Our Dears in Gozo,
Time passed by faster than appreciated since we visited you in July.
And we are realising that season is going to end and we still have not send greetings and our appreciation.
We would like to say thanks for all the pleasure during our last stay.
Even if it was quite a while ago once I could be with you and we just met at on Boot.
With all the special treatment you made available to us, it was a real exceptional stay and we enjoyed it very much.
Needless to say that the one ways from inland sea through azur window into blue hole is at the top of the greatest.
And that we had the pleasure to do this with Michael taking just care on us and that we could do double dives and get directly back to Malta was really relaxing.
The way Michael has taken care on us, making save dives but still allow a lot of flex was absolutely great.
Please pass our dear greatings to
We hope very much that he is doing well and we have a chance to meet him again on your place on Gozo.
We wish you all the best and some relaxing time over the off peak season.
We wish you well and take care on you.
Looking forward to see you on Boot and hopefully rather sooner than later back on Gozo.
Dear Diana und Joe
back in Germany (the weather is cold and rainy) we wont say many thanks for a week very recreative and amazing. Unfortunately our taxi driver was late yesterday and had refuse to stop at your office. So we couldnt say good bye by ourself.
Yesterday it was a long day, especially for Noah, and it was very hard on the flight. But at 6 pm we were at home … and we put the heating on. At 16 °C it wasnt comfortable for us and we missed the warm weather from Gozo.
We are looking forward to see you next year. Many greetings also from Arne, Uli and Betty to all the staff.
Best regards
Just a short note to say thanks for the diving whilst I was in Gozo last week, I thought the standard of sites was very good a all the instructors were very helpful.
We just wanted to write and thank you so much for all your organisation and help you gave us with our holiday in Gozo. We had a great time and lots of things worked out really well because of the planning and help you gave us before. Thank you so much.
We did get to do a days diving while we were on Malta and enjoyed that very much. Neither of us feel that we got as much diving done as we would have liked so I guess we will just have to come back!!!
September 2011
The trip back went very well and unfortunately Gatwick was rude awakening – every “sid yobbo” and his kids swearing and chewing gum!! What an advert for the country!!
Thought that you would like to know that you figure very well in the 2012 Regaldive brochure that has just landed on my door mat.
September 2011
The British hotel was a dream, the view was absolutely great!!! Pick up time 5.30 worked, we were diving on friday and it was brillant too!! Thanks for the great organisation!!
September 2011
I can’t thank you enough for all your help with sorting this holiday out, there’s no way I could have done it without you. Pass on our thanks to the team there at St Andrews please.
We all had a wonderful time and will definitely be coming back (dive leader and up this time…….lol. )
We would like to say thank you for the perfect arrangement and time at gozo. It was a perfect honeymoon (only to short). The transfer back was well arranged. Now we are back in Munich and working again, but we are absolutely sure – we will come back.
As a beginner diver (open water cert only) on my first dive holiday ,i should like to thank you all for the help you gave me on the two dives i did with st andrews , every one offered help when asked, and practical advice during kitting up to ensure the equipment i was using fitted ok and was comfortable during use,extra thanks to the two instructors/guides who led the dives,i had two great dives that week and cant wait to dive again, once again many thanks to you all.
Although we’ve been diving in Gozo for decades it is still
fascinating. Compared to ten, fifteen years ago there is more fish in
the sea. I have the impression that the water is cleaner and the sea
fauna and flora recovered. I remember the times when the sea
grass was covered by ugly mucilage. We do hope the recovery
continues and there will be more fish in the sea than in the vitrines
of the restaurants.
All the best,
Hi,
Just to say thanks again for the great diving last week. Please give our special thanks to Rick – what a great guy! He made our dives really enjoyable as well as improving our technique. One day we will be surfacing with 100 bar!!
Hope to see you next year,
Ann & Paul
August 2010
Dear all,
From our side, many thanks, to have so nice holidays at Gozo.
We wish you best health, kind divers, every day sunshinning, and all your
wishes are going fulfilment.
Many thanks for two fabulous dives, especially Billinghurst Cave. My thanks to Werner for his cool and utterly professional approach to the dives….just the ticket… Please pass on my regards to HP from Hamburg as I think he is still with you today….
Best regards and I hope to see you again in the near future…
Just a quick note to say that Tim and I got home safely with no problems on tuesday. Thank you for organising such a great diving holiday, we both really enjoyed it and hope that we will be able to et back agin before too long.
Back to reality now, the rain is coming down as I speak, supposed to be passing showers but hasn’t stopped for 2 hours!1
Just to let you know that our trip back went very smoothly, thanks – as ever – to your excellent organisation of all the logistics.
We had a fabulous time, helped by the excellent weather and visibility. Crocodile Rock as our last dive was the icing on the cake, but we enjoyed every single venture into the briny. We also enjoyed breakfast at Zofiro’s (if only they could learn to soft-fry their eggs), and our late-afternoon beers at Ta Nona’s, as well as our usual over-consumption of the local fish-life (sorry, chaps).
Just a quick email to say a big thanks for sorting out the dive for me up to Dwejra on the 17th June with Rick. The dive was fabulous and Rick was the very epitome of professionalism!
For your information, I’ve uploaded a write up on the dive on Yorkshire Divers – one of the UK’s biggest diving forums. I hope you like it!
I just wanted to give a big “thankyou” to the team at the diving centre for all the training I received last week for my PADI open water course. I certainly hope to visit your centre again and I would happily recommend you to others.
Two weeks have already passed since we left Gozo, your lovely little island. The diving equipment has been cleaned, and ranged away for at least a half year, the washing machine has done a lot of work, most of our souvenirs have been given distributed to family, friends etc. But some of them are left for ourselves, and together with the photos they let us remember the two weeks in Xlendy, which passed so very quickly.
We wish you all the best,
good weather for the rest of the season
Dear all
From our side, many thanks, to have so nice holidays at Gozo.
We wish you best health, kind divers, every day sunshinning, and all your
wishes are going fulfilment.
Hello Diana and Joe,
thank you very much for your friendly affords during our visit. Unfortunately we were not been able to say good bye because the taxi-driver had to hurry up. We like to apologize that. We hope to see you again soon.
