ConeyIslander
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Hi everyone!
Really glad I found this site as I have started to re-engage with diving. Just reading some of the threads before actually joining has already provided a wealth of information that I was sort of acquiring in bits from all over the net - but here it is next level and all under one roof.
I am an AOW diver since 1994. Back then I was doing a lot of local diving off of friends boats and I did a bunch of dive package vacations to Caribbean and Fla. I stopped diving locally after about five or six years and eventually my diving experiences tapered down to mostly a day or two of diving as part of non dive focused vacations a few times a year. By then I stopped using my own equipment and exclusively rented.
About 15 years ago I started to vacation in Asia annually, I would travel around for a 4-6weeks, and I engaged in the same sort of a couple of days diving here and there when available, This past year I retired and spent the winter in Thailand where I did my first live aboard (The Junk), did a lot of other diving as well and I also got Rescue Diver Certified. I am now considering a DM program next year in Phuket. This past year I was even able to convince my GF to get her OW certification, and now she has all that new diver enthusiasm.
We are presently looking at getting some new equipment (I have lots of questions) and have our next two dive vacations booked. At the end of May we are going to Roatan and in December we are going Raj Ampat on the Samambaia, as part of a bigger trip that will take us into the Andaman for some more dives.
Looking forward to connecting with you here
Really glad I found this site as I have started to re-engage with diving. Just reading some of the threads before actually joining has already provided a wealth of information that I was sort of acquiring in bits from all over the net - but here it is next level and all under one roof.
I am an AOW diver since 1994. Back then I was doing a lot of local diving off of friends boats and I did a bunch of dive package vacations to Caribbean and Fla. I stopped diving locally after about five or six years and eventually my diving experiences tapered down to mostly a day or two of diving as part of non dive focused vacations a few times a year. By then I stopped using my own equipment and exclusively rented.
About 15 years ago I started to vacation in Asia annually, I would travel around for a 4-6weeks, and I engaged in the same sort of a couple of days diving here and there when available, This past year I retired and spent the winter in Thailand where I did my first live aboard (The Junk), did a lot of other diving as well and I also got Rescue Diver Certified. I am now considering a DM program next year in Phuket. This past year I was even able to convince my GF to get her OW certification, and now she has all that new diver enthusiasm.
We are presently looking at getting some new equipment (I have lots of questions) and have our next two dive vacations booked. At the end of May we are going to Roatan and in December we are going Raj Ampat on the Samambaia, as part of a bigger trip that will take us into the Andaman for some more dives.
Looking forward to connecting with you here
