Author: peterpecksen
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The Procesión De Catrina
Our first exposure to the actual celebrations of the Dia de Muertos, or Day of the Dead was the Catrina Parade which occurs earlier in the week. It was quite something to observe. The estimate I found was that there are 15,000 people involved in the parade split between participants and volunteers. There are a…
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Frida Kahlo
So first in full disclosure, I honestly had no real idea of who Frida Kahlo was until my sister started educating me about this amazing lady. So to you Jenn, I dedicate this post. If you are not into modern Mexican history or modern art I feel it is ok not to be aware of…
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4 Countries, 4 Months
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Karen and I had a bit of discussion on what to talk about in this blog on our travels in Asia. It has been an absolutely unmitigated success and that makes it all the more challenging to try and summarize it. Through we have been treated to some incredible food during our time in Asia,…
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Diving Dauin
For our final week of diving in the Philippines we headed south to Dauin at the southern tip of the island of Negros. One thing about travelling around the Philippines is it takes time. The 30 minute boat ride, followed by a 7 hour drive, another 30 minute boat ride and ending with a 30…
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Diving Malapascua
If you read any number of scuba diving publications sooner or later you hear about Malapascua, Philippines. This certainly played a part in making it our first stop in our initial exploration of the Philippines. There is a reason it shows up in so many articles, it is awesome. While I was putting together the…
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Taipei, Taiwan
We have had a couple of people ask us, why Taiwan? Initially my answer was, why not? Politics and the ability to access different areas changes over time and as we were in the area I simply felt it is wrong not to explore a new place while we had the chance. After being there,…
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Enjoying Okinawa
Our decision to visit Okinawa was two fold. One, we wanted to see a bit of Japan from the north to the south, and second was we had heard the diving was excellent here. Happy to report we had great success on both counts. We went for walk down to the waterfront promenade one evening…
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Okinawa Diving
There is more to share, but for now, here is just a taste of our diving on Okinawa, Japan. Choosing a dive shop in a new country is always a bit of a gamble, but once again we came up winners with Okinawa 39ers. Quality equipment and outstanding staff made our diving here a great…
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Diving Jeju Island, South Korea
Once we arrived on Jeju Island for our 4 week house sit we started checking out in more detail what we might do while we were here. As it turns out there is a fairly healthy diving community and to top it off dives are reasonably priced, so we were in. This was also the…
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A Month on Jeju Island
We have been fortunate enough to have secured a 4 week house sit on Jeju Island off the south coast of South Korea. This is much more our style and speed of enjoying an area. We are loving our time here. The current heat wave makes it a bit challenging but still a wonderful place.…