2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/scubamel/rss.xml A blog detailing my adventures living, working and diving in Ireland and beyond. http://www.getjealous.com/scubamel http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=545501&go=scubamel I've started the long trek home - even longer when you detour via Budapest and Germany (tuesday)! When I booked my accomodation for Budapest I decided to pay a little extra so I could get a room with a view over the Danuabe river. You can imagine my delight then when I arrived this morning and they upgraded me to a suite overlooking the river! i have a lounge room and a bedroom and the walk in ro... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=545501&go=scubamel Sat, 6 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=535119&go=scubamel I'm so excited - I actually got tickets for the Ashes today! yay! After the first tickets went on sale a while ago for the 3rd test and there were no public tickets left after the members got them all i thought there would be no chance. However tickets for the 1st test in cardiff went on sale at 9am this morning. I was prepared and managed to snag tickets for day 3 & 4 (fri & sat) within a... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=535119&go=scubamel Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=523010&go=scubamel I have just had the most fantastic weekend in Bruges (belguim) - just like the line in the movie 'it's like a f*&^%ing fairy tale!'Friday night I flew from Shannon to Charleroi airport, which is about an hour from Brussels on the bus. Because I got into Brussels late, I spent the night there. I picked up a bargin stay at the Radisson Hotel which was lovely. The bathroom alone was almost as bi... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=523010&go=scubamel Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=518109&go=scubamel Where do I start? My week at Guadalupe with the Great Whites was one of the most awesome, awe insprining things I have ever done. The are incredible creatures and spending that time in the water with them shatters many of the preconceptions you have about white sharks.I'll start from the start, so feel free to skip over the boring bits :) I met with the other 16 divers on Wed morning and we were s... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=518109&go=scubamel Sat, 6 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=515106&go=scubamel I have done so much walking over the past three days my feet are killing me. It's easy to get around San Diego without a car, but having a car would make things so much easier. I caught the bus out to the Birch aquarium today and it took about an hour each way, whereas if I'd had a car it would have been half that. Of course the sore feet situation is not helped by me going the wrong way too and t... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=515106&go=scubamel Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514802&go=scubamel Twas another warm sunny day in San Diego today and I have the sun burnt panda eye look to prove it - never a good look.Today I headed to the Old Town, which is where the first city in San Diego was located in 1850. Downtown which is the main part of San Diego now started in 1866. A fire destroyed much of the old town in 1872 so a lot of what is there today is a recreation. It's mostly a shopping a... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514802&go=scubamel Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514438&go=scubamel Here I am in sunny San Diego. And it really is sunny - the weather is just devine. It has was low 20's today but the humidity and clear blue skies make it feel more like 30C. It makes a nice difference from the dreary grey skies and rain in Ireland.The trip over was good although the last leg was an ordeal. I flew with Delta from Shannon to Atlanta and then from Atlanta to San Diego with a total f... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514438&go=scubamel Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=512114&go=scubamel Yep, you guessed it....it's raining AGAIN in Ireland. In fact, it basically hasn't stopped raining. It's only half way through the month and we've already had 50% more than the monthly average rainfall. And when the monthly rainfall is 100mm that's saying something! I'm seriously getting ready to build an ark in the backyard.Thankfully though I leave for San Diego in a week's time. I've got three ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=512114&go=scubamel Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=508506&go=scubamel It's another long weekend in Ireland and surprise surprise it's wet again. During the week some parts of Ireland south of here received their monthly rainfall (about 10cm or 4inches) in a matter of hours, leading to major flooding. Some people were even hospitalised with hypothermia - in the middle of summer! I don't think we've had a day over 23 and even that was back in Spring, not summer. Howev... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=508506&go=scubamel Sun, 3 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=500104&go=scubamel Carleen, Kristen and myself went and saw Riverdance in Dublin on Saturday. It was simply amazing and even more special to see it in Dublin I think. It was at the Gaiety Theatre, just off Grafton St, which is the main shopping street in Dublin. Needless to say we wiled away the hours before the show indulging in a little retail therapy. The theatre is a small one, and is much taller than it is wid... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=500104&go=scubamel Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT