Makiko Omae

I had the pleasure of working with my guest today during the summer of 1996 in Club Med Columbus Isle. I knew her as a Scuba G.O. but her first season was in Club Med Sahoro in 1995 as a Mini Club G.O. Please help me welcome, the first Japanese EXGO to the podcast, Makiko Omae!! Makiko’s first experience with Club Med was at Club Med Bali as a G.M. with her parents. She worked for Club Med from 1995 to 1998 in resorts such as Moorea and Turks and Caicos. After Club Med, Makiko worked at Stuart Cove’s in Nassau, Bahamas as a shark feeder! Makiko worked for Chiefs of Village such as Kenton Smith, Patrice Prual, Patrizia Moretti, Kevin Batt and Xavier Gomila. Makiko shares a story about a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a humpback whale and how JoJo in Turks would often single her out when she was trying to teach a diving course! We swap some Jean-Paul Morales stories from Columbus in ’96 and I ask her if shark feeding is as scary as it looks. Please enjoy this episode with Makiko!! **My First Season podcast has always been ad-free and free to listen to and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Samsung Podcasts, Podbean App, Podchaser, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible, TuneIn + Alexa, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Pandora and Listen Notes. And if you like what you hear, please leave a review at Apple podcasts.