At long last

Well I have finally got round to doing a little web posting. This is my first venture into the "blog spot" so please be patient with me. I am not the best around computers or technical stuff, in fact generally walking past a photocopier can cause it problems.

So 2006 was an eventful year in every possible way. Life wise it was our first full year in Sharm and I have to say, truly no regrets, I miss Next, Tesco's and Marks & Spencer, apart from that everything is wonderful. We have settled in fantastically and made some great friends. Health wise I was not so lucky, I tore the ligaments in my ankle and it was in plaster for a while, I got de-compression sickness, had to spend some time in the chamber and was not allowed to dive for 5 weeks and then to top it off I had salmonella poisoning! (what was that I said about no regrets??!)

Workwise things are great. Ray started a job at the MFO (US military) which is ok, not ideal for him as he does not get to dive but financially it is good and we get the shop there which has cheap booze and american goodies. I am now working for Camel Dive Club which is great. We also managed to upgrade our instructor status to MSDT (just another level) and we plan on doing the IDC Staff in March ( working with instructor trainees basically).
We also managed to buy 2 more apartments here which we now have rented out which is more or less our retirement fund out here.

We have a couple of additions to our family as well...2 tortoises. They were a present from the Bedouin staff at the diving centre, they are called Ghengis and Fetita. I think they are sweet, Ray is still being convinced.

If you are planning on visiting this year get in quick if you need the spare room, we have a number of people planning on visiting this year and the room is first come first serve. Obviously we would love to see you out here.