Re: PADI Open Water - Where to train? TURKEY?

anywhere else a bit nearer than Egypt, is Turkey any good as misus likes it
there?????



"Richard Faulkner" <richard@estate.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:aGl9ZnBji5nCFwYe@estate.demon.co.uk...
> In message <pan.2005.06.02.19.44.18.881409@ntlworld.com>, Jason
> <jason.news.nospam@ntlworld.com> writes
>>On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 20:16:07 +0100, John wrote:
>>
>>> Where in Spain/Turkey/France Region is best for underwater scenery
>>> etc???
>>> No more than 4 hour flight, I can tie this in with my family holiday
>>> then.
>>
>>Egypt is going to going to beat any of the countries you name hands down
>>for reef diving. The flight is about the right length.
>>
>
> 5 hour flight, but more than worth the extra hour.
>
>>Or the Canaries aren't bad, though not much in the way of coral, but nice
>>and clear.
>
> Plenty of fish, but a bit limited on dive sites.
>
> --
> Richard Faulkner

In message <42a019e1$0$32416$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, John
<john2469@hotmail.com> writes
>anywhere else a bit nearer than Egypt, is Turkey any good as misus
>likes it there?????

Just a few thoughts:

I did my Open Water and Advanced Open Water in Madeira last May, a
couple of weeks in Tenerife in November, a Red Sea liveaboard in
December, and have just returned from 2 weeks in a hotel in Sharm el
Sheikh.

I have been wanting to do Rescue Diver for a while, but have avoided
doing it in the UK because I dont want to dive here, and I avoided doing
it on my Red Sea trips because I didnt want to use good diving time in a
pool and on exercises.

It now looks like we will be spending a long weekend in Tenerife soon
and I am thinking of doing the Rescue there as the diving isnt fabulous,
(good, but not fabulous), and I'm not that bothered about Tenerife as a
holiday location.

So....

Perhaps you dont need to be in one the best places in the world to
learn, and there are PADI dive centres almost everywhere.

Get your missus to choose where she wants to go, make sure there is a
good PADI centre nearby, and go for it.

I can recommend Madeira Divepoint, with Ralph and Wilfrid. They are at
sea level in the Carlton Madeira Hotel

http://www.divernet.com/travel/0503madeira.shtml

There are lifts from reception to sea level, a jetty for shore dives,
and a boat for more distant dives.

Madeira isnt too lively, but very sunny.


--
Richard Faulkner

In message <42a019e1$0$32416$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, John
<john2469@hotmail.com> writes
>anywhere else a bit nearer than Egypt, is Turkey any good as misus
>likes it there?????

Just a few thoughts:

I did my Open Water and Advanced Open Water in Madeira last May, a
couple of weeks in Tenerife in November, a Red Sea liveaboard in
December, and have just returned from 2 weeks in a hotel in Sharm el
Sheikh.

I have been wanting to do Rescue Diver for a while, but have avoided
doing it in the UK because I dont want to dive here, and I avoided doing
it on my Red Sea trips because I didnt want to use good diving time in a
pool and on exercises.

It now looks like we will be spending a long weekend in Tenerife soon
and I am thinking of doing the Rescue there as the diving isnt fabulous,
(good, but not fabulous), and I'm not that bothered about Tenerife as a
holiday location.

So....

Perhaps you dont need to be in one the best places in the world to
learn, and there are PADI dive centres almost everywhere.

Get your missus to choose where she wants to go, make sure there is a
good PADI centre nearby, and go for it.

I can recommend Madeira Divepoint, with Ralph and Wilfrid. They are at
sea level in the Carlton Madeira Hotel

http://www.divernet.com/travel/0503madeira.shtml

There are lifts from reception to sea level, a jetty for shore dives,
and a boat for more distant dives.

Madeira isnt too lively, but very sunny.


--
Richard Faulkner

In message <42a019e1$0$32416$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, John
<john2469@hotmail.com> writes
>anywhere else a bit nearer than Egypt, is Turkey any good as misus
>likes it there?????

Just a few thoughts:

I did my Open Water and Advanced Open Water in Madeira last May, a
couple of weeks in Tenerife in November, a Red Sea liveaboard in
December, and have just returned from 2 weeks in a hotel in Sharm el
Sheikh.

I have been wanting to do Rescue Diver for a while, but have avoided
doing it in the UK because I dont want to dive here, and I avoided doing
it on my Red Sea trips because I didnt want to use good diving time in a
pool and on exercises.

It now looks like we will be spending a long weekend in Tenerife soon
and I am thinking of doing the Rescue there as the diving isnt fabulous,
(good, but not fabulous), and I'm not that bothered about Tenerife as a
holiday location.

So....

Perhaps you dont need to be in one the best places in the world to
learn, and there are PADI dive centres almost everywhere.

Get your missus to choose where she wants to go, make sure there is a
good PADI centre nearby, and go for it.

I can recommend Madeira Divepoint, with Ralph and Wilfrid. They are at
sea level in the Carlton Madeira Hotel

http://www.divernet.com/travel/0503madeira.shtml

There are lifts from reception to sea level, a jetty for shore dives,
and a boat for more distant dives.

Madeira isnt too lively, but very sunny.


--
Richard Faulkner

In message <42a019e1$0$32416$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, John
<john2469@hotmail.com> writes
>anywhere else a bit nearer than Egypt, is Turkey any good as misus
>likes it there?????

