On the 8th of January, twenty-six divers, myself included, travelled to Aqaba, a small coastal city in Jordan, to partake in the Red Sea diving there and to visit the ancient city of Petra.The diving there is severely underrated with excellent visibility that bests the likes of the congested Sharm El Sheikh that is so well spoken of. There is one major issue to deal with, however - the wind. When you surface from water at 20 degrees celsius, take off your cosy wetsuit, and find the wind cutting into your back like a rain of icy daggers, you scurry about like a headless chicken rubbing your hands together and gulping down boiling hot cups of tea.

We spent the first two days diving different sites including a shipwreck called the Cedar Pride which was exceptionally brilliant apart from having to endure only Arabic music on the dive boat from morning ’till evening. Eventually, the lads did put on some Bob Marley. Not quite my cup of tea, but it was English at least.