reliable winds provide superb flat-water conditions inside Dahab's sand spit. There is also an area behind the spit known to windsurfers as 'Speedy' which has more flat water and strong interrupted winds, making it a perfect area for windsurfing at speed. A very small bay within 'Speedy', known as 'Baby Bay', is used for freestyle windsurfing (doing tricks). To the east, wavy conditions couple with strong winds to provide formidable conditions for keen windsurfers.
- The seafood restaurants along the waterfront of the down-town tourist area, known as Masbet, are good, with red snapper, calamari and lobster being highlights. The Bedouin-style seafood is based on baking in earthenware.
- Historically, most visitors to Dahab have been backpackers travelling independently and staying in hostels in the Masbet area. In recent years, development of hotels in the Medina area has facilitated the arrival of a wider range of tourists, many of whom visit Dahab specifically to partake in the windsurfing, diving and other activities.
The word Dahab is Arabic for gold and is possibly a reference to the geographic locality; gold washed down from the desert mountains may have accumulated on the alluvial flood plain where the town was built. The name may also be a reference to the colour of the sands to the south of the town itself. Some locals attribute the name to the colour of the sky, just after sunset. A windsurfer with modern gear tilts the rig and carves the board to perform a planing jibe (downwind turn) close to shore in Maui, Hawaii, one of the popular destinations for windsurfing. ...
Scuba diving is swimming underwater while using self-contained breathing equipment. ...
Snorkeling is the practice of swimming at the surface of a body of water (typically of the sea) equipped with a mask and a short tube called a snorkel, to explore the underwater environment. ...
For other uses, see Reef (disambiguation). ...
Beach and surface of the water at Blue Hole This article is about the famous blue hole on the Sinai peninsula named Blue Hole. For information on blue holes in general or for links to articles on other famous blue holes, see Blue hole. ...
Binomial name Lutjanus campechanus Poey, 1860 Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) is a reef fish found off the Atlantic coast of The Americas and in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
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Subfamilies and Genera Neophoberinae Acanthacaris Thymopinae Nephropsis Nephropides Thymops Thymopsis Nephropinae Homarus Nephrops Homarinus Metanephrops Eunephrops Thymopides Clawed lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans. ...
Earthenware is a common ceramic material, which is used extensively for pottery tableware and decorative objects. ...
For other uses, see Camel (disambiguation). ...
Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ...
For other uses, see Jeep (disambiguation). ...
A group of “quad bike†all terrain vehicles The term all-terrain vehicle is used in a general sense to describe any of a number of small open motorised buggies and tricycles designed for off-road use. ...
Map of Africa 1890 Look up safari in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
For the Biblical Mount Sinai, and a discussion of its possible locations, see Biblical Mount Sinai. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 488 KB) Summary Description: Beach with promenade in Dahab (Egypt) Date: December 2003 Author: Nowic Source: own photo Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Dahab Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 72 KB) Summary Name: Dahab, Windsurfing in Lagoon Author: Stella Vassilieva (RU) Date: Ocotber 2005 License: own work, attribution required Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 72 KB) Summary Name: Dahab, Windsurfing in Lagoon Author: Stella Vassilieva (RU) Date: Ocotber 2005 License: own work, attribution required Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1632x1232, 690 KB) Dahab Bay I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1632x1232, 690 KB) Dahab Bay I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Arabic redirects here. ...
GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ...
See also 2006 Dahab bombings The seaside town of Dahab is located on the Gulf of Aqaba The Dahab bombings of 24 April 2006 were three bomb attacks on the Egyptian resort city of Dahab. ...
External links Coordinates: 28°29′35″N, 34°30′17″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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