In he morning we started with a medical exam, and intensive classroom study. We had lunch across the street at the deli, and then it was straight to the pool. In increasingly hard steps, we went through all the basics ... take your mask off for 60 seconds under water, then put it back on and clear the water from it, getting air from your buddy.
Maddie and I found it easy. (I actually had a PADI certificate from 25 years ago) But we lost our first classmate (of 6), a girl from England that just couldn't handle it. Our instructor Emily is from New Zealand. All words have long 'Eeeees' in them. For example 'head' is pronounced 'heeeed'. It takes a couple of tries sometimes to understand her. One of the women in the class is French, and her English is actually easier to understand.
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Just found your blog and thought I would say hi. Seems like your trip is going very well and the PADI... well its the PADI.
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