Castaways Sub-Aqua Club
	A Branch (Branch No 2071) of The British Sub-Aqua Club

Indiana George and the Road Kill Sandwiches

Aqaba, Jordan

27th December 1999 - 3rd January 2000

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Daa Da Daa Daa Daa!

Our intrepid mad people
Captain Neoprene
Snot Boy
Commander Aquasure
Giggle Girl
Flashing Blades
Pingu

General synopsis

The long awaited New Year trip to the Red Sea happened in Jordan recently. Five hardy (shurley shome mishtake, Ed.) divers and one frightened neophyte decided to leave the cold rain of England behind for a week in the sun and clear blue waters of the Middle East. A great time was had by all, the diving was good, and as this is Jordan's winter season as well, the reefs were not packed out by hundreds of other divers. In fact we were often the only divers on some of the reefs.

At the start of the week the editor (that's me! Ed) asked who was going to write the trip report for the week. It was decided that instead of asking one person to write about the trip after the event, the whole group would think up daily "headlines" that could then be used to flesh out the trip report later. Despite the locals observing Ramadan inventive methods were found for enjoying the evenings (monkey juice and cinnamon tea being two favourites), and the "headlines" became even more esoteric and obscure. Sitting here looking out of the window at the teaming rain, it seems so far away that trying to explain some of these "headlines" now seems futile, so I am not going to try. Hopefully, some of these will make sense, even be amusing, and may even intrigue you enough to ask us what they actually mean. (And if they don't you can rest assured that we thought that they were stunningly funny at the time)

27/12/1999

• When in Rome
• Norwegian Twig
• Croissants and Pink Stuff
• Easton 6X is Jakes home brew that famous?

28/12/1999

• Mel: "I can see a fish in snorkelite"
• I wonder if that was venomous
• Ali Baba and the Forty Cats
• The big red juicy one
• Euston Station tubes closed

Anthony terrorising the locals

29/12/1999

• "Mel eating" sea cucmbers
• I don't mind losing a diver, but I'm damned if I am going to lose a snorkeler
• I wish I had brought my drysuit
• Kevin and his pot pouri
• 2kg of tea for Mel and she doesn't drink it
• At least it's not a beaver

My name is not George

30/12/1999

• Jellyfish prevents happy reunion
• Dambusters
• Mr Tash and his towel
• Shift latecomers the pitta of tiny feet
• George theTurtle, Kev and Ant find their George
• British conditions recreated in pool for rescue drills

George with Flashing Blades in the background

31/12/1999

• Tanks for the memory
• The grand canyon formation free fall crossing
• Garden eel dance
• Butterflyfish swarms invade dive
• Mr Boss manages to shimmie
• Rice and Pasta feeding frenzie
• Can we have matchsticks for after 10pm please

A very sober Kevin

1/1/2000

• Mel looks into Ahmed's eyes, but doesn't quite fall in love with the cucumbers
• The very long swim
• Females flake in the sun

Thornback Trunkfish

2/1/2000

• One hundred camels for your daughter (but check with your business manager first)
• The high place of sacrifice of the English language (Oblisky Obilisks)
• The Petra - Aqaba Ralley - Driving round roadblocks

An Obilisky Obilisk

3/1/2000

• That sounds like we've got a puncture
• Fat bloke exercising on the plane

The Crew

(Photographs courtesy Suzanne Easton)