Jo_Charman
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About Jo_Charman

Location:

Manila, Philippines

Interests:

Sailing and reading

Occupation:

Diving Instructor

Gender:

Female

Certification Agencies:

PADI

Dive History:

At the moment - The Philippines! Everything here from mighty to macro. Warm water, really friendly people and beer's less than a $1!

Before - Turks & Caicos Islands - got to see the humpback whale migration up close which was cool - bit expensive to stay there though and beer not under a $1! :-(

Egypt - very cool place (well actually a hot place but you know what I mean!), love the Thistlegorm even though I was intent on pointing out Nudibranchs rather than looking at a fantastic wreck duh! And beer close to a $1.

Palau - awesome diving, great viz - a real must for any serious diver - Virgin Blue Hole got to be my favourite - but beer $3! Make it a $1 and I'll move there permanently - lol

Other places - Mexico - cave diving is great but once is enough for me...

The cold places I try to forget - anything under 27 degrees no longer holds much appeal - sad aren't I?

Certification Level:

MSDT

# of Logged Dives:

I'm a Fish!

Dive Classification:

Dive Resort / Liveaboard Owner / Employee

Years Certified:

Six - Ten Years

Dive Equipment:

Hmm - needing some replacement bits at the moment - My lovely Seaquest Diva BCD of over 5 years is on it's last legs and I really don't want to part with it but not sure if it will hang together much longer - has had it's fair share of work and really needs to go off to BCD heaven - we'll see.
My booties have more holes than material now but they just fit so nice... Maybe for my birthday....
My Aqualung Legend regs are perfect again after a complete overhaul (how much!!!) a couple of weeks ago - look all shiny and new again - nice...
Suunto Vyper - ok but I do prefer the Apeks Quantum - like the second countdown on the SS. And gives just a tad more bottow time that the suunto but not as much as the Uwatec. Fantastic bit of kit so easy to use. Great for beginners.