Tag: diving
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Diving South Australia
On a recent road trip between Melbourne and Adelaide we took the opportunity to do a couple of days of diving. In Geelong, just outside of Melbourne we went out for a single tank dive and a snorkel. To be honest, not the best diving we have done in a while. The operators were good…
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Hawaii
First off, I have to say that I am not sure that a cruise ship is the best way to see the Hawaiian islands. Not to say I did not enjoy it, but it is a bit limiting and quite frankly a bit expensive to experience the islands from a cruise ship. We stopped at…
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Playing the Tourist
After settling in to a comfortable routine on the coast in Costa Rica, we were fortunate to be able to get together with some fellow gringos and take part in some of the more touristy activities in the area. First up is horseback riding. There is a wonderful gentleman with a place on the road…
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Diving Coiba Island, Panama
What an experience! Karen and I booked a three day diving trip to Coiba Island, reported to be some of the best diving in Panama. The whole adventure started with a flawless bus trip that involved three different buses and a taxi trip between bus terminals in Santiago (Total travel time was just under…
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Diving Bocas del Toro, Panama
One of our goals in visiting Bocas del Toro was to check out the diving here. It had been several months since we had been diving so we were very much looking forward to the outing. There are not a ton of dive shops in Bocas, but as we walked around town sticking our heads…
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Photo opportunities beneath the waves off Roatan
We have just completed a week of diving on the Barrier Reef off of Roatan, Honduras. The weather was fantastic and so was the resort we were diving with. The staff and equipment at Anthony’s Key Resort were first rate. I would like to tip my hat to our Dive Master, Calderon, and the Boat’s…
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Diving Roatan, Honduras
After nearly four months in Belize we decided we had earned a holiday. So with Karen’s amazing sleuthing skills she found a dive package on the island of Roatan. The largest of the islands that make up the Bay Islands of Honduras. Initially we were planning on going to the island of Utila, however the…
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Diving Ambergris Caye
One of the joys of living on Ambergris Caye is the incredible close proximity of some great dive sites. Most of the dive shops on the island will come and pick you up from the closest pier to wherever you are staying and bring you to the dive shop and at the end of the…
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Scuba Diving
It took a week to get going, but Karen and I have done fairly well with our diving in our first 4 weeks here in Belize. I registered for my Padi Rescue Diver Course with Belize Pro Dive Center. After some initial confusion over prerequisites the instructor Ian, and I got it all in place.…
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Diving Spain and Portugal
While we were in Spain after many communication challenges and a lot of patience from Simon of Simply Diving we managed to book a two dive trip with them. They came and picked us up not far from our hotel and drove us the 30 minutes to their dive shop in Malaga where we were…