Dear Diana,
Holidays are over, we are back to France, our return flight was good…
We enjoyed to spend these weeks in Malta and Gozo, and I have to thank you again
for everything… Roger appreciated a lot your country, enjoyed sea, sun and
culture(it was its first trip to Malta)
Many thanks again
I was very happy to see you again
Kiss to everybody around
Dear Diana, Joe and Mark,
We had a lovely vacation in Gozo, and we will surely return soon.
Thanks again for a great vacation, we hope your summer is good, and that you have lots of nice divers.
Best regards,
Diana
Please give our thanks to all the team as again they helped to give us a great time with you.
look forward to planning the next trip.
Thanks again
Sorry I didn’t get a chance to properly say thank you on Monday.
Ian, Cath, Tom & I really enjoyed our time with you and we also appreciated the flawless organisation from start to finish.
The diving was excellent, all the instructors were very good, we were particularly impressed with Richard’s dedication, in leading the diving, always being willing to help in any way, and also being our unofficial ‘island guide’.
So many thanks and we hope to see you again in the future!
Dear Diana and Joe,
Our trip back was in time and safe
The book about the diving spots on Gozo is wonderful and I will come again- for sure!
Take care and thank you again very much for your help with the bag on my friend.
/Hello from France…….
Thank you for your reception just as much as your discretion. Please have lent me your arms to my departure. There are simple things …. the contact, the smile, the glance and the water.
I return to regrets in France. I like islands when they are rocked on a sea so welcoming.
I love Gozo when we can be close to his(her) inhabitants.
Thank you.
Thank you just as much to have engaged Urs!!!!!!
I wish you beautiful meetings, again and again of beautiful moments to look back on you when you cannot support us any more!!!!
And, especially, of beautiful walks with this dog so young as he can only offer of time to smile to the life….
Thank you.
Encore merci pour votre accueil à tous, famille et equipe.
Nous avons passé un très bon séjour au milieu d’une organisation solide et conviviale aussi bien au niveau du logement, que du voyage et des plongées. Nous avons evolué au sein d’une equipe drole ou l’on resent la bonne entente …
Nous ne pensons déjà qu’à revenir parmi vous il reste tellement de choses à voir !
Si les fonds marins ne sont pas aussi riches en faune et flore qu’en Egypte, les dégradés de bleus que l’eau peut nous offrir, ainsi que les grottes, trous et magnifiques epaves que vous possédez ont conquis notre coeur à Philippe et moi meme.
Sept plongées sur une cinquantaine à faire, sur, vous allez nous revoir ….
Je ne vous parle pas de vos paysages terrestres …. Que du bonheur pour les yeux …..
Nous ne manquerons pas non plus de faire votre promotion autour de nous.
Bonne continuations à tous.
Salutations amicales.
Hi Diana – I just wanted to thank you so much for the brilliant arrangements you made for our recent holiday in Gozo. From the moment we arrived in Manchester Airport, everything went so smoothly – the flight, the transfers, the ferry, the hotel – especially Christopher who we didn’t get a chance to say goodbye (or hopefully au revoir) to, even the weather was brilliant and being able to watch our great Liverpool football team in the lounge was the icing on the cake!!
I know that Jane and Malcolm enjoyed their time just as Jude and myself loved every moment.
Thank you so much again – if we get the chance to return, we must meet up in person.
I just wanted to say another thank you and let you how much I enjoyed my stay in Xlendi and diving holiday with you. Special thanks to Thalia and Urs who had the hardest work reminding me what to do and looking after me- both very kind and professional. The other divers who seem to be regulars were also lovely which was great. So now I’m hooked again and may have to come back to get your tips on making my air last!
Diana, Jo,
We’d a nice trip back. Weather is nice here but temperature definitly colder: 12°C.
Thanks again to you both and your staff for the nice week we spent in Xlendi.
See you again.
Hi Diana,
I had just the best experience last week learning to dive and becoming a diver! Thankyou very much for all your help and support and I will be back – hopefully with Judith next year.
Thanks and best wishes to all the guys but especially to Werner who is a very special person and I know I was very lucky to have him as my one-to-one instructor. What an inspiration he is! We chatted about him being a musician too but I didn’t ask him if he’s in a band, anyway I will be in touch again when I get round to sorting out my holidays for next year.
Hi,
Many thanks – I was the most intense course I have been on & I need a week to recover!
Paula, Jon & Chris really enjoyed themselves! Thanks for taking care of them. Jon even said he would rather return to Malta than the Red Sea! That’s a compliment! I think you will be seeing him again
I hope to join him in the future!!!!!
Comments:
Dear Diana, Just a quick note from Paula, Chris and myself to pass on our thanks for the service provided by yourself and all the staff at St Andrews. You were there when needed and attentive, although we were “doing our own thing” it always felt like support was at hand. Thanks again for a great week in Gozo, I’m sure we will be back. Regards
Just a short note to say thank you very much for a really enjoyable dive week. I really appreciated the arrangements you made for us four, and also the pleasant and friendly atmosphere at the dive shop. Special thanks also to Richard for leading the boat trip to the P29, an excellent dive and he coped with a few ‘issues’ on the dive very well.
Just to say thank you very much for a most enjoyable diving experience with you – we really had a great time, and will recommend you to all our diver friends!
Hi Diana and Joe,
Just a quick e-mail to say a BIG thank you for the dive stamp you sneekily gave Dave to give me for my birthday.
We both thoroughly enjoyed the holiday, especially visiting new dive sites and having the opportunties to mooch around independantly. We are now back in Durham where it is cold and wet.
we’d like to thank you & all your staff for a lovely weeks diving. It’s a shame to come back to grey, wet England.
Hopefully when we have dived in a few other places around the world we will return, as we had a great time exploring the underwater scenery. We will definitely recommend Gozo & St Andrews to our ‘divey’ & ‘non-divey’ friends.
Bonjour Diana,
I talked to Charles yesterday. He called especially to tell me how happy he is about his stay in Gozo and the dives. He qualified these holidays as “very enjoyable”.
Best regards.
Dear Diana
I would like to thank you all again for the fantastic week we had your sevice you gave was second to none
Once again thanks and hope to see you in October.
Hello and best wishes from Germany!!!
It was impossible for me to stay with Helmut,Balu,Michael and the others.
I hope to visit you next year.
