alanw
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Hi there. This is my first post to Scubaboard and I would just like to introduce myself. I live in Cape Town on the southern tip of Africa. I have been diving, together with my wife, for 22 years now. Most of our dives have been in and around Cape Town, where the temperatures varey between 9 and 18 degrees C. We however manage to get a warm water trip in once a year, mainly South East Asia. Last year we did quite an interesting trip to Sangalaki. The infrastructure was "interesting", but the diving, particularly the dozens of Mantas, more than made up for the short-comings.
After an early retirement, I joined the staff of the local aquarium. Plenty of diving to be had, but, as with most jobs, there are down sides as well. I left after 2 years, but still dive with them once or twice a week. Mainly to do shark feeds ( 5 large Ragged Tooth sharks or Sand Tigers).
I have been a frustrated u/w photographer for 15 years. Been through 4 Nikonos V's, and just recently gone digital. Flooded my Olympus 5060 at Sangalaki, and just replaced it with an c8080. We will see how long that lasts.
I look forward to my stay here on the board.
After an early retirement, I joined the staff of the local aquarium. Plenty of diving to be had, but, as with most jobs, there are down sides as well. I left after 2 years, but still dive with them once or twice a week. Mainly to do shark feeds ( 5 large Ragged Tooth sharks or Sand Tigers).
I have been a frustrated u/w photographer for 15 years. Been through 4 Nikonos V's, and just recently gone digital. Flooded my Olympus 5060 at Sangalaki, and just replaced it with an c8080. We will see how long that lasts.
I look forward to my stay here on the board.
