Hey'all,
Greetings from the Land of the Long Dark Pint.
That would be Ireland, for those of you who are unfamiliar with Arthur's brew.
I once saw it on an ad billboard in Jamaica!!!
Fancy that - Guinness in the Caribbean?!
Dving
scuba -started in Koh Tao, South East coast of Thailand
then popped across to Oz - a few dives in Byron Bay,
Sydney, and liveaboards out of Cairns & then out of the Witsundays (Great Barrier Reef) - not bad!
oh! and did the Advanced Open Water course there.
Then home in '97,
started diving in Ireland...
first ever dive in Ireland - in Feb. 98,
in a slate quarry about 3 hours drive from Dublin,
water temp. 4 degrees, air temp about the same, nothing
I ended the dive after about 15 minutes, b/c there's a point after yer fingers go numb, when they can actually get bloody sore!
Rescue Course in Ireland a month later -
water temp 8 degrees,
vis - about 1 foot max!
Dived in the Red Sea (Egypt) April '99 (Sharm el Sheikh / Na'ama)
went back to do Divemaster in Sep. '99 and stayed till end of year
Did Instructor's Course slightly later...
The Red Sea ROCKS!!!!
loads of good divesites,
plenty of depth available - easy to get 50m+ on a shoredive, if you want it.
Diving in Ireland is great fun - especially on the West Coast -
(Gulf Stream (from Florida / Mexico),
and next stop after Ireland - U.S. - 2500 km+ away)
mainly b/c of the company - "craic agus ceol" - laughs & music...
and of course, pints.
Started freediving December in Dahab, 2003 -
hopefully will be back in a few months -
love it!
Gotta go!!!
hasta
Graham