Greetings from London

[nycbrasco]

Hi All,

I am an American and I have lived in London for the past 10 years. I certified PADI Advanced Open Water last year in Mauritius and have dived in the UK and the Red Sea on a fantastic liveaboard run by Tony Backhurst Scuba. Since then, I have decided that I want to make diving the main aspect of my life in terms of work. I am beginning to dislike London and the horrible weather here so much that it has made me think of moving to a place where I can work and study the PADI course through to Instructor level. I am 39 and if I do not pursue this now I fear that it will be too late. Does anyone out there know of any schools in the US or Caribbean/Central America who will take on an Advanced level student in exchange for work and a small wage which will be enough to live on until achieving the Instructor certification?

Many thanks for any replies in advance - I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards!

 

[Hemlon]

Welcome to the board!

 

[rahuck]

Hey...if you find such a place please pass it along to the rest of us!

 

[Jcsgt]

Welcome aboard!

I've visited your fair city and fell in love with it. History and culture everywhere. You're so lucky.

 

[DivingsInMyBlood]

hello and welcome, londons not so bad as long as you dont mind a bit of rain and alot of people.

 

[DandyDon]

It does help with discussions if you complete your Profile. And it's even more fun when you load an Avatar (personal pic for each post) and a Profile pic. See UserCP above to access these if you'd like to...?

If you haven't yet, click Forums above and start going thru the list - looking for those of interest to you, especially your local dive club. Always good to try a Search before starting a new thread, tho - click here for Search help, and be careful about posting Threads & Replies before reading the Sticky threads at the tops of most forums. PM me if I can help you around here..

don

 

[snepdiver]

Welcome to Scubaboard. Good to have you around. This is a great resource to find local dive buddies and organize more diving. Have fun.

 

[Bubble Junky]

Does anyone out there know of any schools in the US or Caribbean/Central America who will take on an Advanced level student in exchange for work and a small wage which will be enough to live on until achieving the Instructor certification?

Welcome to the Board !
You're probably better off saving a bit of that London cash and heading out to either Honduras or Thailand. You'll be hard pressed to find a company to pay you as a AOW diver working through. I know in Thailand you can get good packages to take you through to the Instructor ranks. Whilst there you can also live very cheaply (£80/month rent, £1 for a bottle of Heineken, £2 or less a meal), especially compared to London !! Check out this site.