Location: Playa del Carmen, Cenotes
Date: 1 October 2011
They say time flies when you are having fun! They also say that you should follow your heart.... And after 3 weeks of training, studying and lots and lots of presentations we are now officially PADI instructors. I'll be honest this is only the beginning. here is so much to do and learn in the diving industry that I am looking forward to the road ahead of me and what life may bring me.
Let me tell you a bit what the IDC (instructor development course) entails. Before you even start the IDC you must have a open water, advanced open water, Rescue diver and Dive master certification. Once you have these on the pocket you can apply for the IDC which will be followed by the IE ( basically the exams). The IDC prepares you for the exams. We have been in the classroom for theory and presentational workshops, in the pool for skill sessions as well as in the ocean. Cuz now you are going PRO, what we learned during Open water is now something we actually have to teach ourselves. So the IDC teaches you how to teach - still following? Once you have successfully completed the IDC you can then apply for the "exams" which is about 2,5 days. It has open water and pool presentation ( you have to pretend you are teaching your fellow classmates), it has skill sessions in the water as well as presentations in the classroom. And guess what.. WE ALL PASSED!
We have 2 job offers ( I know luxury huh) so now we just have to choose between the 2 of them. And then we must get back to work. Only difference is that the ocean is our office and the tank is our desk, the regulators is our PC and swimming is our lunch break exercise. Such a hard life.
Playa del Carmen reminds me very much of Curacao however it has got that touristy feel to it and has a "strip". The strip is one of those touristy avenues where all the gifts are sold, you find the mex-tex restaurants but also nice little pubs. Some of which we have frequently visited ;)
In fact we are off for a party tonight!!!
Ayo,
Marijke
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