sharm, ocean club and info wanted please!!

On 4 Dec 2006 00:59:28 -0800, "ice-maiden" <twylight_zone@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>Hi, a newbie to this site with my first question. I am a single person
>travelling to sharm from gatwick in december and have a couple of
>questions if anyone could help?
>
>I have booked for a 5 day package with ocean college diving and have
>seen a couple of reports here about them which seem to be good. Whats
>the boat like does anyone know and also the food? Also when paying
>what do they prefer to be paid in? stirling, dollares, egyptian?

OK food at the Hotel, decent buffet style meals on their boats. You
will definitely need Egyptian Pounds (LE) for the boat each day, the
meals at the hotel can be paid for on a card at the end of the stay if
you prefer. Bars and restaurants in town expect LE. I recommend the
Sinai Star in Old Sharm and the Camel Club Bar in Naama Bay.

I've always found the boats to be well run, clean and tidy. They do
seem to have a little side line in selling people Nitrox courses,
often to people who're going to get no benefit at all from the devil
gas - plump Americans capable of sucking a 15l tank dry in 20
minutes, so unless you're routinely finding your dives limited by deco
stops, resist.

If you've got the depth qualification then do try and get to dive
Thistlegorm and Dunraven. Both are longer than normal trips and
there's a supplement you'll pay for that, but the dives are excellent.

>as my flight is early am from gatwick they said I can book in the night
>before which will be great for me. I called them to ask about hand
>luggage as usually I like to carry my regs with me but since all the
>recent scares someone told me they are weighing hand luggage as well
>and i usually cram a bag with loads of stuff but may not get away with
>it this year! If I check in main baggage the night before I asked them
>about my carry on bag and they said I dont have to have that with me
>when I check in my main case but the person I spoke to wasnt too sure
>and had to keep asking someone else.(I am flying with Thompson fly)
>and windered if anyone has checked baggage in the night before recently
>and could tell me a bit more?
>
>I have a 25K allowance with the extra allowed for diving and hopefully
>I can take everything I want but are they really strict with this limit
>does anyone know?
>
>sorry for all the questions but I like to know possibles b4 I leave!
-------------------------------------
York BSAC Web Page:
http://www.york-diving.co.uk

On 4 Dec 2006 00:59:28 -0800, "ice-maiden" <twylight_zone@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>Hi, a newbie to this site with my first question. I am a single person
>travelling to sharm from gatwick in december and have a couple of
>questions if anyone could help?
>
>I have booked for a 5 day package with ocean college diving and have
>seen a couple of reports here about them which seem to be good. Whats
>the boat like does anyone know and also the food? Also when paying
>what do they prefer to be paid in? stirling, dollares, egyptian?

OK food at the Hotel, decent buffet style meals on their boats. You
will definitely need Egyptian Pounds (LE) for the boat each day, the
meals at the hotel can be paid for on a card at the end of the stay if
you prefer. Bars and restaurants in town expect LE. I recommend the
Sinai Star in Old Sharm and the Camel Club Bar in Naama Bay.

I've always found the boats to be well run, clean and tidy. They do
seem to have a little side line in selling people Nitrox courses,
often to people who're going to get no benefit at all from the devil
gas - plump Americans capable of sucking a 15l tank dry in 20
minutes, so unless you're routinely finding your dives limited by deco
stops, resist.

If you've got the depth qualification then do try and get to dive
Thistlegorm and Dunraven. Both are longer than normal trips and
there's a supplement you'll pay for that, but the dives are excellent.

>as my flight is early am from gatwick they said I can book in the night
>before which will be great for me. I called them to ask about hand
>luggage as usually I like to carry my regs with me but since all the
>recent scares someone told me they are weighing hand luggage as well
>and i usually cram a bag with loads of stuff but may not get away with
>it this year! If I check in main baggage the night before I asked them
>about my carry on bag and they said I dont have to have that with me
>when I check in my main case but the person I spoke to wasnt too sure
>and had to keep asking someone else.(I am flying with Thompson fly)
>and windered if anyone has checked baggage in the night before recently
>and could tell me a bit more?
>
>I have a 25K allowance with the extra allowed for diving and hopefully
>I can take everything I want but are they really strict with this limit
>does anyone know?
>
>sorry for all the questions but I like to know possibles b4 I leave!
-------------------------------------
York BSAC Web Page:
http://www.york-diving.co.uk

On 4 Dec 2006 00:59:28 -0800, "ice-maiden" <twylight_zone@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>Hi, a newbie to this site with my first question. I am a single person
>travelling to sharm from gatwick in december and have a couple of
>questions if anyone could help?
>
>I have booked for a 5 day package with ocean college diving and have
>seen a couple of reports here about them which seem to be good. Whats
>the boat like does anyone know and also the food? Also when paying
>what do they prefer to be paid in? stirling, dollares, egyptian?

