GG, that's why I like you! We were both clearly dropped on our heads when we were little!Awwww water colder than 50 degrees...
HEAVEN...
Who Got Certified in another Country
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Bubble2Bubble
, Jun 20 2006 09:54 AM
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#31
Dive_Girl
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Posted 23 June 2006 - 08:48 AM
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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- Location:10-200 feet under, Santa Catalina Island
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Posted 23 June 2006 - 12:01 PM
Ah, ladies who dive cold water have got what it takes... I either have to find one, convert a WWW, or become one (a WWW that is) myself! Hmmm... getting interested in that last option.
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Posted 23 June 2006 - 01:58 PM
Dr Bill ~ DON'T convert... Stay with DG and me..
Love that cold water.. embrace it. It takes a special diver to love the cold water.
or as DG has clearly stated... Someone who has been dropped on their heads when they were little.
I know for a fact I was dropped more than once.
Love that cold water.. embrace it. It takes a special diver to love the cold water.
or as DG has clearly stated... Someone who has been dropped on their heads when they were little.
I know for a fact I was dropped more than once.
Edited by gis_gal, 23 June 2006 - 01:59 PM.
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Formerly known as gis_gal and name tattoo'd for a small bribe!
#34
bjknight64
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Meeting folks
- Location:Houston
- Gender:Male
- Cert Level:Advanced And Nitrox
- Logged Dives:many
Posted 23 June 2006 - 04:47 PM
i got my AOW in Roatan and my Nitrox in Utila. With PADI, and i dont think the level of training was any thing lower than what i would have gotten here in the states, it was very good and professional and educating. I think the Padi set up is really done well.
Honduras rocks, minus the sand flies
Honduras rocks, minus the sand flies
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- Logged Dives:too many logged, too many not logged...:)
Posted 23 June 2006 - 04:54 PM
Well you were dropped twice - once on each side to try and poke the horns back in...I know for a fact I was dropped more than once.
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 23 June 2006 - 05:08 PM
DG ~ Shhhhhhhhhh you promised to never tell...
Dang it ~ But it does explain soooo many things.
Dang it ~ But it does explain soooo many things.
Edited by gis_gal, 23 June 2006 - 05:09 PM.
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Formerly known as gis_gal and name tattoo'd for a small bribe!
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Posted 23 June 2006 - 05:48 PM
Well, I can't imagine ever giving up cold water diving completely... after all, I am a kelp forest ecologist and kelp doesn't like warm water. However, I could definitely see spending much more time in the tropics, say sailing around the Caribbean with a nice compressor, and friend, aboard. Of course during the summer hurricane seasonb I'd have to seek shelter elsewhere...
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chinacat46
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I spend too much time on line
- Location:Lafayette, CO
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- Cert Level:OWSI
- Logged Dives:1527(8 in fresh water)
Posted 25 June 2006 - 08:32 PM
I did my OW in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand went back two years later and did my AOW at the same shop but a different instructor. I did my Nitrox at AKR in Roatan.
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Posted 25 June 2006 - 08:41 PM
I got certified in Cuba --- alright, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is a US base and you have all those handsome Naval men around so it didn't seem like another country. 
I think I have more dives in other countries than in the US. Now that I have lost my passport (twice)
, I think I'll stick closer to home for a while.
I think I have more dives in other countries than in the US. Now that I have lost my passport (twice)
, I think I'll stick closer to home for a while.
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On a roll now.....
- Location:Kuwait
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- Cert Level:open water, deep water, nitrox
- Logged Dives:14 mostly class dives with 3 fun dives
Posted 26 June 2006 - 12:56 AM
ok I will list mine here by course and location and instuctor
OW, Calypso diving, Boracay Phillipines, instructor was Hitomi
AOW, Calypso diving, Boracay Phillipines, instructor was Hitomi
NITROX, Calypso diving, Boracay Phillipines, instructor again Hitomi
Absolutly yes on taking courses overseas again easpecially from Hitomi
Hitomi is Japanese and very serious about her diving she was an awesome instructor. Her english though she felt was not good, was very understandable and even some Americans can have problems saying oxygen toxicity. I am sure I couldnt say it in Japanese
Calypso diving has three instructors:
Lee who is from England
Hitomi who is from Japan
Christian who is from Switzerland
and their DM Borek who is filipino who they also want to go to instructor school, They are very professional and know what their doing.
OW, Calypso diving, Boracay Phillipines, instructor was Hitomi
AOW, Calypso diving, Boracay Phillipines, instructor was Hitomi
NITROX, Calypso diving, Boracay Phillipines, instructor again Hitomi
Absolutly yes on taking courses overseas again easpecially from Hitomi
Hitomi is Japanese and very serious about her diving she was an awesome instructor. Her english though she felt was not good, was very understandable and even some Americans can have problems saying oxygen toxicity. I am sure I couldnt say it in Japanese
Calypso diving has three instructors:
Lee who is from England
Hitomi who is from Japan
Christian who is from Switzerland
and their DM Borek who is filipino who they also want to go to instructor school, They are very professional and know what their doing.
#41
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- Location:Los Angeles, CA
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- Cert Level:Instructor, Divemaster, Nitrox, Rescue, Wreck, ...
- Logged Dives:120ish
Posted 11 July 2006 - 01:28 PM
Took my coursework here, but finished my OW in Micronesia (a place so beautiful I almost didn't come home). AOW and Nitrox in Fiji.
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#42
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- Location:San Pedro (Belize) & Oxford (UK)
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- Cert Level:Instructor
- Logged Dives:over 4000
Posted 11 July 2006 - 06:55 PM
We get many people learning or doing con-ed here in Belize. When I'm asked I always recommend people get involved with a dive club back home, and the best way to do that is often to do a qualification with them. I was brought up on weekend diving, and it gives a completely different mindset to only diving on holiday.
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