Now as neither me or Kat are big fans of the package holiday it was still hard to pass up a bargain trip staying at the Shangri La Al Jissah al Waha resort just outside Muscat in Oman. why not, everyone deserves a bit of luxury now and again! The Sultanate of Oman is quite frankly stunning consisting of mainly desert, mountains and secluded perfect beaches combined with lush Wadi's dotted about the countryside. It is one of the only countries I have been to that overwhelmed me with the passion people have for where they live. As a visitor to [View Full Entry]

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Now I am not a fan of packaged holidays at all as i generally like to get a flight and just go and figure it out when i am there. So, given i love skiing and hav'nt been since i went to bulgaria in 2005 i wasnt going to turn down the opportunity. Myself and KT, Gaz & Jen and Chris & Nic headed off to Manchester airport to get a flight to Tolouse in France where we would then get a transfer to Arinsal in Andorra. Flight time was only an hour and a half so we jumped on to [View Full Entry]

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Its good to have good friends and a big thank you to Neil who in true Scottish form offered me a weekend in Edinburgh to go to the RBS 6 Nations Rugby Match at Murrayfield. I was stoked at this prospect as firstly I have never been to see a 6 Nations game ( Despite the fact the Millenium Stadium and what was Cardiff Arms Park is virtually on my door step) and also at the fact that I have never been to Edinburgh either. Now Given the way we played against the Irish the week before I honestly thought that [View Full Entry]

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Well its another New Year and I hope you all had a good christmas. After going back home to Usk over christmas it has become apparent on more than one occasion that people have said I have put on some winter warmth. ( people saying hello accross a busy bar and making gestures to me in the form of a pregnant woman rubbing her belly) Therefore I am determined to get myself a lot fitter and what better way to start the new year off with a 5mile walk around Arnside. Arnside is a little village on Morcambe bay and even [View Full Entry]

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We did our first wreck dive today at the wreck site of the Dunraven (Beacon Rock) in the Strait of Gubal. The Dunraven was a British Merchant Steamer Ship which was built in Newcastle in 1873 by Mitchell & Co and was bound for Bombay. The wreck came to a halt upsidedown with its deepest point at 29.5M We started the dive at the deepest point at the stren of the ship and entered the hull swimming through the inside of the ship and exiting around the middle of the ship near the engine room Its very eerie as a lot [View Full Entry]

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Started our advanced Course today The advanced consists of 5 dives, our first dive was a compulsory dive which takes you down to a depth of 30M, we did this at a dive site called Ras Kati, Steve Hinton was our instructor and before we took our first deep dive he asked us on the surface to do a short test including some basic questions and some maths questions. this was timed on the surface and then again at 30m below. The objective was to show us how nitrogen narcosis affects the brain and slows your reactions down. I did the [View Full Entry]

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Early start today, we all went to the Ocean College to get kitted out for Diving, our first day was a fun dive which consists of 2 dives from a boat ( Lady Garda) I was a bit miffed at the Ocean CLub as on pre booking the dive packs it apparently didnt include equipment hire which is a further 25 Euros per day for your dive gear. We all bundled in to a mini bus and drove to the port of Old Sharm where there is a huge mele of people all going out on different boats for scuba diving [View Full Entry]

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Arrived in Sharm el Sheikh today. views of the sinai desert as we flew in were pretty spectacular. Every thing is very rushed in the airport, and if anyone is thinking of coming expect long delays in the airport arrivals, the bank sells visas for 10 Pounds which consists of what looks like 2 postage stamps which enables you to travel outside of Sharm. we arrived at the Ocean Club Apartments which we booked through Explorers. First impressions are that it is really nice, villa style apartments all on the ground floor which surround 2 pools, very relaxed and very friendly. [View Full Entry]

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Well this is my first ever blog entry and im itching to work out out to use this thing so as I sit here listening to the Chris Moyles Pod Cast and wondering what I need to pack tomorrow i'll just be writing anything to start with. Tomorrow morning we are flying out to Sharm, there are five of us going, Myself, KT Anna (Banana) Her new Fella Duncan and our friend Neil (peel) We are all off to do some scuba diving, Neil and Myself have PADI Open Water Diving Qualification, KT and Banana are advanced PADI Qualified and Duncan [View Full Entry]

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