Please tell all divers from Neptuns Treff:”Have a great time”.
Many greatings
Thank you very much for your great hospitality. I think the friends of DLRG enjoyed the stay at Xlendi and with St. Anrdew´s.
I think we will return as a group. Of course I myself will return to Gozo again and again.
Dear Saint Andrew’s crew,
back in Germany many thanks for your efforts and the nice days on Gozo. I have taken unforgettable recollections of the Mediterranean Sea and Gozo. I think, we will see you again, maybe next year. Lots of love from the Baltic Sea, in particular also to Rudi, Richard and Miss Barbara.
We were all really happy about our stay in Gozo. I would like to thank you both for everything.
I tried by all means to stay with you but unfortunately I had still a flight to Amsterdam that I forced myself to take. I was back home at 1a.m.
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Many greetings to “the painter”: …..OOPS, don’t tell her that: I know she is a good instructor and her diving tips were very good …., to Rudy, and to the guy that kindly brought me the passport at the airport….. thanks again !
I hope to have very soon the chance to come back again in Gozo…..hopefully with a better weather..
we arrived very well last saturday in Munich – 21 °c and sunny almost like in Malta. But now the winter has been coming. Last night the first snow fell down and the temperature is less than 0°C.
We happily remember the nice days in Xledi. Thank you once more.
Sincerely
We had a very nice vacation in Gozo and Malta, and we’ll surely be back one of these days. Thank you so much for making things so easy for us. The transfers all went very smoothly, the drivers were all on time and we saw almost everything we had on our “to see” list. Now it’s back to work, looking forward to my next holiday.
Thanks again for everything, and hello to Rudy and the others.
Hello Diana,
I just want to tell you, that we had a good arrival here in Germany . The transfer to ferry and airport was perfect and we want to thank you for all organisation and for giving us an unforgettable holiday in Gozo. See you in Duesseldorf.
I’m sadly enough back in Holland, hahaha no that’s not trough. I’m glad to see my friends again, but I miss the diving!
I want to thank you all again for your kindness and I wanted to let you know that I really had a good time.
I think the diving virus got to me, because yesterday I’ve enlisted myself to do the advance course, starting in August.
Maybe I see you all again next year for one of the other courses.
Thanks again and have a good year!
Hi to everyone ay St Andrews, just wanted to mail you to say what a great
time I had doing the open water diver course last week.
An extra special thankyou to Sasha for getting me through it,what a
fantastic teacher, despite the occasional language barrier difficulty.
He`s a great guy, and I wish him well.
Just a quick and belated ‘thank you’ for the recent visit to Gozo. I had a great time with the dives – they were challenging and I learned a lot. I thought Dino was an excellent instructor and leader. Carol loved her introductory dive and is about to carry out her PADI OW course here in the UK (now that is a miracle!)
I’m certain i will be visiting Gozo again and equally certain i’ll be back at St Andrew’s. Look forward to seeing you soon.
unfortunately I could not say Good bye on Friday morning when I left Xlendi. I asked the taxi driver to stop at the diving center, but he told me that there is no way because he is in hurry and has to pick up some other persons from the Ta’ Cent Hotel. Therefore he took the road to Munxar and not through Xlendi.
So I want so say Good bye and many, many thanks via email. Thanks to you, Joe and all the staff for the restful days we spent here in Xlendi. We enjoyed the diving and the great hospitality of the hole team. I will recommend St. Andrews Divers Cove all divers who plan to go to Malta.
Maybe I will see you again next year with Martin and/or my youngest brother. It is a long time until the next summer holidays. I will inform you, if I know more.
I wish you as many divers as necessary for a good business but not more to avoid an overstress for the staff.
Dear St.Andrews Divers Cove Team, dear Joe and Diana,
we would like to thank you so much for having these very relaxing and nice
days with you and your diving center team.
Its very important for us, to tell it to you.
I wish and hope we will repeat this experience any day and hope to see you
again.
We wish you the best ahead to this and the very best offcourse in your
healthy and everytimes a good and savety air-pressure.
Thanks once again for accommodating myself and my family on our two
outings. I know that we were probably more of a hindrance to you than
anything else, which made your very kind, helpful and professional attitude
towards us, all the more endearing.
Until we meet again.
Good luck and God bless
The time goes by really fast but a bit late but still wanted to thank you for the great dives I did this summer in your club.
Hope to be back soon,
regards,
We arrived home around 2am safe and sound. Just a quick note to thank you all for such a great week. We found the mixed experience of the (scary) training exercises balance off with the fantastic exhilaration of our first open water dives hard to explain to the uninitiated. We really did enjoy ourselves and can’t wait to come out again get some more excitement. Please pass on our heartfelt thanks to all the instructors – you are very lucky to have such a talented, dedicated and humorous bunch working with you as they made the experience great fun whilst at the same time keeping us feeling safe and in secure hands. I hadn’t finished my book “Excuse me your life is waiting” but will post it out to you when I have. It is a great read and sums up the principal of firewalking very nicely!!
just a quickie to thank you for the perfect organisation of our trip. I hope we did not leave anything behind – hopefully not even a bad impression ! It was great that we could stay on in the flat until we left – thank you.
Regards to all at the dive centre, especially Joe and Mark. You do a great job and I will certainly recommend you to anyone interested in going to Gozo – like Frank Borth who is definitely very interested.
You did say that you had thought of other flats for our group but I wanted the ones on the seafront so you put us in Villa Dolman. Which flats had you got in mind ?
Take care and thanks again, see you at the “Boot” in Düsseldorf,
perhaps you think we have completely forgotten you, and our wonderful few days on Gozo?
Not so, but we have been very busy with more guests than we care to count, that is the punishment for living in a beautiful place like Rome.
Still, we have managed to do some nice dives.
Since I met you, I have developed a new respect for the hooded crows.
Thank you once again for sending my bathing costume, I was happy to have it again.
Hope to see you again soon. We are planning another diving visit to Malta next year, I meant to say, to Gozo, Xlendi Bay, St. Andrews……
Best regards, we hope the tourists aren’ t driving you mad.
Dear Diane,
Just wanted to say how much Pauline and myself enjoyed our vacation
arrangement with St. Andrews Diving past two weeks. Your hospitality,
excellent service and the relaxed atmosphere at the base was something
we’ve rarely encountered during vacations. The diving was absolutely
incredible – every dive was better than the one before, then it was back to
your beautiful apartment. Evenings in the village with its nice restaurants
with view on Xlendi bay is something that we will remember for a long time.
