AdventureLifeProjectAfrica - 23gradisottol’equatore. La vita è avventura. Inventarsi un lavoro all’estero pure. Io l’avventura ce l’ho nel sangue, fa parte della mia famiglia da sempre. Esplorare e gustare il mondo, sia che abbia un sapore piacevole sia che risulti difficile, disgustoso od amaro. La vita non è facile. Trovarsi un lavoro neanche.
Small crab into the corals @Mafia Island - Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights Reserved
Small crab into the corals @Mafia Island - Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights Reserved
Visualizzazione post con etichetta avventura. Mostra tutti i post
Visualizzazione post con etichetta avventura. Mostra tutti i post
sabato 13 febbraio 2016
Africa, the mother land: Tanzania. UNA GRANDE AVVENTURA MI ASPETTA/ A GREAT ADVENTURE IS WAITING FOR ME
Lo so che volete che io vi parli delle Udzungwa mountains e della loro incredibile bellezza e ricchezza.
E il momento in cui ricomincerò a scrivere sul blog arriverà presto non preoccupatevi.
Al momento però sto organizzando la prossima avventura che richiede un certo impegno e una notevole quantità di lavoro e di tempo a disposizione, mi perdonerete perciò se non vedrete molti articoli e post e foto o video sul blog.
Potrete seguire però la nuova avventura e la sua preparazione su questa pagina facebook Africa Conservation Adventure e sui vari indirizzi dei social medias che vi daranno una bella panoramica di ciò che stiamo per fare. UNA GRANDE AVVENTURA, di quelle da ricordare, con uno scopo ben preciso, proteggere la natura, gli elefanti, i rinoceronti, i leoni ed in generale tutta la wildlife africana.
Non potete perdervela, non potete non divertirvi seguendola, non potete far finta di niente. Seguiteci e sostenete la causa
Ci vediamo presto sul web
FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/africaconservationadventure/
TWITTER https://twitter.com/AdventureLifePr
INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/andrewbigdaddy/
#africaconservationadventure
#Adventure #Never #Ends
ENGLISH VERSION
I know you want me to tell you about the Udzungwa mountains and their incredible beauty and richness.
The moment I'll start to write again on the blog will come back soon don’t worry.
At the moment, I'm planning the next adventure that requires some effort and a considerable amount of work and time, so forgive me if you do not see many articles and posts and photos or videos on the blog.
But you can follow the new adventure and its preparation on this facebook page Africa Conservation Adventure and the various addresses of the social medias that will give you a nice overview of what we are doing. A GREAT ADVENTURE to remember, with a purpose to protect nature, elephants, rhinos, lions and in general all the African wildlife.
You cannot miss it, you cannot not having fun by following it, you cannot wait. Teh time is now. Join and sustain the cause.
See you soon on the web
FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/africaconservationadventure/
TWITTER https://twitter.com/AdventureLifePr
INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/andrewbigdaddy/
#africaconservationadventure
#Adventure #Never #Ends
martedì 8 dicembre 2015
Africa, the mother land: Tanzania. PIENO DI VITA/FULL OF LIFE
“Se non fai immersioni ti perdi
più della metà del mondo da vedere”
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| Moray eel@Mafia Island - Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights |
E io non ho intenzione di
perdermi proprio un bel niente.
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| Scorpion Fish@Mafia Island - Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights |
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Dhow sailing@Mafia Island
Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights
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Coral blocks on a dive site @Mafia Island
Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights
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| Dhow sailing@Mafia Island - Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights |
Perfetto.
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Cleaning shrimps on a Moray eel@Mafia Island
Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights
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Kinasi pass, Milimani North e South, Chole’s Reef, Corinne’s Reef, Coral’s Garden, Coral’s Reef, Nudibranch’s City sono solo alcuni del dive spots dove potete immergervi all’interno della baia, poi ce ne sono altrettanti all’esterno.
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Coral reef @Mafia Island -
Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights
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| Worm on Corals@Mafia Island - Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights |
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| White nudibranch@Mafia Island - Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights |
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Green seaturtle@Mafia Island
Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights
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Nudibranch's eggs @Mafia Island
Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights
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Tornare, 40 min
circa, dal sito di immersione con navigazione tranquilla nel pomeriggio è un
piacere dopo una giornata piena di vita.
ENGLISH VERSION
"If you don’t dive you miss to see more than half of the world"
And I don’t want to miss anything.
