In modern times the Sinai had become a backwater protected from the ravages of the modern world, and perhaps it would have remained one of the world's undiscovered spots if it hadn't been for one Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA).
SCUBA gear in the Sinai is very expensive to rent.  
mnli hypothesis: SCUBA gear in the Sinai is very expensive to rent.   premise: In modern times the Sinai had become a backwater protected from the ravages of the modern world, and perhaps it would have remained one of the world's undiscovered spots if it hadn't been for one Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA).