Tag: diving
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Zanzibar Side Trip
After completing our safari in South Africa we had decided to check out some diving on Zanzibar, Tanzania. All of our flights for this excursion through Kenya and Tanzania were with Kenya Airlines. At the end of this portion of our journey I am left with conflicted feelings toward them. I think you will understand…
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Diving Mauritius
As you can see, after all my whining and sadness, Dive Spirit Mauritius was able to get us in the water. However, before I inundate you with dive photos (someone got a dive housing for a better camera, yeaaaaa!) I have to pass on some photos I forgot to include in the first Mauritius blog.…
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Dubai
First, I have to be clear about something, Dubai is not in any way my kind of city. It is similar, for me, to places like Las Vegas. I know, many people love both those locations and that is awesome. Just not me. However, if nothing else we are opportunists. As we were in Abu…
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Muscat, Oman
The primary reason we came to Oman was to visit Karen’s cousin, John. It was simply too good an opportunity to be in a region where a relative is working, and not stop in to see them. A wonderful serendipity of this was he was an amazing guide and a treasure trove of insightful information…
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10 Year Travel Anniversary
This week marks a fairly significant milestone in our retirement life. On November 7, 2013 we boarded a United Airlines flight with the final destination being Ambergris Caye, Belize. Our initial line when people asked what we were doing, we would say that we would give full time travel a go for 3 to 5…
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North Macedonia
Macedonia is a small country with a massive history. With a population of just over 2 million people it traces its history back to antiquity. We only spent a week there, but I can honesty say if I needed to hide out somewhere in the world, I would have no problem spending a year here.…
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Diving the Red Sea
This particular diving adventure actually started a couple of decades ago when we watched a short series on scuba diving called ‘Descending’. Two divers visited some of the best dive locations in the world. One of them was the Red Sea and it hooked us immediately. So when Karen’s birthday coincided with an opening in…
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Diving Iceland
The primary reason we started planning this journey to Iceland was due to a television show we saw about 20 years ago called ‘Descending’. We were hooked on the idea of experiencing such a unique location. Then came the challenge of getting the skills and finances to make it come to life. Mission accomplished! Though…
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Diving Bonaire
When we took our PADI Advanced Diver Course, the instructor kept talking about the great diving he had done on Bonaire and that planted a seed in our minds. So, when we found ourselves in the neighbourhood we could not pass up the opportunity to check it out for ourselves. We did 16 different dives…
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Diving Vanuatu
During our short stay in Vanuatu we chose to go scuba diving on four of the eight days we were there. Our non-diving perspective is here. It was an excellent decision. After Karen had researched Trip Advisor for information on the dive companies available we went with Big Blue Vanuatu. We did eight different dive…