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Scuba, Wifi and Relaxing!
Jambo!
It's 10:09pm, I'm sweating as it's so hot, i'm lay in on my bed in our tent and i'm pretty chilled :)
Yesterday we arrived at our final camp after our first day of Scuba! As part of the expedition we will complete our Open Water PADI qualification which involves a lot of theory, a number of key skills and a lot of time in the pool or sea :) Over the last two days we have enjoyed 2 pool dives and endured 2 theory sessions, now though we are ready for the sea!
When we left Camp Tanga we were taken in the big Camps trucks to a beautiful hotel! Amazing views, great pool, restaurant, you name it... it was there! After we had made ourselves comfortable the dive team arrived and introduced themselves, it was at this point they realised that we were the wrong group at the wrong pool! So... we left the beautiful hotel, views and pool and got back on the trucks to go to our new pool! Let's just say it was nothing like the other one and looked rubbish, even though now I don't think it's too bad.
Anyway... We were now in the correct place and got on with the diving! We split into smaller groups and went through some skills with our instructor, mine is called Omar. We then got all our stuff ready and completed a number of dive skills in the pool. The only one I found difficult was when we had to remove the mask but now, after another session today, I feel really good doing it :)
After our morning of diving we then had to do some of the theory. This is really boring and it is difficult to get the kids to concentrate! I found it ok and thought it made a lot of sense as we had just done it for real :)
Once we had done our work we sorted out tents, had tea and chilled! I went through the week with the camp manager and developed a great final week plan for the kids. Basically here is what we are doing over the next few days...
Monday - Yacht Club and BBQ - 10000TSH
Tuesday - Panori Hotel Pm - 2000TSH
Wednesday - Boat trip + Snorkeling- 35000TSH
Wednesday Evening - Pizzareia - 20000TSH
Wednesday Night - Disco! - 500TSH
It sounds great and I know most of the team are really looking forward to it!
Today we had another day of theory and pool dives. We started our sessions at 8:00am and my group was in the pool first. We did the rest of the skills and then went over the basics from yesterday, I can now manage the mask removal :)
I then had loads of time for wifi! :) After lunch we swapped and my group did theory... It was quite tricky but I actually understood most of it :)
Tonight I have arranged a few more things for the rest of the week, had a lovely shower and enjoyed a quiz about our expedition that some of the girls put together :) I forgot to mention before that the kids are using tranditional camp facilities.... The adults of the other hand can use a room in the CBA Hotel! It really is lovely to have a hot shower, clean surroundings and even take advantage of the laundry service! :)
Tomorrow we hit the sea! I'm excited to get in the sea again and I hope that there are lots of fish around, we shall see!
Anyway... Time for sleep now as I have a busy day tomorrow! The really annoying thing though is that I now need a wee but i'm all comfy in my tent!
Sorry for the details but when I read it back it will make it all sound real again! :)
Night :) x
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