[icarus pacific]

Welcome to the land of the bean-counting ignorants.

While it's pretty Phuket-ed up that the powers that be there did a 180 on your freediving efforts, realize their investment in it and resolve to a. Not send them any more referals, without bad-mouthing them, b. Look for other outfits that'l let you do your thing, c. Do as has been suggested, not the dogs, but get the folks that were helping you, the support divers etc., and start a Club of your own. Have fun finding insurance...

And for Chrissakes, just because you've reached the vaulted heights of Divemaster, don't go off thinking you can teach freediving to any degree other than when you ditch your gear and do controlled and emergency ascents. The teaching stuff, like the diving, takes time.

sven