On the 19th of May 2010 i departed from OR Tambo international on route to France. I had heard of an amazing opportunity of working on the super yachts and had set my mind on getting started in that industry.
I arrived in France on the 20th and stayed a night before heading over to Antibes to start looking for work. I arrived in Antibes on the 21st of May, without any place to stay. I planned on meeting up with my one mate at the crew house and he'd help me look for accommodation. On arriving at the crew house I found out he'd got a job earlier that day and had up and left. Luckily, as i walked in, a mate of mine from the STCW had just popped in to get something from the crew house, so I left my bags there and got a full tour of the town and a breakdown of pretty much what was happening in Antibes and what I was to expect. 6pm came and I still had no clue where I was going to stay... everywhere was booked solid. My friend suggested I have a look at the place where he was staying. There was one spot left... but to put it bluntly...the place was a shit hole! Anyone looking for accommodation in Antibes... Amma's usually has place... but I wouldn't recommend it!
After two days I managed to get accommodation at the crew house. From what I'd heard, finding work would be easy... but it was far from easy!! We'd wake up in the morning at 7am to get ready and go dock walking. Within the few days I'd been in Antibes I'd met a few friends I had from South Africa and had also made a whole lot of friends down here. One of the key things in this industry is networking! By the 4th day I was here I had settled down and done a fair amount of dock walking, without any success at all.
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