Dominican Swimmer Marcos Diaz who wants to connect to swim all five continents to promote the fight against poverty, try between 9 and 11 June this year through the Red Sea and complete the second leg of his adventure.
Diaz, 35, said in Cairo that, although initially planned to unite Asia and Africa swim from the coast of Yemen to the beaches of Djibouti, the Somali pirate activity in the Gulf of Aden forced him to change the itinerary.
"The pirates and the lack of security forced us to take the option of crossing the Red Sea between Jordan and Egypt," said Dominican athlete, who completed the first stage of its journey on 13 May with a voyage from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
At that time, Diaz, who took four hours and 18 minutes to travel a distance of 19.5 kilometers, took advantage of his stay in both countries to visit United Nations programs in schools, hospitals and orphanages.
"We had the chance to actually live the needs and challenges that these two countries meet the Millennium Development Goals," said the swimmer, "satisfied" because his challenge "became national news" in both states.
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