November 16th, 2008 by peter
Today is day four of the PADI IDC in Bali with Blue Season Bali. We started the morning with the knowledge development presentations from the IDC candidates. There are 9 candidates from many places such as Iran, Algeria, Argentina, Spain, England, Malaysia and Japan. What a mixture of cultures!
This morning was the first knowledge development presentation for the group. This afternoon we will go into the swimming pool for the PADI Rescue Diver workshop. We will learn how to demonstrate and conduct skills from the PADI Rescue Diver course.
Over then next week or so we will be covering many aspects on how to become a PADI Dive Instructor. Keep coming back for more info on what is happening.
July 13th, 2008 by Jon
Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching a great PADI instructor in the water. Chong a PADI Course Director was working with Gabriel on his Confined Open Water skills in preparation for Gabriel to do the IE in a couple of weeks. Chong makes all of the demonstrations and explanations so clear and with a minimum of effort and it is very easy to see that anyone that is trained by him is going to be a great open water instructor, if they take what he is teaching and use it the way he presents it. I am really looking forward to participating in the Next Blue Season Bali IDC in a couple of weeks towards the end of July.
I am also waiting to get out and see the Mola Molas there have been a few sightings recently as we head into the sunfish season here in Bali. I was scheduled to do a reef clean at Nusa Penida which had to be postponed as we were very busy, getting to be that time of the season where you want to book early to make sure you get your preferred days.
The weather here in Bali I have to say has been perfect I just cannot get over how much like Hawaii this place is from the friendliest of the locals to the great weather. One area where it is different is the prices Bali has to be the cheapest paradise around, I have traveled all over Asia and this is so far the best place I have seen for hanging out.
Video of a Bali Dive