We are already looking forward to our next visit.
Thanks again!
The Netherlands
I am now back in the swing of dreary England – cloudy skies, low temperatures and manic traffic. What joy! Plus moaning nurses, idiot vets and an Auditor!
I just wanted to tell you again thanks for your help, friendship, encouragement and fun. Can’t tell you how much good the trip did for me and meeting people like you was really the icing on the cake. I would love to be able to come back to do my Advanced before setting off on my big adventure but there are other priorities to be dealt with first. At least I have the first tick in the box which is what I wanted.
I couldn’t send this without asking for you to give Werner a hug and huge thank you from me. What a special person he is, such a privilege to meet him and to dive with him. I hope I may be able to do that again sometime.
I just wanted to send a quick note to say thank you very much for the time
we spent with you whilst on our honeymoon. We both really enjoyed the
diving (especially after the coursework was over!!) and it was a fantastic
experience. Could you also pass our thanks onto Nora, she worked us hard but
it was all worthwhile.
We will hopefully see you again in the future, and all the best we hope you
have an excellent season. Thanks
On behalf of Helen and I a big thank you to everyone for all your kindness and hospitality while we were with you last week. I am sure that I, for one, will be back. There’s a lot more that I could do and I’m sure there is an aweful lot more to photograph!!!
The films are away being processed but I am always optimistic. Certainly the above water digital images are fine.
The accomodation was excellent and the eating spots were deffinitely places not to miss.
Here’s to an excellent season and thank you all once again for making the trip so pleasant and memorable.
Very best wishes,
Chers Diana, Joe et Mark,
Géraldine, Philippe et Charline vous transmettent le bonjour de BESANCON où il fait très beau, mais seulement 12 degrés. Nous sommes bien rentrés (aucun retard au retour). Nous voulions encore vous remercier pour cette très agréable semaine passée avec vous. Votre gentillesse, votre professionnalisme et bien sûr les très beaux sites de plongées, nous tenteront à nouveau (peut-être aux vacances de la Toussaint 2004). En attendant, nous devons quand même un peu travailler …
Bonne continuation à toute l’équipe. Charline fait une caresse à Dog-Dog (elle adore les animaux, elle a retrouvé sa chienne à notre retour).
A bientôt.
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Our Dears in Gozo,
Time passed by faster than appreciated since we visited you in July.
And we are realising that season is going to end and we still have not send greetings and our appreciation.
We would like to say thanks for all the pleasure during our last stay.
Even if it was quite a while ago once I could be with you and we just met at on Boot.
With all the special treatment you made available to us, it was a real exceptional stay and we enjoyed it very much.
Needless to say that the one ways from inland sea through azur window into blue hole is at the top of the greatest.
And that we had the pleasure to do this with Michael taking just care on us and that we could do double dives and get directly back to Malta was really relaxing.
The way Michael has taken care on us, making save dives but still allow a lot of flex was absolutely great.
Please pass our dear greatings to
We hope very much that he is doing well and we have a chance to meet him again on your place on Gozo.
We wish you all the best and some relaxing time over the off peak season.
We wish you well and take care on you.
Looking forward to see you on Boot and hopefully rather sooner than later back on Gozo.
September
Germany
Dear Diana und Joe
back in Germany (the weather is cold and rainy) we wont say many thanks for a week very recreative and amazing. Unfortunately our taxi driver was late yesterday and had refuse to stop at your office. So we couldnt say good bye by ourself.
Yesterday it was a long day, especially for Noah, and it was very hard on the flight. But at 6 pm we were at home … and we put the heating on. At 16 °C it wasnt comfortable for us and we missed the warm weather from Gozo.
We are looking forward to see you next year. Many greetings also from Arne, Uli and Betty to all the staff.
Best regards
September
Germany
Just a short note to say thanks for the diving whilst I was in Gozo last week, I thought the standard of sites was very good a all the instructors were very helpful.
Hope to see you next year
September 2011
We just wanted to write and thank you so much for all your organisation and help you gave us with our holiday in Gozo. We had a great time and lots of things worked out really well because of the planning and help you gave us before. Thank you so much.
We did get to do a days diving while we were on Malta and enjoyed that very much. Neither of us feel that we got as much diving done as we would have liked so I guess we will just have to come back!!!
September 2011
The trip back went very well and unfortunately Gatwick was rude awakening – every “sid yobbo” and his kids swearing and chewing gum!! What an advert for the country!!
Thought that you would like to know that you figure very well in the 2012 Regaldive brochure that has just landed on my door mat.
September 2011
Thanks a lot again for the wonderful holidays and the many beautiful dives we did with St. Andrews Divers Cove.
September 2011
The British hotel was a dream, the view was absolutely great!!! Pick up time 5.30 worked, we were diving on friday and it was brillant too!! Thanks for the great organisation!!
September 2011
Dear Diana and Jo,
the time I spent at Gozo was really lovely. I enjoyed diving with your
team. You have really good and encouraged instructors!!
Hanno
August 2011
Diana
I can’t thank you enough for all your help with sorting this holiday out, there’s no way I could have done it without you. Pass on our thanks to the team there at St Andrews please.
We all had a wonderful time and will definitely be coming back (dive leader and up this time…….lol. )
Once again, many many thanks !!
Take care.
Debs
Exeter BSAC
July 2011
Hi Diana,
We would like to say thank you for the perfect arrangement and time at gozo. It was a perfect honeymoon (only to short). The transfer back was well arranged. Now we are back in Munich and working again, but we are absolutely sure – we will come back.
Best & Kind Regards
Sandra & Dieter
July 2011
To all the staff at st andrews.
As a beginner diver (open water cert only) on my first dive holiday ,i should like to thank you all for the help you gave me on the two dives i did with st andrews , every one offered help when asked, and practical advice during kitting up to ensure the equipment i was using fitted ok and was comfortable during use,extra thanks to the two instructors/guides who led the dives,i had two great dives that week and cant wait to dive again, once again many thanks to you all.
see you again
July 2011
Dear Diana, Joe and crew,
Although we’ve been diving in Gozo for decades it is still
fascinating. Compared to ten, fifteen years ago there is more fish in
the sea. I have the impression that the water is cleaner and the sea
fauna and flora recovered. I remember the times when the sea
grass was covered by ugly mucilage. We do hope the recovery
continues and there will be more fish in the sea than in the vitrines
of the restaurants.
All the best,
Thomas
July 2011
Hi There!
Just sending a thank you to all the staff, especialy michael, who made the experience of diving in gozo and malta so fun and enjoyable.
You guys made diving easy and stress free.
I will tell others about you guys.
I will return next winter and will drop you a line as how I am doing as a rescue diver.
(Thanks for the book)
Yours sincerly,
John Mc Hugh.
January 2011
HI Diana and Joe
Just a quick note to say thanks to you and the team for two great days diving. I really enjoyed it.
We are already planning our trip for next year….10 days this time with a bit of luck!!
All the best
Melvin Dickson
August 2010
Hi,
Just to say thanks again for the great diving last week. Please give our special thanks to Rick – what a great guy! He made our dives really enjoyable as well as improving our technique. One day we will be surfacing with 100 bar!!
Hope to see you next year,
Ann & Paul
August 2010
Dear all,
From our side, many thanks, to have so nice holidays at Gozo.
We wish you best health, kind divers, every day sunshinning, and all your
wishes are going fulfilment.
best regards
Karl
July 2010
Germany
Joe and the team at Xlendi,
Many thanks for two fabulous dives, especially Billinghurst Cave. My thanks to Werner for his cool and utterly professional approach to the dives….just the ticket… Please pass on my regards to HP from Hamburg as I think he is still with you today….
Best regards and I hope to see you again in the near future…
Thanks
Ian
July 2010
Hi Joe & Diana,
Just a quick note to say that Tim and I got home safely with no problems on tuesday. Thank you for organising such a great diving holiday, we both really enjoyed it and hope that we will be able to et back agin before too long.
Back to reality now, the rain is coming down as I speak, supposed to be passing showers but hasn’t stopped for 2 hours!1
Once again many thanks
Kind regards
Tony & Tim Taylor
July 2010
Hello
Thank you for all your help with everything, we had a great break & have returned feeling very relaxed
best wishes,
Carol
July 2010
Hi Diana,
Just to let you know that our trip back went very smoothly, thanks – as ever – to your excellent organisation of all the logistics.
We had a fabulous time, helped by the excellent weather and visibility. Crocodile Rock as our last dive was the icing on the cake, but we enjoyed every single venture into the briny. We also enjoyed breakfast at Zofiro’s (if only they could learn to soft-fry their eggs), and our late-afternoon beers at Ta Nona’s, as well as our usual over-consumption of the local fish-life (sorry, chaps).
Elaine & Nick xxxx
July 2010
Hi guys
Just a quick email to say a big thanks for sorting out the dive for me up to Dwejra on the 17th June with Rick. The dive was fabulous and Rick was the very epitome of professionalism!
For your information, I’ve uploaded a write up on the dive on Yorkshire Divers – one of the UK’s biggest diving forums. I hope you like it!
Link to it here…
http://www.yorkshire-divers.com/forums/trip-reports/118144-goin-gozo-bardo-gets-dive.html
Best regards (and thanks again!)
Jason
June 2010
United Kingdom
Joe and colleagues,
I just wanted to give a big “thankyou” to the team at the diving centre for all the training I received last week for my PADI open water course. I certainly hope to visit your centre again and I would happily recommend you to others.
Take care and good diving!
October, 2009
United States
Dear Diana, Joe and Marcus,
Two weeks have already passed since we left Gozo, your lovely little island. The diving equipment has been cleaned, and ranged away for at least a half year, the washing machine has done a lot of work, most of our souvenirs have been given distributed to family, friends etc. But some of them are left for ourselves, and together with the photos they let us remember the two weeks in Xlendy, which passed so very quickly.
We wish you all the best,
good weather for the rest of the season
October, 2009
United States
Dear all
From our side, many thanks, to have so nice holidays at Gozo.
We wish you best health, kind divers, every day sunshinning, and all your
wishes are going fulfilment.
best regards
October, 2009
United States
Hello Diana and Joe,
thank you very much for your friendly affords during our visit. Unfortunately we were not been able to say good bye because the taxi-driver had to hurry up. We like to apologize that. We hope to see you again soon.
Best wishes
October, 2009
Germany
Dear Diana,
Holidays are over, we are back to France, our return flight was good…
We enjoyed to spend these weeks in Malta and Gozo, and I have to thank you again
for everything… Roger appreciated a lot your country, enjoyed sea, sun and
culture(it was its first trip to Malta)
Many thanks again
I was very happy to see you again
Kiss to everybody around
September, 2009
France
Hi Joe and Diana,
I would like to thank you very much for your brilliant organisation and kindness throughout the period I was in Xlendi. It was fun and professionnal.
Also, my best wishes to Ludovic, Marie, Werner and Urs.
Hope we meet again soon.
September, 2009
United States
Hi Dianne, Joe, Richard and team,
Just wanted to say thank you for the great dives and for doing so much to boost my confidence diving.
I never thought in a million years that I would ever say I enjoyed diving in caves, I might even try a night dive!
Sorry I didn’t get to say goodbye but thanks again.
August, 2009
United Kingdom
Dear Diana, Joe and Mark,
We had a lovely vacation in Gozo, and we will surely return soon.
Thanks again for a great vacation, we hope your summer is good, and that you have lots of nice divers.
Best regards,
July, 2009
France
Diana
Please give our thanks to all the team as again they helped to give us a great time with you.
look forward to planning the next trip.
Thanks again
July, 2009
united kingdom
Hi All
I just wanted to say thanks for Sunday. Everyone really enjoyed it
I will be down to see you soon.
Regards
July, 2009
United States
Hi Diana,
Sorry I didn’t get a chance to properly say thank you on Monday.
Ian, Cath, Tom & I really enjoyed our time with you and we also appreciated the flawless organisation from start to finish.
The diving was excellent, all the instructors were very good, we were particularly impressed with Richard’s dedication, in leading the diving, always being willing to help in any way, and also being our unofficial ‘island guide’.
So many thanks and we hope to see you again in the future!
