I have been trying to write this post for several hours now, and each time I do, it becomes a novel. The short version is that my wife and I became open water divers here in Cozumel in 2001. Since then we have both gone on to become instructors and instructor trainers. (IDC STAFF and and a Course Director). We have done the majority or our recreational training with Blue Angel, from Open Water through Divemaster, and after becoming professional DMs and Instructors we have done the vast majority of our teaching at Blue Angel as well. We launched the Blue Angel Scuba School a few years ago, and I am very proud of the success that we had. Revenues and numbers of certifications aside, it went from being a PADI affiliated shop to a school where a instructors can become trained. Our hearts went into that venture.
And now, almost 12 years, several thousand dives, a home purchase, some disappointments, many dear friends, and a some heartbreaks later it has come to a conclusion.
Tomorrow is my last day on the island. I have taken a job as the Course Director/Manager a dive centre in Victoria, Canada, where I believe the best cool water diving in the world is.
Tomorrow I am going to get up and take care of some details with the house, then I'm going to the beach with my wife!!!
This island and the people connected to that shop have been such a huge part of our life and identity for so long, that I am not sure what to say to try to mark this event, but I feel compelled to say something. There are so many people that deserve a heart felt goodbye, but life doesn't always allow for such sentimentality. So what I am left with is a 1am glass of Chianti, and a walk down memory lane. All in all this has been one hell of a story. I have met some incredible people, and seen unbelievable things. I have also met some raging idiots, and again, seen some unbelievable things
Come see us up on Vancouver Island and we'll show you why it is such amazing diving. But if that doesn't work out, hopefully we will see each other again somewhere else. And if not, so long and thanks for all the fish.
And now, almost 12 years, several thousand dives, a home purchase, some disappointments, many dear friends, and a some heartbreaks later it has come to a conclusion.
Tomorrow is my last day on the island. I have taken a job as the Course Director/Manager a dive centre in Victoria, Canada, where I believe the best cool water diving in the world is.Tomorrow I am going to get up and take care of some details with the house, then I'm going to the beach with my wife!!!
This island and the people connected to that shop have been such a huge part of our life and identity for so long, that I am not sure what to say to try to mark this event, but I feel compelled to say something. There are so many people that deserve a heart felt goodbye, but life doesn't always allow for such sentimentality. So what I am left with is a 1am glass of Chianti, and a walk down memory lane. All in all this has been one hell of a story. I have met some incredible people, and seen unbelievable things. I have also met some raging idiots, and again, seen some unbelievable things
Come see us up on Vancouver Island and we'll show you why it is such amazing diving. But if that doesn't work out, hopefully we will see each other again somewhere else. And if not, so long and thanks for all the fish.
