Dear visitor,
Being a true “water rat” you could always find me on and in the water. After about 30 years of snorkeling I eventually went under water in 1999. Since then I try to spend as much time as possible underwater !!
I had caught the scuba virus directly and had to dive during every holiday. In addition, I noticed that it was important to keep your skills sharp, and I immediately followed one after the other PADI course.
When I did all of the “standard” courses, I started the professional PADI path in 2008, and I became a DiveMaster..
By now I’m a Staff Instructor and I have lots of fun to teach dive trainings, but I also enjoy telling the students as much as possible about what to see and do in the underwater world.
Over the years every diver develop preferences for diving areas and dive types. I’m no exception and it was mainly the larger fish that caught my attention in the first years (drift dives with big fish, such as those in Kandu’s or on the thila’s in the Maldives are still among my favorites).
In the meantime, the smaller creatures of the reef, which you find during “muck” diving in Asia, also caught my interest..
This is also triggered by the fact that I’m crazy about underwater photography, this gives you a different perspective on a lot of (macro) things. Furthermore, can you can always wake me up for a night dive.
In a broad sense, I developed a preference for coral seas in recent years because the enormous biodiversity does amaze me every time, mainly because you can find something new around every corner and behind every piece of coral.
It’s never been a problem finding a nice (diving) holiday destination for us. I have been one or more times in Malaysia, Indonesia, Yap, Palau, Maldives, Thailand, Seychelles, Mauritius, Oman, Cape Verde, Kenya, South Africa, Mozambique, Tobago, Mexico, Cuba, Egypt, Spain, Bahamas and The Netherlands.
During every course I share my experiences on traveling and diving in these areas with pleasure.
Regards,
Marcel
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