Exploration is my passion, I can experience new things that I didn’t know and the more I explore my spirit rises and my heart is happy. "If you know, you see, if you don’t know, you don’t see." There are so many things that I don’t know, but honestly there are also many things that I do know. "What a big Ego! Okay don’t think so highly of yourself! "Okay okay, quiet, return normal, more or less ..."
Evolutionary desire to go and see the world is always present and strong and I decided not to limit it in any way, so long ago I learned to scuba dive (in Egypt). There is so much life to be enjoyed in every environment that frankly I find it very difficult to choose. My passion is for the bush, now this you will have noticed, but the sea and the mountains have always been in my heart, I feel free in one, the other is where I was born. And if you think about it, all of these places are linked by a common thread: the natural environment.
I was under the sea once again, in the depths of Mafia Island off the coast of Tanzania, Africa. And my astonishment grew exponentially. The Marine Park has protected the underwater environment while preserving the entirety despite in several areas off Tanzania damage being caused by Bomb / Dynamite fishing. The use of dynamite to catch fish regardless of age, breaking ancient coral reefs, which cannot be rebuilt for a handful of centuries, have destroyed much of this wealth in the sea. As usual we are responsible.
I went diving with Mafia Island Diving centre that I recommend to everyone for the professionalism, the attention, the friendliness and the atmosphere quiet and relaxed. Diving is a life philosophy, protecting the environment is an integral part of it and conversations over coffee before and after immersion are almost always oriented to exchange impressions and experiences, with space for reflection and laughter in the company.
Perfect.
It's literally a paradise full of life. It's amazing the richeness that I saw I have no words to describe it, from the smallest to the most common, at every corner a discovery to get excited about. As a biologist obviously I am as happy as a child in front of it, but every one of us can be impressed by the beauty around us, learning and enjoying it fully.
Kinasi pass, Milimani North and South, Chole's Reef, Corinne's Reef, Coral's Garden, Coral's Reef, nudibranch's City are just a few of the dive spots where you can go inside the bay, then there are others all outside the bay.
The dives are linked to the tides, when it is high tide you go within the bay for perfect visibility when the tide is rather low it's advisable to go outside the reef, although the two are totally different environments. In the first you don’t go deep, the maximum limit reached is 25 m and most of the time you are between 12 and 18 m with surprisingly many things to see at only - 5 m and an incredible coral garden to discover. In the second, instead the dives are deep and the quantity of fish is incomparable, with Marlins and other large fish passing, some sharks (reef's whitetip and blacktip sharks), dolphins and whales with a little luck.
I focused on the dives within the bay, I was in fact in Mafia during the best time, just before the full moon and high tide so David and Danielle, who run the diving centre, advised me based on my previous experience and my passions. With new equipment leased from the diving centre, program guidelines agreed with confirmation the day before, groups of 2/3 people per divemaster and dhow sailing departing from the beach. I had never dived on a boat equipped like that before, it's very comfortable and practical, and at the end of the day (after 2 boat dives) you have the option to open the sail and sail silently in the traditional way with the sunset view from the sea.
Anildo and Marielle, the one from Cape Verde and the other from Holland were my divemasters, knowing my inclination to look for the little and most unexpected things and to swim slowly near the reef without damaging it, they have shown me on several occasions many animals that I had never seen before: Nudibranchs everywhere, an incredible biodiversity with dozens of different species and flatworms with incredible colours, sand worms with bizarre shapes, coral crabs and anemones crabs, cleaner shrimps and boxer shrimps, green turtles, different species of moray eels, crabs with shell adorned with anemones and corals, reef fishes, crocodile fish, butterfly fish, angelfish and colourful corals with large forms. An intact and healthy barrier!
After the safety stop we emerged and we waited for the dhow to collect us, on board eating a bit of fruit and Chapati between dives or a full meal and continuing with a second dive after the surface time. Coming back then after 40 minutes from the dive site, sailing in the afternoon is a pleasure after a day full of life.
If you like this post maybe you can read also these ones:
THE LARGEST FISH IN THE WORLD
A BIG STORM IN THE SKY
THE DARK GOD
TREASURE ISLAND
SILENT NIGHTS ARE THE BEST NIGHTS
LIONS ARE ROARING AT NIGHT
THE TRIP
THE END OF AN ADVENTURE
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| Dhow sailing sundown @Mafia Island - Tanzania ©Andrea Pompele All Rights |
Se vi è piaciuto questo articolo allora potreste essere interessati a lasciare un commento, oppure a leggere anche questi altri:
IL PESCE PIU' GRANDE DEL MONDO
LA TEMPESTA
IL PESCE PIU' GRANDE DEL MONDO
LA TEMPESTA
ENGLISH VERSION
"If you don’t dive you miss to see more than half of the world"
And I don’t want to miss anything.
Exploration is my passion, I can experience new things that I didn’t know and the more I explore my spirit rises and my heart is happy. "If you know, you see, if you don’t know, you don’t see." There are so many things that I don’t know, but honestly there are also many things that I do know. "What a big Ego! Okay don’t think so highly of yourself! "Okay okay, quiet, return normal, more or less ..."
Evolutionary desire to go and see the world is always present and strong and I decided not to limit it in any way, so long ago I learned to scuba dive (in Egypt). There is so much life to be enjoyed in every environment that frankly I find it very difficult to choose. My passion is for the bush, now this you will have noticed, but the sea and the mountains have always been in my heart, I feel free in one, the other is where I was born. And if you think about it, all of these places are linked by a common thread: the natural environment.
I was under the sea once again, in the depths of Mafia Island off the coast of Tanzania, Africa. And my astonishment grew exponentially. The Marine Park has protected the underwater environment while preserving the entirety despite in several areas off Tanzania damage being caused by Bomb / Dynamite fishing. The use of dynamite to catch fish regardless of age, breaking ancient coral reefs, which cannot be rebuilt for a handful of centuries, have destroyed much of this wealth in the sea. As usual we are responsible.
I went diving with Mafia Island Diving centre that I recommend to everyone for the professionalism, the attention, the friendliness and the atmosphere quiet and relaxed. Diving is a life philosophy, protecting the environment is an integral part of it and conversations over coffee before and after immersion are almost always oriented to exchange impressions and experiences, with space for reflection and laughter in the company.
Perfect.
It's literally a paradise full of life. It's amazing the richeness that I saw I have no words to describe it, from the smallest to the most common, at every corner a discovery to get excited about. As a biologist obviously I am as happy as a child in front of it, but every one of us can be impressed by the beauty around us, learning and enjoying it fully.
Kinasi pass, Milimani North and South, Chole's Reef, Corinne's Reef, Coral's Garden, Coral's Reef, nudibranch's City are just a few of the dive spots where you can go inside the bay, then there are others all outside the bay.
The dives are linked to the tides, when it is high tide you go within the bay for perfect visibility when the tide is rather low it's advisable to go outside the reef, although the two are totally different environments. In the first you don’t go deep, the maximum limit reached is 25 m and most of the time you are between 12 and 18 m with surprisingly many things to see at only - 5 m and an incredible coral garden to discover. In the second, instead the dives are deep and the quantity of fish is incomparable, with Marlins and other large fish passing, some sharks (reef's whitetip and blacktip sharks), dolphins and whales with a little luck.
I focused on the dives within the bay, I was in fact in Mafia during the best time, just before the full moon and high tide so David and Danielle, who run the diving centre, advised me based on my previous experience and my passions. With new equipment leased from the diving centre, program guidelines agreed with confirmation the day before, groups of 2/3 people per divemaster and dhow sailing departing from the beach. I had never dived on a boat equipped like that before, it's very comfortable and practical, and at the end of the day (after 2 boat dives) you have the option to open the sail and sail silently in the traditional way with the sunset view from the sea.
Anildo and Marielle, the one from Cape Verde and the other from Holland were my divemasters, knowing my inclination to look for the little and most unexpected things and to swim slowly near the reef without damaging it, they have shown me on several occasions many animals that I had never seen before: Nudibranchs everywhere, an incredible biodiversity with dozens of different species and flatworms with incredible colours, sand worms with bizarre shapes, coral crabs and anemones crabs, cleaner shrimps and boxer shrimps, green turtles, different species of moray eels, crabs with shell adorned with anemones and corals, reef fishes, crocodile fish, butterfly fish, angelfish and colourful corals with large forms. An intact and healthy barrier!
After the safety stop we emerged and we waited for the dhow to collect us, on board eating a bit of fruit and Chapati between dives or a full meal and continuing with a second dive after the surface time. Coming back then after 40 minutes from the dive site, sailing in the afternoon is a pleasure after a day full of life.
If you like this post maybe you can read also these ones:
THE LARGEST FISH IN THE WORLD
A BIG STORM IN THE SKY
THE DARK GOD
TREASURE ISLAND
SILENT NIGHTS ARE THE BEST NIGHTS
LIONS ARE ROARING AT NIGHT
THE TRIP
THE END OF AN ADVENTURE
Etichette:
adventure,
assetto,
avventura,
barriera corallina,
coral reef,
deep blue,
dive,
divers,
diving,
east africa,
Indian Ocean,
island,
isola,
libertà,
Mafia Island,
subacquei,
sundown,
whale dolphin,
whale shark
sabato 30 maggio 2015
Non c'è avventura senza Video - There's no Adventure without videos: IL VIAGGIO/ THE TRIP
Primo video preparato per voi dalla Tanzania: IL VIAGGIO/ THE TRIP
Buona visione
Se vi è piaciuto questo video allora potreste essere interessati a vedere anche questi altri:
DIVING ADVENTURES
DUGONGO
NUOTANDO CON I DELFINI PT II
NUOTANDO CON I DELFINI
SOSSUSVLEI NAMIB DESERT PANORAMIC FLIGHT
SANDWICH HARBOUR 4X4 NAMIB DESERT
DIVING ADVENTURES
DUGONGO
NUOTANDO CON I DELFINI PT II
NUOTANDO CON I DELFINI
SOSSUSVLEI NAMIB DESERT PANORAMIC FLIGHT
SANDWICH HARBOUR 4X4 NAMIB DESERT
Here the first video made for you from Tanzania: THE TRIP
ENJOY
If you like this video, maybe you can watch these others:
DIVING ADVENTURES
SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS
SOSSUSVLEI NAMIB DESERT PANORAMIC FLIGHT
SANDWICH HARBOUR 4X4 NAMIB DESERT
A NIGHT DRIVE WITH LIONS
Etichette:
adventure,
africa,
avventura,
avventure nel mondo,
bantu,
baobab,
bush,
dar es salaam,
east africa,
iringa,
Mdonya Old river Camp,
road tirp,
savana,
savannah,
Tanzania
lunedì 18 maggio 2015
Africa, the mother land: Egypt. La fine di un'avventura. The end of an adventure
Come ci si sente alla fine di un’avventura? Domanda
spigolosa.
Male.
Già qualche giorno prima di partire sentivo questa
sofferenza crescermi dentro, va beh anche perché ho vissuto per 3 mesi in mezzo
al nulla del deserto, Sahara Orientale, a 150 metri da uno dei mari tropicali
più ricchi di biodiversità al mondo, uno spettacolo continuo di colori e forme
di vita, con una scoperta sorprendente ogni giorno. Ho nuotato con delfini e
tartarughe, potuto ammirare il dugongo, ammirando atolli di reef corallini e
formazioni madreporiche multistratificate “ah ecco! Siamo precisi per favore, non
sia mai che proviamo a parlare come esseri umani normali, eh?” “stai buono…” svolgendo
uno dei progetti più interessanti mai presentati in questo ambito e sviluppando
moltissime applicazioni, superando i miei limiti personali e imparando moltissimo,
sia in acqua che fuori da questa. Ho letto, studiato, imparato, mi sono
confrontato con colleghi biologi che ho incontrato per puro caso, ho insegnato
e fatto divulgazione, mi sono commosso, di fronte a spettacoli naturali,
tranquilli, non sono un tipo “romantico”, insomma ho vissuto. Alla grande
anche!
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| Corals - Hurghada - Egypt ©Andrea Pompele All Rights Reserved |
Ma direi che non ci si può certo lamentare.
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| Spinner Dolphin - Sataya's "Dolphin" Reef - Marsa Alam - Egypt ©Andrea Pompele All Rights Reserved |
E’
una meraviglia.
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| Green Sea Turtle - Marsa Egla - Marsa Alam - Egypt ©Andrea Pompele All Rights Reserved |
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| Bottlenose Dolphin - Dolphin House - Hurghada - Egypt ©Andrea Pompele All Rights Reserved |
Ci resterò per un po’.
E voi? cosa aspettate a venire a trovarmi? Ci vedremo nella
savana tra un alba mozzafiato a cercare elefanti, leoni, leopardi oppure su una
spiaggia corallina pronti ad entrare in acqua e scoprire un universo totalmente
nuovo, magari facendo immersione con gli squali?
#Adventure #Never #Ends
NIGHT DIVE UNA NUOVA EMOZIONE
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| Spinner Dolphins - Sataya's "Dolphin" Reef - Marsa Alam - Egypt ©Andrea Pompele All Rights Reserved |
Se vi è piaciuto questo articolo allora potreste essere interessati a lasciare un commento, oppure a leggere anche questi altri:
I SUBACQUEI PT II
I SUBACQUEI PT I
I SUBACQUEI PT II
I SUBACQUEI PT I
ENGLISH VERSION
How do you feel at the end of an adventure? Edgy Question.
How do you feel at the end of an adventure? Edgy Question.
Bad mood.
First of all because your heart is full of wonderful
experiences that you have lived, and second because you have met wonderful
people, and you miss them.
Few days before I left I felt this mood rising up in me, ok
maybe because I lived for three months in the middle of nowhere in the desert,
Eastern Sahara, 150 meters from one of the richest in biodiversity tropical
seas in the world, a continuous show of colors and forms of life, with
surprising discoveries every day. I swam with dolphins and turtles, I saw the
dugong, I admired coral reefs and multilayered coral formations " Be
precise please, do not ever try to talk like normal human beings, eh?
"" Be quiet… " carrying out one of the most exciting project
ever presented in this area and developing a variety of applications, beyond my
personal limits, learning a lot of things, both in water and out of it. I read,
studied, learned, I was confronted with fellow biologists I've met quite by
accident, I trained and spread my knowledge, I was emotioned, in front of
natural spectacles, for sure I'm not a romantic person, in short, I lived. On top!
Physically, I’m more tanned, blonder and I have a big
intolerance to wear shoes. In fact my life was in bare feet, or at most in
flip-flops, shorts and T - shirt, sometimes with windbreaker and fleece, it was
winter, do not forget that when the wind blows strongly from the north, it can
be downright annoying cold. But I would say that I cannot certainly complain
anything.
What’s changed inside me, however, it’s more difficult to
describe. I feel a deep gratitude and
respect to the people who welcomed me and allowed to carry out this project.
Needless to mention them, they know it already. We lived 24 on 24 hours, 7 on 7
days in close contact, practically without a way out, then we lived
relationships in a much more intense way and sometimes difficult ones, but
still very real. It happens that you discover things about yourselves that you
did’nt know, we could call it a “personality test”, that may also surprise you.
Jitters and concerns are amplified in certain cases, and then resolved quickly
and you can discover that you are much more calm and peaceful than you
imagined, not that I am exactly one can be called turbulent "you? Shut up!
nobody believes in!" Ok at least I have been pretty turbulent in the past,
not now. I found myself interesting and interested, I explored many things, I met
many people, I experienced incredible situations and emotions. For example my
first dive, a crazy cool (technical term of the underwater world, however),
snorkeling at night, night dives and my usual ability to find interesting
animals and life forms even if I have less experience then my colleagues, I’ve
been amazed by the presence of migratory birds around us, by the smallest form
of life as plankton, by the game that dolphins (bottlenose dolphins) have done
with us for about 30 mimutes. I could list them all but the most fascinating one
is the work that you take place upon yourself under water: the breath control gives
you progressions in your personal evolution, you face unexpected situations and
you learn to manage them, difficulties and dangers that you know how to solve.
It 's amazing
.
If I look however at the path that I have done during this
last year I have to be truly amazed and proud of me, I went on what a
"friend of writing" (http://www.wanderingwil.com) could easily define "the right way",
my way, following my inclinations and aspirations, without telling myself lies,
but acting day by day for what I want and I'm managing to do. It's not so
simple, as it has not been easy so far, but the difficulties at the begnning
and the obstacles that I have faced so far and that still await me, I have not
felt them so loud. I went from a training pretty hard with difficult theory and
practice to become Safari guide in Namibia, I had the opportunity to work in that
country to hone the skills acquired and make experience, I returned to Italy
and have set my life plan, I made this blog, I photographed and edited pictures
and videos, I searched and found another project that I care a lot and I just
ended in its first phase, and now?
Now I leave for a new adventure, without drama, without
problems, with the enthusiasm and desire, with life experience that becomes
larger and with the feeling that I will carry with me the people I met, at
least in thoughts. Next destination: Tanzania, Ruaha National Park, one of the
most wild of the entire country, off the beaten track classic safaris, with
beautiful nature and exciting environments that I can not wait to explore.
Ready to prove myself once again (Poche idee, ma ben confuse, pensieri e riflessioni a casaccio: IL CAMBIAMENTO é EVOLUZIONE) and see what I can arrange.
I'll stay for a
while.
And you? what are you waiting to come to join me? I'll see
you in the bush between a breathtaking sunrise searching for elephants, lions,
leopards or on a coral reef ready to jump into the water and discover a whole
new universe, perhaps making a shark dive?
#Adventure #Never #Ends
If you like this post maybe you can read also these ones:
DIVERS PT II
Mr. DUGONG
If you like this post maybe you can read also these ones:
DIVERS PT II
Mr. DUGONG
Etichette:
adventure,
avventura,
barriera corallina,
coral reef,
delfini,
diving,
dolphins,
dugong,
dugongo,
end,
fine,
mar rosso,
red sea,
Ruaha,
Tanzania,
TGI DIVING
venerdì 6 marzo 2015
Non c'è avventura senza Video - There's no Adventure without videos: SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS PT II
Non c'è Avventura senza video giusto? Mar Rosso what else?
TERZO video preparato per voi dall'Egitto: SWIMMIMNG WITH DOLPNINS PT II - MARSA ALAM
Buona visione
Se vi è piaciuto questo video allora potreste essere interessati a vedere anche questi altri:
DUGONGO
NUOTANDO CON I DELFINI
SOSSUSVLEI NAMIB DESERT PANORAMIC FLIGHT
SANDWICH HARBOUR 4X4 NAMIB DESERT
DUGONGO
NUOTANDO CON I DELFINI
SOSSUSVLEI NAMIB DESERT PANORAMIC FLIGHT
SANDWICH HARBOUR 4X4 NAMIB DESERT
There's no Adventure without video, don't you think? Egypt, what else?
Here the THIRD video made for you from Egypt: SWIMMIMNG WITH DOLPNINS PT II - MARSA ALAM
Have a good vision
If you like this video, maybe you can watch these others:
DUGONGO
SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS
SOSSUSVLEI NAMIB DESERT PANORAMIC FLIGHT
SANDWICH HARBOUR 4X4 NAMIB DESERT
A NIGHT DRIVE WITH LIONS
Etichette:
adventure,
africa,
avventura,
balene,
barriera corallina,
comportamento,
comunicazione,
coral reef,
curiosità,
delfini,
egitto,
egypt,
exploration,
Gorgonia Beach,
sataya
lunedì 23 febbraio 2015
Africa, the mother land: Egypt. Il privilegio di lavorare in ciabatte
Il progetto che sto seguendo in
Mar Rosso è ambizioso. Ambizioso e possibile però. Mi piace proprio per questo.
Lavoro in un diving center, il
TGI DIVING di Marsa Alam, che ha sede presso il Gorgonia Beach, un resort di
proprietà italiana con clientela internazionale a sud di Marsa Alam, in Egitto,
Mar Rosso.
Lo so cosa staranno pensando
alcuni di voi a tal proposito: “Mar Rosso? Egitto? Villaggio italiano? Ma
perché molli la savana con i suoi lodges ecosostenibili e il profumo
dell’avventura a contatto con gli animali selvaggi per dedicarti ad un turismo
di massa, cheap e non chic? Bah, è la scelta sbagliata, meglio l’Africa, quella
vera!”
A queste affermazioni avrei da
controbattere, ma procediamo con ordine e vi spiego meglio cosa faccio qui.
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| Dugong - SeaCow - Marsa Egla - Egypt ©Andrea Pompele All Rights Reserved |
E lo faccio in italiano al lunedì sera, prima di cena e in inglese al martedì stesso posto, stesso orario.
Con due piccoli appuntamenti serali per le persone interessate dove si parla di delfini, dugongo, tartarughe marine, barriera corallina. Fin qui regolare direi, no? Eh beh ma come al solito io faccio un po’ di più: spiego, chiarisco dubbi, sviluppo un argomento e vi pongo delle domande e dei suggerimenti. Ad esempio il più ricorrente ma meno immediato da capire è: “perché la barriera corallina è così strettamente legata al deserto? Che cos’è il deserto? Quali sono i fattori che determinano l’esistenza del deserto e della barriera corallina? Che cos’è la “barriera corallina”?” beh le risposte sorprendono ed interessano, proprio perché quasi nessuno ha provato a trovare una risposta oppure perché non ci ha proprio mai pensato.
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| Sataya's Coral Reef - Egypt - ©Andrea Pompele All Rights Reserved |
Ciò che si riesce e si può trasferire alle guide e agli istruttori può essere un valore aggiunto sia per loro, che per gli ospiti, per il Diving center e per l’hotel. E sta funzionando. E pure bene vi dirò! (lieve sghignazzata di sottofondo)
Bene ora che ho chiarito per bene il progetto in corso passiamo ad alcune considerazioni.
È vero che il turismo qui è
diverso dal concetto di sostenibilità ed impatto che si può avere nel bush, ma
l’albergo dove sono ha una clientela internazionale, ci sono belgi, tedeschi,
olandesi, svedesi, italiani e qualche francese, perciò parlo almeno 3 lingue
costantemente tutti i giorni, senza sforzo alcuno, spiego concetti di ecologia,
biologia, astronomia, zoologia, biologia marina in diverse lingue a diversi
background culturali e direi che non è per niente brutto, anzi! Naturalmente
c’è l’animazione, tasto dolente per me che non sono mai stato uno da “motorata,
cammellata, torneo di beach volley e calcetto in spiaggia” ma in questo
villaggio non c’è un’animazione che spinge più di tanto, i ragazzi sono
discreti, gentili ed educati, oltre che bravi a fare il loro lavoro. Poi vi
ricordo che io sono al Diving center, uno dei migliori che si possa trovare,
con un’etica professionale e staff di un certo livello, si lavora tanto e si
lavora bene e si fanno le cose in un certo modo.
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E chi l’ha detto che qui non sono
in un contesto avventuroso? Ma se posso nuotare con centinaia di delfini, fare
snorkeling con Dugonghi e tartarughe, fare night snorkeling nell’ house reef,
la barriera corallina davanti al resort, viaggiare in nave e fare diving nella
seconda barriera corallina più grande del mondo, visitare isole sito di nidificazione
di uccelli migratori e dedicarmi al birdwatching, per non parlare del deserto,
che devo ancora esplorare, ma che mi riserva sorprese inconsuete. Ah potrò fare
Kitesurf nel Kitevillage a poca distanza dal diving, e posso continuare se
volete. Ah dimenticavo, sia geograficamente che politicamente l’Egitto è sempre
Africa, la placca continentale è la stessa.
Poi volete mettere il privilegio di lavorare in ciabatte tutto il giorno? La mia “divisa” è composta così: muta umida da 5 mm che mi apro quando non sono in acqua, quindi sono a torso nudo, costume, abbronzatura e tatuaggi, capelli biondi e occhiali da sole, “sembri un surfista alla prima occhiata” mi dice una ragazza, “poi quando apri bocca si capisce che sei un secchione”. Ça va sans dire…vantaggi e svantaggi.
Vi faccio vedere il mio ufficio.
Buona avventura!
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The privilege to work in flip
flops.
The project that I’m following into
the Red Sea is ambitious. Ambitious and possible at the same time. I like it
for that.
I work in a diving center, the
TGI Marsa Alam, which is based at the Gorgonia beach, a resort (Italian
prperty) with international clientele south of Marsa Alam, Egypt, Red Sea.
I know that some of you are
thinking in this regard: "Red Sea? Egypt? Italian Village? But why you
quit savannah with its eco lodges and the scent of adventure in contact with
wild animals to dedicate yourself to a mass tourism, cheap and NOT chic? Bah,
is the wrong choice, Africa is better, the real one! "
About these statements I wish to
argue, I’ll proceed on order and I'll explain what I do here.
I follow directly this project
which is geared to give a different approach to Diving center and people to the
marine environment of the Red Sea. Most people doing underwater activity has
not the slightest idea of what is being viewed, whether it be for divers with
some experience, whether it be of snorkelers that simple swimmers who want to
enjoy the sun and sea.
I am here to explain to the guests because of this wonderful marine environment.
And I do it twice times per week: in Italian on Monday evening, before dinner and in English on Wednesday at the same place, same time.
With two small evening events for people interested where we talk about dolphins, dugong, turtles, coral reef. So far so good, not?
Oh well, but as usual I do a little more: explain, clarify doubts, developing an argument, and I ask some questions and give suggestions. For example, the most common but less immediate to understand is: "because the reef is so closely related to desert? What is the desert? What are the factors that determine the existence of desert and coral reef? What is "coral reef"?"
Well, the answers surprise and concern, because almost no one has tried to find an answer, or because there has just never thought about it. Another important factor is to sensibilize people to take advantage of the surrounding environment in an ethical and environmentally sustainable, correct approach to marine animals, dolphins, turtles and dugongs in particular, rules of behavior and curiosity about the creatures that you may encounter.
