Thistlegorm: The World's Greatest Wreck Dive

Greetings from Learning Through Travel.  The Thistlegorm is a 418 foot British World War II cargo transport vessel sunk in the Red Sea off the Sinai Peninsula in 1941.  The ship was en route to the Suez Canal to deliver supplies to the Allied troops fighting Rommel's forces in Northern Africa.  Jacques-Yves Cousteau discovered the Thistlegorm in 1955 while searching for wrecks in the Red Sea.  Cousteau featured the discovery of the Thistlegorm in the award winning movie, "The Silent World" released also in 1955.  The location of the Thistlegorm remained a secret to the general public until a group of recreational divers stumbled upon her whereabouts in the mid 1990's.  The Thistlegorm is presently one of the most famous ship wrecks in the world accessible to recreational divers.  Dive operations in the Red Sea bring numerous divers each day to the Thistlegorm to experience a virtual time capsule of World War II history.  Tanks, locomotives, Bedford trucks, motorbikes, aircraft parts, guns and boots lie in the cargo holds of the Thistlegorm and are easily accessible in the ship and lie in under 100 feet of water.  The Thistlegorm is truly a dive of a lifetime.

2008 Egypt-Red Sea Itineraries: New Full Color Brochure Available

Learning Through Travel is excited to announce a new set of itineraries to tour the treasures of ancient Egypt and to dive the Red Sea.  Our new itineraries include different options to dive the Thistlegorm including land based diving from Sharm el Sheikh or liveaboards from Sharm or Hurghada.  Night dives on the Thistlegorm are available on Northern Red Sea liveaboard charters and special overnight charters from Sharm.  We also offer a special wrecks tour of the Red Sea and Alexandria including dives on the underwater Palace of Cleopatra.  All itineraries include land tours of the famous antiquities of Egypt including The Pyramids of Giza, the Cairo Museum and the treasures of King Tut.  Longer land tour programs include stops in Luxor, the West Bank and the Valley of the Kings and a potentially a multi-night Nile cruise.  Visit our Available Trips page for more information on our 2008 itineraries or you can request a Full Color Brochure that includes dates and pricing for our Egypt-Red Sea programs.

Win a Free Liveaboard Trip to Egypt at Beneath The Sea Expo 2008

Learning Through Travel will give away a free 1-week liveaboard dive trip for two to the Egyptian Red Sea at booth # 330 at Beneath The Sea Dive & Travel Expo in Secaucus, New Jersey on March 28-30, 2008.  The free Egypt-Red Sea dive trip includes 2 nights in Cairo, 7 night liveaboard dive cruise in the Red Sea, all transfers within Egypt and is valued at $3500.00.  Only participants who attend Beneath The Sea are eligible to win the free Red Sea liveaboard trip.  Stop by booth # 330 at Beneath The Sea and sign up for the free trip and pick up Learning Through Travel’s recently released 16 page full color brochure of Egypt-Red Sea tour programs that are specifically designed for divers.  Are you interested in joining a fun group already planning a trip to dive the Red Sea? Stop by the booths of our group travel partners at Beneath the Sea.  Each group partner is offering a unique Egypt-Red Sea trip on different dates in 2009.  You can find Learning Through Travel's group travel partners (dive shops and dive clubs) at the following booths at Beneath The Sea this weekend:

SCUBA Connection: Egypt Trip Dates: April 17-May 2, 2009: Booth #'s 402,404,406

Oceanblue Divers: Egypt Trip Dates: May 22-June 3, 2009: Booth # 108

Indian Valley SCUBA: Egypt Trip Dates: Aug/Sept 2009: Booth #'s 228 & 230

For Beneath The Sea Dive & Travel Expo information, go to: www.beneaththesea.org

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Darlene Buonauro

David Hartman

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