Cheers
May, 2009
United States
Hi Diana and Joe,
Thanks again for the nice week diving with your team.
I want to express my thanks to the guides too.
Happy Easter
April, 2009
Germany
Dear Diana and Joe,
Our trip back was in time and safe
The book about the diving spots on Gozo is wonderful and I will come again- for sure!
Take care and thank you again very much for your help with the bag on my friend.
November, 2008
Germany
/Hello from France…….
Thank you for your reception just as much as your discretion. Please have lent me your arms to my departure. There are simple things …. the contact, the smile, the glance and the water.
I return to regrets in France. I like islands when they are rocked on a sea so welcoming.
I love Gozo when we can be close to his(her) inhabitants.
Thank you.
Thank you just as much to have engaged Urs!!!!!!
I wish you beautiful meetings, again and again of beautiful moments to look back on you when you cannot support us any more!!!!
And, especially, of beautiful walks with this dog so young as he can only offer of time to smile to the life….
Thank you.
November, 2008
France
Cher Mark,
Encore merci pour votre accueil à tous, famille et equipe.
Nous avons passé un très bon séjour au milieu d’une organisation solide et conviviale aussi bien au niveau du logement, que du voyage et des plongées. Nous avons evolué au sein d’une equipe drole ou l’on resent la bonne entente …
Nous ne pensons déjà qu’à revenir parmi vous il reste tellement de choses à voir !
Si les fonds marins ne sont pas aussi riches en faune et flore qu’en Egypte, les dégradés de bleus que l’eau peut nous offrir, ainsi que les grottes, trous et magnifiques epaves que vous possédez ont conquis notre coeur à Philippe et moi meme.
Sept plongées sur une cinquantaine à faire, sur, vous allez nous revoir ….
Je ne vous parle pas de vos paysages terrestres …. Que du bonheur pour les yeux …..
Nous ne manquerons pas non plus de faire votre promotion autour de nous.
Bonne continuations à tous.
Salutations amicales.
October, 2008
France
Hi Diana – I just wanted to thank you so much for the brilliant arrangements you made for our recent holiday in Gozo. From the moment we arrived in Manchester Airport, everything went so smoothly – the flight, the transfers, the ferry, the hotel – especially Christopher who we didn’t get a chance to say goodbye (or hopefully au revoir) to, even the weather was brilliant and being able to watch our great Liverpool football team in the lounge was the icing on the cake!!
I know that Jane and Malcolm enjoyed their time just as Jude and myself loved every moment.
Thank you so much again – if we get the chance to return, we must meet up in person.
Kind regards
October, 2008
United Kingdom
Hi
I just wanted to say another thank you and let you how much I enjoyed my stay in Xlendi and diving holiday with you. Special thanks to Thalia and Urs who had the hardest work reminding me what to do and looking after me- both very kind and professional. The other divers who seem to be regulars were also lovely which was great. So now I’m hooked again and may have to come back to get your tips on making my air last!
Make sure you all stay safe
Best wishes
October, 2008
United Kingdom
Diana, Jo,
We’d a nice trip back. Weather is nice here but temperature definitly colder: 12°C.
Thanks again to you both and your staff for the nice week we spent in Xlendi.
See you again.
October, 2008
France
Hi Diana,
I had just the best experience last week learning to dive and becoming a diver! Thankyou very much for all your help and support and I will be back – hopefully with Judith next year.
Thanks and best wishes to all the guys but especially to Werner who is a very special person and I know I was very lucky to have him as my one-to-one instructor. What an inspiration he is! We chatted about him being a musician too but I didn’t ask him if he’s in a band, anyway I will be in touch again when I get round to sorting out my holidays for next year.
Best Wishes,
October, 2008
United States
Hi,
Many thanks – I was the most intense course I have been on & I need a week to recover!
Paula, Jon & Chris really enjoyed themselves! Thanks for taking care of them. Jon even said he would rather return to Malta than the Red Sea! That’s a compliment! I think you will be seeing him again
I hope to join him in the future!!!!!
October, 2008
United States
Comments:
Dear Diana, Just a quick note from Paula, Chris and myself to pass on our thanks for the service provided by yourself and all the staff at St Andrews. You were there when needed and attentive, although we were “doing our own thing” it always felt like support was at hand. Thanks again for a great week in Gozo, I’m sure we will be back. Regards
October, 2008
United kingdom
Diana and Joe
Just a short note to say thank you very much for a really enjoyable dive week. I really appreciated the arrangements you made for us four, and also the pleasant and friendly atmosphere at the dive shop. Special thanks also to Richard for leading the boat trip to the P29, an excellent dive and he coped with a few ‘issues’ on the dive very well.
We’ll definately be back.
Kind regards
October, 2008
United Kingdom
Dear Diana and Joe,
after returning safely from our journey to gozo, we want to thank you for the beautiful holidays we have been spending in Xlendi
September, 2008
Germany
Dear Diane and team
Just to say thank you very much for a most enjoyable diving experience with you – we really had a great time, and will recommend you to all our diver friends!
We look forward to visiting you again soon,
best wishes
P.S. Arrived home to rain, rain and more rain!!
August, 2008
United States
Hi Diana and Joe,
Just a quick e-mail to say a BIG thank you for the dive stamp you sneekily gave Dave to give me for my birthday.
We both thoroughly enjoyed the holiday, especially visiting new dive sites and having the opportunties to mooch around independantly. We are now back in Durham where it is cold and wet.
August, 2008
United States
Hi Diana,
we’d like to thank you & all your staff for a lovely weeks diving. It’s a shame to come back to grey, wet England.
Hopefully when we have dived in a few other places around the world we will return, as we had a great time exploring the underwater scenery. We will definitely recommend Gozo & St Andrews to our ‘divey’ & ‘non-divey’ friends.
Thanks again
July, 2008
United Kingdom
Hi Diana!
So we’re back at work…. Holidays always pass to quick!
I just want so thank you once more for all the things you organized for us. Everything came off fantastic.
Now as Conny developed the beauty of diving, we look forward to visit your place another time….
Have a good time and best wishes to Joe
July, 2008
Bonjour Diana,
I talked to Charles yesterday. He called especially to tell me how happy he is about his stay in Gozo and the dives. He qualified these holidays as “very enjoyable”.
Best regards.
August, 2007
France
Hi Diana
We arrived home safe. Thanks for a great holiday. Yess I won’t leave it as long next time
June, 2007
United States
Dear Diana
I would like to thank you all again for the fantastic week we had your sevice you gave was second to none
Once again thanks and hope to see you in October.
All the best
June 2007
United Kingdom
Hello and best wishes from Germany!!!
It was impossible for me to stay with Helmut,Balu,Michael and the others.
I hope to visit you next year.
Please tell all divers from Neptuns Treff:”Have a great time”.
Many greatings
June 2007
Germany
Dear Diana, Joe & Marc,
Thank you very much for your great hospitality. I think the friends of DLRG enjoyed the stay at Xlendi and with St. Anrdew´s.
I think we will return as a group. Of course I myself will return to Gozo again and again.
All my best regards to all of you
June 2007
Germany
Dear Joe & Diana,
Many thanks for an excellent diving holiday last month. Have now returned to work, and my holiday seems three months away!
My thanks to Rudi and Richard for being fantastic instructors and guides. Hope to be in Gozo again very soon.
Best wishes to you all, and a Happy Easter.
PS Mum sends her best wishes too.
April 2007
United States
Dear Saint Andrew’s crew,
back in Germany many thanks for your efforts and the nice days on Gozo. I have taken unforgettable recollections of the Mediterranean Sea and Gozo. I think, we will see you again, maybe next year. Lots of love from the Baltic Sea, in particular also to Rudi, Richard and Miss Barbara.
April 2, 2007
Germany
Dears Diana and Joe,
We were all really happy about our stay in Gozo. I would like to thank you both for everything.
I tried by all means to stay with you but unfortunately I had still a flight to Amsterdam that I forced myself to take. I was back home at 1a.m.
.
Many greetings to “the painter”: …..OOPS, don’t tell her that: I know she is a good instructor and her diving tips were very good …., to Rudy, and to the guy that kindly brought me the passport at the airport….. thanks again !
I hope to have very soon the chance to come back again in Gozo…..hopefully with a better weather..
see you soon…..
ciao
March 2007
Amsterdam
Hi
I just wanted to thank you for the excellent service. The appartment was very nice kept and clean.
Thanks again
February 2007
United States
Dear Diana and Joe,
we arrived very well last saturday in Munich – 21 °c and sunny almost like in Malta. But now the winter has been coming. Last night the first snow fell down and the temperature is less than 0°C.
We happily remember the nice days in Xledi. Thank you once more.
Sincerely
November 2006
Germany
Dear Diana,
we had a good flight back to Munic.
Thank you again for the perfect organizing of our holidays.
Best wishes, perhaps till next year
November 2006
Germany
Dear Diana and Joe,
We had a very nice vacation in Gozo and Malta, and we’ll surely be back one of these days. Thank you so much for making things so easy for us. The transfers all went very smoothly, the drivers were all on time and we saw almost everything we had on our “to see” list. Now it’s back to work, looking forward to my next holiday.
Thanks again for everything, and hello to Rudy and the others.
Best wishes,
November 2006
France
Hello Diana,
I just want to tell you, that we had a good arrival here in Germany . The transfer to ferry and airport was perfect and we want to thank you for all organisation and for giving us an unforgettable holiday in Gozo. See you in Duesseldorf.
Many greetings
October 2006
Germany
Hello Diana,
after everything folded marvelously, we are now again industrious with the work!: – (
I only wanted to say thanks for the perfect organization!
Up to next time!
Many greetings
September 2006
Germany
I’m sadly enough back in Holland, hahaha no that’s not trough. I’m glad to see my friends again, but I miss the diving!
I want to thank you all again for your kindness and I wanted to let you know that I really had a good time.
I think the diving virus got to me, because yesterday I’ve enlisted myself to do the advance course, starting in August.
Maybe I see you all again next year for one of the other courses.
Thanks again and have a good year!
Love,
July 2006
Holland
Hi to everyone ay St Andrews, just wanted to mail you to say what a great
time I had doing the open water diver course last week.
An extra special thankyou to Sasha for getting me through it,what a
fantastic teacher, despite the occasional language barrier difficulty.
He`s a great guy, and I wish him well.
All the best, and safe diving.
July 2005
United Kingdom
Hi Diana,
Sorry I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye; we kept getting back to Xlendi too late those last two days.
Thank you very much for all your help and a great time! Gianni, Oriana and I are really hoping to come back again.
Say “hi” to David, Nora and everyone and thanks again to all.
Take care,
May 2005
United States
hi diana
Just a quick and belated ‘thank you’ for the recent visit to Gozo. I had a great time with the dives – they were challenging and I learned a lot. I thought Dino was an excellent instructor and leader. Carol loved her introductory dive and is about to carry out her PADI OW course here in the UK (now that is a miracle!)
I’m certain i will be visiting Gozo again and equally certain i’ll be back at St Andrew’s. Look forward to seeing you soon.
Regards
November 2004
United States
Thanks Diana for all your help
Have a lovely day.
Please say hello to Joe for me as well and your big kissable dog.
Kind regards
October 2004
United States
Dear Diana,
unfortunately I could not say Good bye on Friday morning when I left Xlendi. I asked the taxi driver to stop at the diving center, but he told me that there is no way because he is in hurry and has to pick up some other persons from the Ta’ Cent Hotel. Therefore he took the road to Munxar and not through Xlendi.
So I want so say Good bye and many, many thanks via email. Thanks to you, Joe and all the staff for the restful days we spent here in Xlendi. We enjoyed the diving and the great hospitality of the hole team. I will recommend St. Andrews Divers Cove all divers who plan to go to Malta.
Maybe I will see you again next year with Martin and/or my youngest brother. It is a long time until the next summer holidays. I will inform you, if I know more.
I wish you as many divers as necessary for a good business but not more to avoid an overstress for the staff.
Best regards
October 2004
Germany
Dear St.Andrews Divers Cove Team, dear Joe and Diana,
we would like to thank you so much for having these very relaxing and nice
days with you and your diving center team.
Its very important for us, to tell it to you.
I wish and hope we will repeat this experience any day and hope to see you
again.
We wish you the best ahead to this and the very best offcourse in your
healthy and everytimes a good and savety air-pressure.
With best regards
October 2004
Germany
Dear Diana and Joe.
Thanks once again for accommodating myself and my family on our two
outings. I know that we were probably more of a hindrance to you than
anything else, which made your very kind, helpful and professional attitude
towards us, all the more endearing.
Until we meet again.
Good luck and God bless
September 2004
United states
Dear Diana,
The time goes by really fast but a bit late but still wanted to thank you for the great dives I did this summer in your club.
Hope to be back soon,
regards,
September 2004
Hi Diana,
We arrived home around 2am safe and sound. Just a quick note to thank you all for such a great week. We found the mixed experience of the (scary) training exercises balance off with the fantastic exhilaration of our first open water dives hard to explain to the uninitiated. We really did enjoy ourselves and can’t wait to come out again get some more excitement. Please pass on our heartfelt thanks to all the instructors – you are very lucky to have such a talented, dedicated and humorous bunch working with you as they made the experience great fun whilst at the same time keeping us feeling safe and in secure hands. I hadn’t finished my book “Excuse me your life is waiting” but will post it out to you when I have. It is a great read and sums up the principal of firewalking very nicely!!
We look forward to coming out sometime next year.
Take care and give our regards to everyone.
Kind regards
September 2004
United States
Hi !!
Today, back to work… looking forward to the next dive !
i thank you so much for everything.
Kind regards.
September 2004
France
Hi Diana,
just a quickie to thank you for the perfect organisation of our trip. I hope we did not leave anything behind – hopefully not even a bad impression ! It was great that we could stay on in the flat until we left – thank you.
Regards to all at the dive centre, especially Joe and Mark. You do a great job and I will certainly recommend you to anyone interested in going to Gozo – like Frank Borth who is definitely very interested.
You did say that you had thought of other flats for our group but I wanted the ones on the seafront so you put us in Villa Dolman. Which flats had you got in mind ?
Take care and thanks again, see you at the “Boot” in Düsseldorf,
September 2004
Dear Diana, Joe and Mark, (and the French Nathalie and baby)
Every body is back now, and work again !
Last day dive on saturday I was very busy and Tony is gone and I had no time to say goodbye, it would be nice if you can excuse me.
many thanks for all, it seems that everybody was happy at the end of this trip, see you in Paris
kisses
August 2004
France
Hi,
perhaps you think we have completely forgotten you, and our wonderful few days on Gozo?
Not so, but we have been very busy with more guests than we care to count, that is the punishment for living in a beautiful place like Rome.
Still, we have managed to do some nice dives.
Since I met you, I have developed a new respect for the hooded crows.
Thank you once again for sending my bathing costume, I was happy to have it again.
Hope to see you again soon. We are planning another diving visit to Malta next year, I meant to say, to Gozo, Xlendi Bay, St. Andrews……
Best regards, we hope the tourists aren’ t driving you mad.
August 2004
Iltaly
Dear Diane,
Just wanted to say how much Pauline and myself enjoyed our vacation
arrangement with St. Andrews Diving past two weeks. Your hospitality,
excellent service and the relaxed atmosphere at the base was something
we’ve rarely encountered during vacations. The diving was absolutely
incredible – every dive was better than the one before, then it was back to
your beautiful apartment. Evenings in the village with its nice restaurants
with view on Xlendi bay is something that we will remember for a long time.
We are already looking forward to our next visit.
Thanks again!
The Netherlands
August 2004
Hi Diana and Joseph,
I am now back in the swing of dreary England – cloudy skies, low temperatures and manic traffic. What joy! Plus moaning nurses, idiot vets and an Auditor!
I just wanted to tell you again thanks for your help, friendship, encouragement and fun. Can’t tell you how much good the trip did for me and meeting people like you was really the icing on the cake. I would love to be able to come back to do my Advanced before setting off on my big adventure but there are other priorities to be dealt with first. At least I have the first tick in the box which is what I wanted.
I couldn’t send this without asking for you to give Werner a hug and huge thank you from me. What a special person he is, such a privilege to meet him and to dive with him. I hope I may be able to do that again sometime.
Thanks again one and all and keep well.
July 2004
United kingdom
Hi,
I just wanted to send a quick note to say thank you very much for the time
we spent with you whilst on our honeymoon. We both really enjoyed the
diving (especially after the coursework was over!!) and it was a fantastic
experience. Could you also pass our thanks onto Nora, she worked us hard but
it was all worthwhile.
We will hopefully see you again in the future, and all the best we hope you
have an excellent season. Thanks
Regards
July 2004
United Kingdom
Thank you from a cold and wet UK.
Yesterday I received my advanced divers card from PADI with a much better ‘photo on it than the last one!
I would like to thank you all for a great week and a special thanks to Steve for his patience.
As the governor of California says ‘I’ll be back’
July 2004
United Kingdom
Diana & Joe,
We had only a few days on Gozo but thanks to your help we had a
wonderful time. We are now looking forward to our next and, hopefully
longer, visit.
We will definitely pass on your name to our friends.
Best Wishes
June 2004
United Kingdom
Dear Joe, Mark, Diana and Rob,
On behalf of Helen and I a big thank you to everyone for all your kindness and hospitality while we were with you last week. I am sure that I, for one, will be back. There’s a lot more that I could do and I’m sure there is an aweful lot more to photograph!!!
The films are away being processed but I am always optimistic. Certainly the above water digital images are fine.
The accomodation was excellent and the eating spots were deffinitely places not to miss.
Here’s to an excellent season and thank you all once again for making the trip so pleasant and memorable.
Very best wishes,
June 2004
United Kingdom
Chers Diana, Joe et Mark,
Géraldine, Philippe et Charline vous transmettent le bonjour de BESANCON où il fait très beau, mais seulement 12 degrés. Nous sommes bien rentrés (aucun retard au retour). Nous voulions encore vous remercier pour cette très agréable semaine passée avec vous. Votre gentillesse, votre professionnalisme et bien sûr les très beaux sites de plongées, nous tenteront à nouveau (peut-être aux vacances de la Toussaint 2004). En attendant, nous devons quand même un peu travailler …
Bonne continuation à toute l’équipe. Charline fait une caresse à Dog-Dog (elle adore les animaux, elle a retrouvé sa chienne à notre retour).
A bientôt.
November 2003
France