Posted: 2003-07-28 09:19:00
FIRST OF ALL!, do, do, do, get PADI and only PADI. The reason I say this is two fold...1) PADI has never had a successful lawsuit filed against them. In other words, they have the best instructors and if something happens to a diver, it has never been shown to be a result of the training...It is by far the safest and most professional organization out there. 2) It is the most recognizable throughout the world. I have dove in many parts of the northern hemisphere and you find PADI everywhere (so if you want to take higher classes along the way or get special certification's here and there, then it is much easier to go with PADI.
The best place to learn to dive and the one of the best places in the world is on the Red Sea. In particular, Sharm el-Sheikh. It is on the Sinai and the water is so warm, clear, exciting that you will not want to leave. Sharm is a more expensive to stay but the diving is about the same elsewhere. Dahab is great too but not to learn to dive. It is much more laid back and not a place to take a family.
One more thing great about diving in this area is there is much to do when you are not diving...hiking, sight seeing, trex, etc. Go to www.state.gov (US State Dept web site) and click on travel warnings just to make sure it is safe. The Sinai is the safest place in Egypt to be because it is impossible, virtually, to get there if you are an Arab without being stopped and checked many times over. I have never had a problem there. Good luck! Anything else, just drop me a line at brad_imm@yahoo.com ---
"I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he is not careful." -Yann Martel
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