Hi all,
I am an old new diver – I am originally German and started scuba diving in 1994 in Guadeloupe because my French was so bad I thought our group of friends would go snorkelling and was rather looking for a lazy day sunbathing on the beach. But I did not want to chick out last minute when I realised it was scuba diving… then got completely hooked by all the beautiful fish and dived regularly 94-98 when living there.
But since husband did not dive and we lived only in land locked countries afterwards, only took it up again in 2018 when living in Madagascar and realised the kids were old enough to start as well (13,15,17) so we all did our CMAS** there (SSI AOW for the youngest). Second time for me as I felt too much had changed (octopus? computers?).
Now teleworking all summer from France we are discovering our home base Marseille (1,5 hour drive away) underwater…not bad at all (even though a bit colder)!!! But should head back to Eastern Africa next month.
Have been reading on and off the forum for a while to get great info on improving skills and purchasing material and diving travel (at least one can dream and plan for after covid times).
Looking forward to learning lots from you all and thanks for letting me join!
I am an old new diver – I am originally German and started scuba diving in 1994 in Guadeloupe because my French was so bad I thought our group of friends would go snorkelling and was rather looking for a lazy day sunbathing on the beach. But I did not want to chick out last minute when I realised it was scuba diving… then got completely hooked by all the beautiful fish and dived regularly 94-98 when living there.
But since husband did not dive and we lived only in land locked countries afterwards, only took it up again in 2018 when living in Madagascar and realised the kids were old enough to start as well (13,15,17) so we all did our CMAS** there (SSI AOW for the youngest). Second time for me as I felt too much had changed (octopus? computers?).
Now teleworking all summer from France we are discovering our home base Marseille (1,5 hour drive away) underwater…not bad at all (even though a bit colder)!!! But should head back to Eastern Africa next month.
Have been reading on and off the forum for a while to get great info on improving skills and purchasing material and diving travel (at least one can dream and plan for after covid times).
Looking forward to learning lots from you all and thanks for letting me join!
even though I was reading quite a bit on the forum since. Guess I have not worked out how to turn on notifications when somebody answers 
