We've had a great year so far. We've said hello to many old
friends, as well as having met many new people from all over the
world
Thanks to Jacek Paradowski for bringing 30 divers
from Poland. Everything went well, with Vic, Robert, Richard,
Guy and Herman joining the regular crew for guiding. The
new shop layout was finished just in time so that the shop was
never crowded.
Many of you may have met Fabrizio (sorry no photo
- we must start using that camera ! ). Fabrizio was with us for
five months and completed almost two hundred dives. His buoyancy
control went from average to excellent in that time and he
managed to dive just about every dive site in the area. Fabrizio
is remarkable in that he attaches his fins to his artificial
legs and has the use of only one arm. If you're here in October,
he'll be back. The only thing that we ask of Fabrizio
is....Please Study English ! We don't speak Italian !
 Donsol
We had some great times in Donsol. Etsuko Aoki (left)
brought 3 divers from Japan and were joined by Donaleen Jolson
from Canada.
 Later
on in February Ray Casavant, Mike and Tony flew in from America
and spent a week in Puerto Galera followed by a trip to Donsol.
It was their second trip to Puerto Galera. Great to see you
again guys!
Courses
Congratulations must go out to everyone that has completed
courses with us this year. Lea Recto (left) completed her TDI
tech course and had no problem with the twin 12 liter tanks and
the deco tank.
Nic and John Oven joined us from Hong Kong and with
them came Nic's brother Pete Lawley. Pete and his family all
became PADI Open Water Divers. Lakota (left) did very well and
was certified as a Junior Open Water diver, while Ali overcame
some initial stress and turned out to be a very good diver.
Ringo Wong
...and
his friends came back for their third visit and as usual did all
their dives with Harry looking for seahorses and mandarin fish.
Rick was very nervous about teaching an advanced
wreck class in Subic Bay. Why nervous? Well his students
included an instructor trainer, the head of TDI Japan and two
experienced TDI instructors (below). In fact his stress levels
may explain why he is now sporting the bald look (either that or
his hair is now too gray!)
From left: Mr. Ohara, Rick, Mr. Tahara, Mr. Nishitani and
Mr.Yasuhara
And finally...
Congratulations to XC who is
now the proud father of a little baby girl, as well as Harry -
baby boy and Romel - baby boy. I don't know what is in the water
here - but whatever it is, it's working!
we could have written ten more pages with stories
of all the divers that have been here this year, if only we had
more photos. We're so lazy when it gets down to taking pictures.
So, if you have any photos of your trips here to Frontier Scuba,
please send them to us and we'll post them in the next
newsletter. New Babies, marriages, underwater shots... we'd love
to see them all. |