OK food at the Hotel, decent buffet style meals on their boats. You
will definitely need Egyptian Pounds (LE) for the boat each day, the
meals at the hotel can be paid for on a card at the end of the stay if
you prefer. Bars and restaurants in town expect LE. I recommend the
Sinai Star in Old Sharm and the Camel Club Bar in Naama Bay.

I've always found the boats to be well run, clean and tidy. They do
seem to have a little side line in selling people Nitrox courses,
often to people who're going to get no benefit at all from the devil
gas - plump Americans capable of sucking a 15l tank dry in 20
minutes, so unless you're routinely finding your dives limited by deco
stops, resist.

If you've got the depth qualification then do try and get to dive
Thistlegorm and Dunraven. Both are longer than normal trips and
there's a supplement you'll pay for that, but the dives are excellent.

>as my flight is early am from gatwick they said I can book in the night
>before which will be great for me. I called them to ask about hand
>luggage as usually I like to carry my regs with me but since all the
>recent scares someone told me they are weighing hand luggage as well
>and i usually cram a bag with loads of stuff but may not get away with
>it this year! If I check in main baggage the night before I asked them
>about my carry on bag and they said I dont have to have that with me
>when I check in my main case but the person I spoke to wasnt too sure
>and had to keep asking someone else.(I am flying with Thompson fly)
>and windered if anyone has checked baggage in the night before recently
>and could tell me a bit more?
>
>I have a 25K allowance with the extra allowed for diving and hopefully
>I can take everything I want but are they really strict with this limit
>does anyone know?
>
>sorry for all the questions but I like to know possibles b4 I leave!
-------------------------------------
York BSAC Web Page:
http://www.york-diving.co.uk

On 4 Dec 2006 00:59:28 -0800, "ice-maiden" <twylight_zone@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>Hi, a newbie to this site with my first question. I am a single person
>travelling to sharm from gatwick in december and have a couple of
>questions if anyone could help?
>
>I have booked for a 5 day package with ocean college diving and have
>seen a couple of reports here about them which seem to be good. Whats
>the boat like does anyone know and also the food? Also when paying
>what do they prefer to be paid in? stirling, dollares, egyptian?

OK food at the Hotel, decent buffet style meals on their boats. You
will definitely need Egyptian Pounds (LE) for the boat each day, the
meals at the hotel can be paid for on a card at the end of the stay if
you prefer. Bars and restaurants in town expect LE. I recommend the
Sinai Star in Old Sharm and the Camel Club Bar in Naama Bay.

I've always found the boats to be well run, clean and tidy. They do
seem to have a little side line in selling people Nitrox courses,
often to people who're going to get no benefit at all from the devil
gas - plump Americans capable of sucking a 15l tank dry in 20
minutes, so unless you're routinely finding your dives limited by deco
stops, resist.

If you've got the depth qualification then do try and get to dive
Thistlegorm and Dunraven. Both are longer than normal trips and
there's a supplement you'll pay for that, but the dives are excellent.

>as my flight is early am from gatwick they said I can book in the night
>before which will be great for me. I called them to ask about hand
>luggage as usually I like to carry my regs with me but since all the
>recent scares someone told me they are weighing hand luggage as well
>and i usually cram a bag with loads of stuff but may not get away with
>it this year! If I check in main baggage the night before I asked them
>about my carry on bag and they said I dont have to have that with me
>when I check in my main case but the person I spoke to wasnt too sure
>and had to keep asking someone else.(I am flying with Thompson fly)
>and windered if anyone has checked baggage in the night before recently
>and could tell me a bit more?
>
>I have a 25K allowance with the extra allowed for diving and hopefully
>I can take everything I want but are they really strict with this limit
>does anyone know?
>
>sorry for all the questions but I like to know possibles b4 I leave!
-------------------------------------
York BSAC Web Page:
http://www.york-diving.co.uk

Also when paying what do they prefer to be paid in? stirling, dollares,
egyptian?

> Did a liveaboard from Marsa Alam in October and everything was >priced in
> Euro's

Also when paying what do they prefer to be paid in? stirling, dollares,
egyptian?

> Did a liveaboard from Marsa Alam in October and everything was >priced in
> Euro's

Also when paying what do they prefer to be paid in? stirling, dollares,
egyptian?

> Did a liveaboard from Marsa Alam in October and everything was >priced in
> Euro's

Also when paying what do they prefer to be paid in? stirling, dollares,
egyptian?

> Did a liveaboard from Marsa Alam in October and everything was >priced in
> Euro's

Also when paying what do they prefer to be paid in? stirling, dollares,
egyptian?

> Did a liveaboard from Marsa Alam in October and everything was >priced in
> Euro's

Also when paying what do they prefer to be paid in? stirling, dollares,
egyptian?

> Did a liveaboard from Marsa Alam in October and everything was >priced in
> Euro's