nippurmagnum
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Thanks for sharing. Just a quick comment on the "and they got to dive" bit: I once assisted at a very heated discussion between the Egyptian employees of a dive center and their German manager, one of the main points of contention being the lack of proper insurance for the diving staff. (as in insurance for professional risks and hazards). So what may look to us like a big bonus may be for them more like an accepted risk.
Fair enough. There's also what a dive guide told me: "In Egypt, if I guide you on a dive and you die, I go to prison -- an Egyptian prison." Still, I have to think the guys cleaning the liveaboard toilets and making the towel swans wish that they were the dive guides.