Hello from Crete Greece

[scubaianbailey]

Hi all, just registered as would very much like some advice and guidance,

My name is Ian and I am very nearly 40 and have been working for a dive center in Crete,mostly in the sales part, flogging DSD's to tourists and doing pool demos for about 3 years, and have managed to crawl my way up in that time to rescue and hoping to secure my DM this season,

what i wanted to ask is about working in Egypt during Sept/Oct to april.

I don't speak any othe language except a little Greek and a very little German - enough to explain the briefing for a pool sesion.

any advice however negative would be very welcome, at this stage I'm just doing some homework,

thanks in advance

Ian

 

[Ocean One]

Welcoem to the ScubaBoard! Good luck with your work search!

 

[Jerome_Smeets]

After working a season with you Ian, I think you'd be a great opportunity for any DC

In Egypt, have a look at Emperor.
They have a DC in a lot of diving locations along the Red Sea coast but not sure wether they employ DM.
Maybe Colona DC (scandinavians mainly), I've seen english-only speaking DM guiding for them but no idea about the work conditions.
Good luck anyway !

 

[drbill]

Welsome to ScubaBoard. I spent about 10 days on Crete back in 1968. No SCUBA, only free diving for me on that trip. I loved the island and Greece so much, when I moved to Catalina Island a year later I stayed. It is very similar to the Greek islands, but they speak English. No ouzo here when I arrived, but I soon changed that!

Best fishes.

 

[Jerome_Smeets]

Well done !

Wish I had seen Crete underwater before overfishing.
I already love it for the visibility, seascape and what is surviving...