Hello from Mombasa

[peponi]

Hi to everyone here in the BSAC forum. I am new here but i am "old" in he BSAC system :)
I am the owner of the BSAC resort 550 here in Mombasa. Welcome to all.
Kind regards
Chris
Peponi Divers Mombasa
www.peponidivers.ch

[Adrian Kelland]

Hello Chris, welcome to our forums.

Adrian

[peponi]

Good morning Adrian,
are you a administrator of the forum or "just" a frequent member?
Regards
Chris

[Eddie Clamp]

Hi to everyone here in the BSAC forum. I am new here but i am "old" in he BSAC system :)
I am the owner of the BSAC resort 550 here in Mombasa. Welcome to all.
Kind regards
Chris
Peponi Divers Mombasa
www.peponidivers.ch

Hi Chris

Welcome. Your email reminded me of 1977 when I was part of the Joint Service underwater excavation team of the Santo Antonio de Tanna, sunk in front of Fort Jesus in 1697. We camped at the Nyali?? showground across the harbour and ferried across to work and dive on the wreck. Haven't been back since. :( Is there still an wreck exhibition in the museum there?

Best wishes

Eddie
:cool:

[peponi]

Good morning Eddie,
to be frank, I don't like museum :( so I cant tell what is there. But there are a few wrecks in front of Ft. Jesus. We do diving on the "Globe Star" sunk in 1974 or so, lying in about 10 meters on a sandy ground. Why not coming back to Mombasa. You may find allot of changes since 1997 :)
Kind regards
Chris
NB. Sorry for my poor english, my nationality is Swiss (Swiss German from Basel)

[Eddie Clamp]

Good morning Eddie,
to be frank, I don't like museum :( so I cant tell what is there. But there are a few wrecks in front of Ft. Jesus. We do diving on the "Globe Star" sunk in 1974 or so, lying in about 10 meters on a sandy ground. Why not coming back to Mombasa. You may find allot of changes since 1977 :)
Kind regards
Chris
NB. Sorry for my poor english, my nationality is Swiss (Swiss German from Basel)

Hi Chris

Kein Problem. Man spricht Deutsch! :p

Sorry you do not like the museum at Fort Jesus. AFAIK the 1697 wreck was excavated again during 1978 and then the hull was covered over and left. We lifted artifacts only. They should all be there in the museum. The then curator Mr Hamo Sasoon was left in charge of the conservation.

Eddie

[peponi]

Okay, the Ft. Jesus museum I have visited some time ago, when I was still a Kenya tourist. But cant remember what was there in details. But am sure that you will find all that history "stuff" :D there. Ft. Jesus is a museum for Kenyans too and they are very proud of that.

Why do you speak German too?

[peponi]

Are you frequently here in da forum? How many members are here?

[Eddie Clamp]

Okay, the Ft. Jesus museum I have visited some time ago, when I was still a Kenya tourist. But cant remember what was there in details. But am sure that you will find all that history "stuff" :D there. Ft. Jesus is a museum for Kenyans too and they are very proud of that.

Why do you speak German too?

Während der Zeit der Mauer habe Ich Zwei Jahre in Berlin gelebt. Drei Monate studierte Ich Deutsch auch in Universität Marburg. :rolleyes:

Hast du ein Job für mich?? :p

Eddie

[Eddie Clamp]

Are you frequently here in da forum? How many members are here?

Afraid I cannot help you with information on the forums but I am sure there is someone lurking here who will know.

Are you a BSAC overseas training centre?? You may be better to send on the overseas travel section in the main forum - http://www.bsacforum.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=26.

Eddie

[peponi]

Leider nicht. At this time its very difficult to "feed" my Kenyan staff. We are still suffering from election problems. Hotels are almost 10% full (90% empty :-)) and it looks like it will take some time to get the tourists back as. Its very sad, not only for my business but also for this beautyful country.

[PeteM]

How many members are here?

11,859 as of this morning. Plus lot more that read but are are not members

[peponi]

@ Pete, thanks for info. That's quite allot...
@ Eddie, we are a BSAC Resort 550. See also http://www.bsactravelclub.co.uk/schools/peponidivers.htm but we do not teach any BSAC courses as i am not a BSAC instructor yet. We do have regularly divers from the BSAC club in Nirobi. They do some dive education at our diving centre.

[Eddie Clamp]

@ Pete, thanks for info. That's quite allot...
@ Eddie, we are a BSAC Resort 550. See also http://www.bsactravelclub.co.uk/schools/peponidivers.htm but we do not teach any BSAC courses as i am not a BSAC instructor yet. We do have regularly divers from the BSAC club in Nirobi. They do some dive education at our diving centre.

Who is your UK travel agent??

Eddie

[peponi]

We don't have a travel agent. Please send email for further info as its usually not allowed to do marketing in a forum. Don't know the "border" in the BSAC forum.

[Adrian Kelland]

Good morning Adrian,
are you a administrator of the forum or "just" a frequent member?
Regards
ChrisI'm part of the admin team Chris.

However if you have any questions, please use the 'contact us' link at the bottom of the page. I won't be around much for a couple of weeks.

Adrian

[Eddie Clamp]

We don't have a travel agent. Please send email for further info as its usually not allowed to do marketing in a forum. Don't know the "border" in the BSAC forum.

I have to say neither do I. You are a BSAC centre so maybe someone in authority can tell us. ;) Maybe better discussed in the overseas travel forum which someone maybe able to transfer this thread to. :p

Eddie

[peponi]

I know that British in general are not that way :) . If i start in a German forum a thread with my name Peponi i got already complains about illegal marketing:mad: Just happened a few weeks ago with an Mombasa North Coast info portal i do.
Do you like to open that thread in "Overseas Travel"?

[Eddie Clamp]

I know that British in general are not that way :) . If i start in a German forum a thread with my name Peponi i got already complains about illegal marketing:mad: Just happened a few weeks ago with an Mombasa North Coast info portal i do.
Do you like to open that thread in "Overseas Travel"?

Well if we wait long enough for a forum administrator to come along he could change the thread for us. :o But maybe while we are waiting for a change of website software they cannot do it at the moment. :rolleyes:

Sorry Chris but we may have a note of English tongue in cheek (ironisch gemeint) here accompanied by a certain amount of British cynisism (Zynismus) here. :p

Just joking really. :o

Eddie

[PeteM]

We don't have a travel agent. Please send email for further info as its usually not allowed to do marketing in a forum. Don't know the "border" in the BSAC forum.

From the Acceptable Use Statement

It is permitted for participants representing businesses offering diving related products and services to announce such products and services provided such announcements are relevant to the forum topic and pertinent to the current thread of conversation and made within a single message submission.

Please read the whole document here
http://www.bsac.com/documents/Web%20Policy.pdf

If you post an advert every day you will be moderated, however a short link to your website in the signature is in my opinion acceptable providing you are posting relevant info not just rubbish to get your signature shown. Note that this is my very low down the pecking order opinion.

[Eddie Clamp]

From the Acceptable Use Statement

If you post an advert every day you will be moderated, however a short link to your website in the signature is in my opinion acceptable providing you are posting relevant info not just rubbish to get your signature shown. Note that this is my very low down the pecking order opinion.

Aaaaaaaaaah! So you are the only one left in the BSAC shack for the summer recess then? :p

Eddie

[peponi]

@ Pete,
thanks for info :cool: .
I do understand the point of a forum. Thanks for advise and info. I will be a brave forum member and do respect the forum.
Kind regards
Chris