I’ve been busy teaching Open Water with 3 lovely individuals.  2 American Airline pilots, Dan & Sarah and a Parisian girl Caroline.

They breezed through academics, confined and the exam.  Taking them diving was a pleasure, infact they were so good it was just like taking fun divers out, apart from the skills.    Shame not all students are the same 😉

Last night we all met ‘Vibe Lounge’ to watch their Open Water movie.  We all sat down on a long sofa and watched intently and giggled away.  I love watching my students.  When you’re leading, you don’t catch everything they do in front of the camera and I was in hysterics when Dan came up to the camera and started to do some air guitar …not what I expected at all.

Watching them made me feel very proud especially when at Buoyancy World they swam through the buoyancy rings perfectly and under the big octopus’s legs.  They were better than some of the advanced divers I’ve taught.

After far too many G&T’s we said our goodbye’s and headed home to bed.

Tomorrow, Simon & I are heading down to the Buoyancy World construction site for more metal bending and welding.

On the 4th, while I was working on the shark release video, and hiding from the sun, as the welding incident was still causing some issues, Jen decided to join the “Swim For Sharks” held by a dive school called “Big Blue”.

The swim, involved swimming around the whole island of Koh Nang Yuan (the island next door).

Doing a circuit of the island is no mean feat, the distance is about 3km, and Jen had never swam for a long distance. She finished in 1hr 27mins, dealing with strong currents and choppy waves. A good job done, and if Jen gets time I am sure she will tell you about it.

That evening there was a party, but neither of us attended, as Jen was tired (no surprise!) and I had a mountain of work to do… including format my PC..!!

The next day, Jen started an Open Water Course, and I started a Reef Check Course….

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Yesterday was Shark Release day, and sadly… it did not happen.

Short video below showing why….