Hi all, im rubbish at updating this. Anyway, been here for three weeks now and im all settled in to the routine, Dahab has a nack of sucking you in and grabbing hold without a warning. Most people I spek to who came here for say six months, end up staying three to five years, somtimes more.
The studying is going well, I had exams on everything from dive equipment through to Physics and Physiology!!
Theres so much work involved in a day I hardly have time to breathe before my head hits the pillow. Working In diving is not as much a stressful job ut it is consuming. The logistics involved in aranging a days diving phenominal, For example:
An average day guiding a dive involves ariving at the dive centre around 8:15. Before the gusts arive you have to get an oxygen kit, first aid and a spares kit, all of which need to be signed out from the itinerary. Then you need to collect tanks, if your doing two dives in the day everyone needs two tanks, 12Ltr weighing around 50Kg each. Lets say theres three customers, one instructor and myself thats 10 tanks, plus one sare. All this plus a crate of equipment for each person needs to be loaded onto a truck. We leave at 9:00am when the customers arrive, we also need a permission slip to get us through the police check points.
The we get to dive, two dives with Lucnch in between, after this all equipment is hauld back on the truck and we arrive back at the centre. Th process is then reversed but all the kit mest also be washed.
Then log books are filled and we discuss the day and the fish we see. Custmer service is key, we have to keep the customer happy and willing to return for more the folowing days. When the custmer leaves its time for a beer, then off home to study for exams...then slleeeep!!!
Awake the next morning to repeat the process....

Average day, somtimes different if we are running a course, so dont go thinking its all sunshine and cocktails, fair enough its better than the regular 9-5, but its still work its just outdoors in 30 degree heat with alot of swimming around looking at fish thrown in for good measure.