Photography By Pixie’s photostream on Flickr.Even more new...

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Photography By Pixie’s photostream on Flickr.

Even more new pictures on my flickr photostream!

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Beautiful #sunset in #egypt tonight #instagram @photobypixie (at...

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Beautiful #sunset in #egypt tonight #instagram @photobypixie (at Reef Oasis Beach Resort)

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#chairs in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (at Reef Oasis...

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#chairs in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (at Reef Oasis Beach Resort)

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#palm #trees in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with...

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#palm #trees in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Senses Resort)

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Another stunning #sunset in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie...

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Another stunning #sunset in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Senses Resort)

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#towel #art found in our room in #egypt on #instagram...

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#towel #art found in our room in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Senses Resort)

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Another beautiful #sunset in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie...

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Another beautiful #sunset in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Senses Resort)

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#blue #fish #picture in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie...

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#blue #fish #picture in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Senses Resort)

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#sunset in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with...

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#sunset in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Senses Resort)

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#panoramic #view of our #hotel in #egypt (Taken with Instagram...

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#panoramic #view of our #hotel in #egypt (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Senses Resort)

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#smoking #shisha #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with...

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#smoking #shisha #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Senses Resort)

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The #light #egypt #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with Instagram...

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The #light #egypt #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Senses Resort)

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Pre-dinner drinks at the bar in #egypt on #instagram...

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Pre-dinner drinks at the bar in #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Senses Resort)

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#panoramic #view of the hotel #egypt on #instagram @photobypixir...

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#panoramic #view of the hotel #egypt on #instagram @photobypixir (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Senses Resort)

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Me and my husband, evening walk on #beach #egypt on #instagram...

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Me and my husband, evening walk on #beach #egypt on #instagram @photobypixie (Taken with Instagram at Reef Oasis Beach Resort)

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I am thinking about Egypt “1 day, 10...

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I am thinking about Egypt

“1 day, 10 hours and 39 minuites until I go to #Egypt whoop whoop!! :D”

Check-in to Egypt on GetGlue.com

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Scuba diving teddy bear wins a competition

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wooohooo we've won a competition involving a photo, a teddy bear, scuba diving, and a very confussed Egyptian man!
Back in October we went on holiday to Egypt and flew with Easyjet.
While we were on the plane we saw a teddy bear that they were advertising called 'Gulliver' well Gulliver Bear likes to travel and easyjet were holding a competition and asking people to take a photo of gulliver bear on holiday!
As most of you know my husband has a bit of a teddy bear problem and insists that all bears should have a good home so buys one every time he sees one for sale!
We were going to Egypt to do some more scuba diving in the Red Sea and take some more underwater photos for my portfolio so thought this was the perfect opportunity to take some photos of Gulliver bear!
We found a shop that sold scuba diving gear so went in and bought Gulliver bear some goggles to wear, the sea is so salty in Egypt, it really stings your eyes and he'd get a much better view of all the pretty fish and coral with goggles on.
We found the smallest goggles and went to pay for them. The Egyptian shop owner told us that these weren't very good for an adult and we should get masks and snorkels if we wanted to see more. We tried to explain they weren't for us, they were for a teddy bear but he didn't understand, after about 15 minutes of trying to explain he sold us the goggles and thought they were going to be used by a child!
We went back to our room picked up our scuba gear and kitted Gulliver bear up ready for a dive.
We had to walk past the shop to get to the beach and the man who had sold us the goggles was outside so we showed him Gulliver bear sporting his new goggles!
He hooted with laughter when he realised the goggles were for a bear and called all the other shop keepers out to take a look!
Gulliver bear grew very famous on holiday and grew to know all the dive instructors and hotel staff very well! He enjoyed 12 dives while he was on his trip and grew to be very good friends with some clown fish too!
Easyjet have featured one of our pictures in their in-flight 'Traveller' magazine and we won 2 flights on easyjet so will be returning to Egypt in a few months for some more scuba diving and underwater photography! Gulliver bear is so looking forward to his next adventure in the sea and I'm sure the hotel staff are looking forward to seeing him again too!

Scuba Diving in Sharm El Sheikh Egypt

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I'm back after a fantastic scuba diving holiday in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
We did our PADI open water course last year and went back to the same hotel (Reef Oasis) to get some more diving in!
The sea seemed a bit colder this year and there seemed to be less fish around than prevoius years which was a shame but we still had a great time scuba diving and snorkeling.
I also tried out my new underwater camera, its a Panasonic Lumix DMC - TS3 It's quite good but i'll have to save up for the underwater camera case for my Canon D60 as i'm so used to using a manual camera and only being able to use an auto mode is frustrating!
I'm glad to say we didn't see any sharks while we were there, although i did get a fright from a 3ft Trigger fish who decided to chase me! I think I scared him away with my bright pink fins kicking franticly as I swam in the opposite direction ... he had big teeth!
I've put all of my underwater photos in to a slide show (audio visual presentation) that you can see on youtube here

And all my photos from around the hotel are on an audio visual presentation here

 

I thought i'd make these AV's from my un-edited holiday snaps instead of uploading the pictures one by one to the net as it's much quicker and easier for everyone to see.

I also have many pictures here that i'll be uploading to a stock library and my POD sites that are a better quality so keep watching, their will be lots more to see over the next few weeks!

I've had my brake now and have to go back and sort our house out, the builders are in replacing our kitchen and i have lot's of graphics work to do too, i'll need another holiday after all of this!