I've had a really up and down couple of days this week...it's been so busy and absolutely exhausting - yesterday I got home at 5pm, had a shower, went to have a 2 hour nap and woke up this morning at 7am! I've done loads of stuff for the course...I took and passed my physics and phsyology exams, which is hoofin' as the physics had loads of maths and I was convinced I was going to fail! We had a big night out to celebrate, and didn't get in till 2.30, which explai...

Since you're reading a new entry in the blog, I clearly survived the swim test! I did it 2 days ago, and am still feeeling the effects!! It was far tougher than I thought it would be, especially the tired diver tow...pushing someone in full scuba kit whilst wearing full kit yourself through 100m of slightly choppy seawater after having already swum 1200m and been treading water for 15 minutes was a bit of a challenge!! But it's over now...I took another exam and ...

I've haven't even been in Dahab a week, and I can't believe how much I've done. I've spent all week assisting 2 instructors, Matt and Sabry, with Open Water and Advanced courses...for 9 Royal Marines! There are 16 of them out here, and me and Jenny, the other DiveMaster Trainee, have been attempting to keep 9 of them under control for 6 days! They're awesome lads who veer from uber-polite to completely disgusting via absolutely hysterical all in the space of 5 mi...

I've turned 24. The 80s party is over. It's finally time to leave. This time tomorrow I'll be knocking back my first (for first read third or maybe fourth) beer in Egypt. I can't believe that after months of thinking about this trip, weeks of thinking about organising it, and about 2 days of actually organising it, I'm finally heading off. More importantly, I can't believe I actually managed to fit my damn wetsuit in my backpack. Of course, I now only have room...