Another important part indeed, fundamental, is the training of the guides (divemasters in the world of diving) and instructors, snorkeling guides and all the staff to be a GUIDE, in and out of the water, how to interact with guests, without boring them, provide answers and grab attention, ask questions and chat together out of the water, before and after the trip or diving. And here comes helping me the experience of safari, and above all what I was taught by my friend Davide Bomben, Pietro Luraschi, Massimo Vallarin etc... and other guides with whom I worked, each with its own style, each with his knowledge. What you can transfer to the guides and instructors can be an added value for them, and for guests of diving center and hotel. And it's working. Yet well I'll tell you!
I am here to explain to the guests because of this wonderful marine environment.
And I do it twice times per week: in Italian on Monday evening, before dinner and in English on Wednesday at the same place, same time.
With two small evening events for people interested where we talk about dolphins, dugong, turtles, coral reef. So far so good, not?
Oh well, but as usual I do a little more: explain, clarify doubts, developing an argument, and I ask some questions and give suggestions. For example, the most common but less immediate to understand is: "because the reef is so closely related to desert? What is the desert? What are the factors that determine the existence of desert and coral reef? What is "coral reef"?"
Well, the answers surprise and concern, because almost no one has tried to find an answer, or because there has just never thought about it. Another important factor is to sensibilize people to take advantage of the surrounding environment in an ethical and environmentally sustainable, correct approach to marine animals, dolphins, turtles and dugongs in particular, rules of behavior and curiosity about the creatures that you may encounter.
Another important part indeed, fundamental, is the training of the guides (divemasters in the world of diving) and instructors, snorkeling guides and all the staff to be a GUIDE, in and out of the water, how to interact with guests, without boring them, provide answers and grab attention, ask questions and chat together out of the water, before and after the trip or diving. And here comes helping me the experience of safari, and above all what I was taught by my friend Davide Bomben, Pietro Luraschi, Massimo Vallarin etc... and other guides with whom I worked, each with its own style, each with his knowledge. What you can transfer to the guides and instructors can be an added value for them, and for guests of diving center and hotel. And it's working. Yet well I'll tell you!
Well now that I have made it
clear of the project we move to some considerations.
I have not given up the savannah,
indeed it’s always my unconditional love and my primary goal, the best place
I've ever been so far and where my mind and my body feel at ease, calm and
serene. It's my second home, and everyone always wants to go home right? So I
would say I have’nt given up just anything.
It’s true that tourism here is
different from the concept of sustainability and impact that you can have in
the bush, but the hotel where I stay have an international clientele, there are
Belgians, Germans, Dutchs, Swedishs, Italians and some Frenchs, so I speak at
least 3 languages constantly every day, without any effort, I explain concepts
of ecology, biology, astronomy, zoology, marine biology in different languages
to different cultural backgrounds, and I would say it’s not at all bad, indeed!
Of course there is the animation, sore point for me, I have never been one of
"motor challenge, camel challenge, beach volley tournament and soccer on
the beach" but in this village there is an animation not pushy, the guys
are discreet, polite and friendly, as well as good at doing their job. Then I
remind you that I am at the diving center, one of the best you can find, with
professional ethics and staff of a certain level, we work hard we work well and
we do things in a certain way.
And who said that here is not in
an adventure? I can swim with hundreds of dolphins, snorkel with turtles and Dugongs,
do night snorkeling in “house reef”, the reef in front of the resort, making
travel by boat and diving in the second largest coral barrier reef in the
world, visiting islands, nesting site of migratory birds and dedicate time to
birdwatching, not to mention the desert, that I have to explore yet, but it will
surprises me, I’m sure. I can do Kitesurfing in the Kitevillage close to the
diving, and I can continue if you want. Oh I forgot, both geographically and
politically Egypt is always Africa, the continental plate is the same.
Then, mentioning the privilege to
work in flip flops all day? My "uniform" is composed as follows: 5mm
wetsuit that I open when I’m not in the water, so I'm shirtless, swimsuit,
tanned with tattoos, blonde hair and sunglasses, "you look like a surfer
at first glance" said me a girl, "then when you open your mouth everybody
understand that you are a nerd." Ça va sans dire... advantages and
disadvantages.
And you, only you who make me
these questions (not the others), are you happy to wake up in the morning and
go to the office?
I show you my office.
Have a good adventure!
I show you my office.
Have a good adventure!
Etichette:
africa,
avventura,
avventure nel mondo,
barriera corallina,
coral reef,
divers,
ecosostenibilità,
ecoturismo,
egitto,
egypt,
Gorgonia Beach,
mar rosso,
marsa alam,
progetto,
project,
red sea,
subacquei,
TGI DIVING
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