http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com www.scuba-girl.co.uk Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:33:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Introduction  Since my April 2008 trip to Turks and Caicos (which was quite disappointing) I decided not to make another overseas trip until I could afford to do something as good or better than the Galapagos October 2007  I had Glastonbury, Porthkerris and Plymouth booked so they kept me sane over the ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2008/12/06/undersea-hunter-cocos-costa-rica-nov-8th-nov-24th-2008/ Halcyon Eclipse Buoyancy Compensators Halcyon's reputation is built on its dedication to innovation and quality. Divers from around the world turn to us for their gear because of a simple formula that we've always followed: Dive, design, prototype, dive, refine, dive, build, dive. Repeat as necessary. Our latest creation? The Halcyon Eclipse wing.   Think ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2008/11/26/dive-equipment/ exactly two years after my original five session of hyperbaric treatment - i'm back for more  they'll be giving me season tickets soon   :o( this one was following a trip to Turks and Caicos - there is a write up on here somewhere my Boss blamed me for taking another few days off ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2008/09/30/oh-no-not-again/ What do you do when your Buddy calls &cancels when you've already arrived at the lake Today I was due to dive with a lovely chap I’d met at Wraysbury a few weeks ago, we met for coffee, talked about going on holiday together …… no it wasn’t Si! I reached the ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2008/09/30/wraysbury-no-show-buddy/ This report is of my experience only and by reading this it does not qualify you to dive by yourself, and I am not in any way suggesting that you should dive independently or take the SDI Solo Dive course unless you want to (please contact your SDI Solo Dive ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2008/08/30/sdi-solo-diving-course/ The travel: American Airlines 777 LHR to Miami, change planes American Airlines 737 to Providenciales Weight allowance 2x 23kg hold + 18kg cabin Outbound - delayed 30 minutes at Heathrow and 1 hour at Miami Inbound – Six hour lay over in Miami + delayed 1 hour This may have been something to do with ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2008/08/30/turks-caicos-explorer-ii/ within a couple of recent YD threads i have read lines similar to this one ... "there are lots of experienced divers that will dive with you and show you a few things" well, this semi-experienced diver will not dive with you and will not show you a few things for those ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2008/08/30/wraysbury-no-manners/ I've been talking about it for almost year and I've finally done it ... a freediving course The course took place at an LA Fitness gym in East London so it was a bit of a trek for me by car, train and tube and for some reason my ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/12/02/intro-to-freediving-with-notanx/   What is Freediving?   "Sub-aquatic relaxation... Simply enjoying being underwater with little or no equipment."      MIG, NoTanx "Freediving is not about depth, [it] is about experiencing the sea. I hope that if I do my job well that people will come away with that. They will be intrigued by depth… astonished ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/12/02/what-is-freediving/ Freediving is to glide effortlessly into the deep totally letting the ocean take control of your body nothing to think about except the moment a pure moment your heart slows as not even you lungs have to work a stillness takes hold of you NoTanx Club   "What is important is the collective philosophy. We ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/12/02/free-diving-no-tanx/ Spot the difference ..... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/24/glastonbury/ So much to say, I don't know where to start ...   http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/24/my-deep-blue/ I conquered a fear .... riding a cable car Pichincha is an active volcano in the country of Ecuador, whose capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The mountain's two highest peaks are the Guagua (15,696 feet/4,784 m), which means "child" in Quechua and the Rucu (15, 413 feet/4,698 m), which ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/24/pichincha/ I don't do architecture! Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. With a population of approximately 1,397,698 in ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/24/old-quito/ Hot Springs, and no oxygen Papallacta village is located some 67 km from Quito in an easterly direction on the road Quito-Baeza. Papallacta village is actually a rustic town and has not been well developed for tourism. The village holds itself additional hot thermal pools at the Balneario Municipal. The region holds as ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/24/papallacta/ Cotopaxi is considered one of the world's highest active volcanoes and is at 5897m Ecuador's second highest mountain. Loosely translated from the Quechua, Cotopaxi means "Smooth Neck of the Moon" and was first climbed by the German geologist Wilhelm Reiss and the Colombian Angel Escobar in 1872. At that time they did not need any ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/24/cotopaxi/ The centre of the world ..... and you thought the world revolved around you! The Mitad del Mundo (Spanish for Middle of the World) is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is located in the San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/24/mitad-del-mundo/ I'm still writting this one ! This the only time you will see me in a bikini http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/24/my-baani-adventurer/ I'm still writting this one ! http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/24/my-caribbean-explorer-ii/ It's been almost two years since I moved to Wraysbury, a four minute drive from the lake where thousands of trainee diver have come to know and love during their early education of the open water, and their later education as the twin up and move onto gas mixed (I know ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/24/wraysbury-lake/ Yes, I did log these as dives! The London Diving Chamber, a Hyperbaric decompression chamber offering NHS funded recompression to divers with Decompression Sickness (DCS) together with other Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) treatments. London Diving Chamber specialises in Diving Medicine and provides a 24 hour clinic with everything a diver could need ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/07/recompression-chamber-st-johns-wood/ Is Terrence Stamp considered 'famous'?? http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/07/a-famous-person-in-the-chamber-with-me/ Ten years ago I entered a way of life that was to, in my opinion, lead me to the single most thrilling activity ever known to mankind. I began to explore an environment which is still relatively untouched, encountering living creatures whose evolution can be tracked back over 500 million ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/04/article-published-in-india-link/ I was on a 8 day liveaboard doing five dives a day in the Dutch Antillies, beginning at St Maartin and ending at St Kitts taking on Saba and Statia along the way. On the seventh day my left hand and arm started feeling a little sore and itchy I never really thought ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/04/bendy-fish/ http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/my-deep-blue-galapagos/ The biggest and the best http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/grand-sea-serpent-the-brothers/ http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/caribbean-explorer-dutch-antillies/ http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/baani-adventurer-maldives/ http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/my-hurricane-deep-south/ http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/maureen-of-dart-isles-of-scilly/ Disgusting!!! do not go on this boat http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/my-polly-deep-south/ http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/pride-of-bristol-isles-of-lundy/ http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/excel-deep-south-and-simply-the-best/ http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/my-faithfull-plymouth-salcombe/ http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/tango-weymouth/ PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS  ACMA Qualified TPG Academy Professional Project Management Accreditation BA (Hons) Finance SKILLS  A Qualified Accountant and experienced Project Manager, previously having worked within Finance and Marketing in highly business focused roles for major blue chip companies.   An able communicator, adept at liaising with all levels of the organisation both internally ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/skills-summary-2/ The world’s third-largest independent software provider, SAP delivers business solutions to more than 36,200 customers in more than 120 countries around the world.  Apr 2007 - present         AFIT Financial Controller Recruited as the Controller for: Finance, Legal, Commercial, Facilities, IT and Support   Ownership of P+L’s from a finance perspective for all departments ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/sap-uk-limited-bedfont-middlesex/ Australian listed consumer company with four divisions: Explosives, Paints, Chemicals, Fertilisers International project team brought together for the global integration of Dyno Nobel into Orica Explosives  Jan 2006 - Mar 2007     Business Finance Support Manager Recruited to Orica Limited to support the CFO & Integration project manager on Finance & Synergy reporting Created budget ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/orica-fairfield-avenue-staines-surrey-2/ Aug  2003 - Jan 2006   Data & Reporting Process Improvement Manager (within Marketing) Promoted to manage data and reporting improvements initiatives to achieve a complete control environment Identification & quantification (benefit/ cost/ capability) of process issues which had risks or opportunities Project Managed business wide initiatives to improve quality and accuracy of data ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/o2-uk-limited-bath-road-burnham-berkshire-2/ Nov 1999  -  Jun 2000               Project Accountant      Selected to work on the implementation of a new Problem/ Asset Management system  Created project plan and cost model for a new problem and asset management system Investigated best practices by auditing a number European entities Carried out training sessions & workshops to communicate best ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/02/eds-globe-park-marlow-buckinghamshire-2/ I was doing my usual scan through the 'available boat spaces' on yorkshire divers and came across a cancellation space for a three night liveaboard on Pride of Bristol This 25m former Royal Navy Fleet Tender was our home for the next three nights. We set of from Bristol on Friday evening ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/10/31/isles-of-lundy/ I was doing my usual scan through the 'available boat spaces' on yorkshire divers and came across a cancellation space for a three night liveaboard on Maureen of Dart The boat was booked by Aberdeen Sub Aqua ..... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/10/31/isles-of-scilies/ I was doing my usual scan through the 'available boat spaces' on yorkshire divers and came across a cancellation space for a three night liveaboard on MY Faithfull The boat was booked by Nottingham University ..... not current students, but students who graduated years ago I got quite a shock when I met them ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/10/31/plymouth/ I was quite lucky in the jobs I've had ..... I was invited to the Big Brother house for an after party becaue I worked on the BB programme for a couple of years My company put us up in the Thistle Hotel after the party and then at 6am I got ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/10/31/manacles-cornwall/ This is a Trip Report with a difference It’s a ‘post trip’ Trip Report titled ……… Oh Sh!t - I’ve Lost my passport Thursday After a wonderful weeks diving at the Brothers and Elphinstone on Excel - it was time to leave my 'ocean going luxury liner' and head for home I packed up ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/10/31/red-sea-brother-lost-passport-march-2005/ This was my fourth trip to the Red Sea as a solo female traveler, and I had a fabulous time In summary I booked this very last minute (because my office messed me about) and this was the only boat that had space for me - Tony Backhurst was completely full ... http://scubagirl.thedeepstop.com/2007/10/31/trip-report-red-sea-deep-south-october-24th-30th-2005/