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| Originally Posted by David D Yes, repeat guests were disappointed not to find Nicole aboard; they've moved on to other things. Lots of dark chocolate Toblerone bought by repeat guests intended for Nicole went on offer. |
Now that explains the generous offers during the film....
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| Originally Posted by David D You're a hard man to please Rich. |
Yes - but then when parting with £1200 (x2) of hard earned (ish) cash i expect the best available. I'm not saying that Hurricane was bad - not by any means - but I have been on better too.
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| Originally Posted by David D The crew were as friendly as I've ever seen them; spend a week aboard during Ramadan for comparsion. This week I thought they were on very good form.. |
Yes they were.
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| Originally Posted by David D I'm sure there are many good guides in the Red Sea, but if you don't know them in advance, it's always a risk. And if they're crap, such as Ali Baba and Achmed on GSS a few years ago, it'll really mess up your diving. This was a big lesson for me and the main reason I tend to stick with guides I know where possible.
Thomas can take care of more technical requests. Important if you want to do anything outside of the ordinary recreational stuff. Now, having been with them before, they're [hopefully] less suspicious of unusual diving requests. |
I agree both Susie and Thomas were excellent - i accept that this is an important factor in making a dive holiday decision.
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| Originally Posted by David D But I know what you mean about free Nitrox. If you dive it all week, it's worth 80ish quid to you, and more than likely having someone like Thomas around is of no benefit to you anyway. I can't really understand why Tornado Marine haven't followed other fleets with this; can't be good for business. |
And not that expensive to provide either....
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| Originally Posted by David D Different strokes etc. |
indeed
