@divers anyone dived the Red Sea in February? Trying to work out whether a 5mm is enough or whether I am going to spend the week cold and pretending I am not.

If you get seasick, ask which side of the boat you are on before you book the day trip, not after. The bigger boats run a route that puts the swell on the beam for about forty minutes on the way out. Sat at the back, watched the horizon, completely fine. My mate did not and spent the first dive on the deck.

Do the food walk in the evening rather than the daytime one. Same streets, completely different city. Everything opens up around eight and you eat with people rather than at them. Also you will not be doing it in 38 degrees, which matters more than the food.