Just a few thoughts:

I did my Open Water and Advanced Open Water in Madeira last May, a
couple of weeks in Tenerife in November, a Red Sea liveaboard in
December, and have just returned from 2 weeks in a hotel in Sharm el
Sheikh.

I have been wanting to do Rescue Diver for a while, but have avoided
doing it in the UK because I dont want to dive here, and I avoided doing
it on my Red Sea trips because I didnt want to use good diving time in a
pool and on exercises.

It now looks like we will be spending a long weekend in Tenerife soon
and I am thinking of doing the Rescue there as the diving isnt fabulous,
(good, but not fabulous), and I'm not that bothered about Tenerife as a
holiday location.

So....

Perhaps you dont need to be in one the best places in the world to
learn, and there are PADI dive centres almost everywhere.

Get your missus to choose where she wants to go, make sure there is a
good PADI centre nearby, and go for it.

I can recommend Madeira Divepoint, with Ralph and Wilfrid. They are at
sea level in the Carlton Madeira Hotel

http://www.divernet.com/travel/0503madeira.shtml

There are lifts from reception to sea level, a jetty for shore dives,
and a boat for more distant dives.

Madeira isnt too lively, but very sunny.


--
Richard Faulkner

In message <42a019e1$0$32416$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, John
<john2469@hotmail.com> writes
>anywhere else a bit nearer than Egypt, is Turkey any good as misus
>likes it there?????

Just a few thoughts:

I did my Open Water and Advanced Open Water in Madeira last May, a
couple of weeks in Tenerife in November, a Red Sea liveaboard in
December, and have just returned from 2 weeks in a hotel in Sharm el
Sheikh.

I have been wanting to do Rescue Diver for a while, but have avoided
doing it in the UK because I dont want to dive here, and I avoided doing
it on my Red Sea trips because I didnt want to use good diving time in a
pool and on exercises.

It now looks like we will be spending a long weekend in Tenerife soon
and I am thinking of doing the Rescue there as the diving isnt fabulous,
(good, but not fabulous), and I'm not that bothered about Tenerife as a
holiday location.

So....

Perhaps you dont need to be in one the best places in the world to
learn, and there are PADI dive centres almost everywhere.

Get your missus to choose where she wants to go, make sure there is a
good PADI centre nearby, and go for it.

I can recommend Madeira Divepoint, with Ralph and Wilfrid. They are at
sea level in the Carlton Madeira Hotel

http://www.divernet.com/travel/0503madeira.shtml

There are lifts from reception to sea level, a jetty for shore dives,
and a boat for more distant dives.

Madeira isnt too lively, but very sunny.


--
Richard Faulkner

In message <42a019e1$0$32416$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, John
<john2469@hotmail.com> writes
>anywhere else a bit nearer than Egypt, is Turkey any good as misus
>likes it there?????

Just a few thoughts:

I did my Open Water and Advanced Open Water in Madeira last May, a
couple of weeks in Tenerife in November, a Red Sea liveaboard in
December, and have just returned from 2 weeks in a hotel in Sharm el
Sheikh.

I have been wanting to do Rescue Diver for a while, but have avoided
doing it in the UK because I dont want to dive here, and I avoided doing
it on my Red Sea trips because I didnt want to use good diving time in a
pool and on exercises.

It now looks like we will be spending a long weekend in Tenerife soon
and I am thinking of doing the Rescue there as the diving isnt fabulous,
(good, but not fabulous), and I'm not that bothered about Tenerife as a
holiday location.

So....

Perhaps you dont need to be in one the best places in the world to
learn, and there are PADI dive centres almost everywhere.

Get your missus to choose where she wants to go, make sure there is a
good PADI centre nearby, and go for it.

I can recommend Madeira Divepoint, with Ralph and Wilfrid. They are at
sea level in the Carlton Madeira Hotel

http://www.divernet.com/travel/0503madeira.shtml

There are lifts from reception to sea level, a jetty for shore dives,
and a boat for more distant dives.

Madeira isnt too lively, but very sunny.


--
Richard Faulkner

I did my PADI OW & then next year the Adv OW in Turkey at the European
Diving Centre http://www.europeandiving.co.uk/ and would thoroughly
recommend them for the quality of the training and the well-organised
operation. The diving is OK definitely not the Red Sea but fine for
first dives. I was staying in Turunc so used their Icmeler centre - I
think the diving looks better from Fethiye. For non-divers I agree
there's not much to do in Red Sea resorts so Turkey may be a good
compromise.

I did my PADI OW & then next year the Adv OW in Turkey at the European
Diving Centre http://www.europeandiving.co.uk/ and would thoroughly
recommend them for the quality of the training and the well-organised
operation. The diving is OK definitely not the Red Sea but fine for
first dives. I was staying in Turunc so used their Icmeler centre - I
think the diving looks better from Fethiye. For non-divers I agree
there's not much to do in Red Sea resorts so Turkey may be a good
compromise.

I did my PADI OW & then next year the Adv OW in Turkey at the European
Diving Centre http://www.europeandiving.co.uk/ and would thoroughly
recommend them for the quality of the training and the well-organised
operation. The diving is OK definitely not the Red Sea but fine for
first dives. I was staying in Turunc so used their Icmeler centre - I
think the diving looks better from Fethiye. For non-divers I agree
there's not much to do in Red Sea resorts so Turkey may be a good
compromise.