Tag: scuba
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An 11 year Reminiscence
As I was relaxing on the back deck of our beautiful current house sit in Kelowna, British Columbia listening to a book, Karen commented to me that we were coming up on our 11th year of being ‘retired’ from our careers. This gave me pause to consider that statement. If you are a person who…
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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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Mauritius and Plans Disrupted
I was amongst that group who was not familiar with it until I met a lovely nurse at a hospital in Calgary. Once she heard about our lifestyle she proudly proclaimed she was from Mauritius and we should definitely go there. My curiosity was piqued. As luck would have it, once we had picked up our rental…
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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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Reykjavik, Iceland
As our cruise with Celebrity came to an end we settled into Reykjavik for a week of tourist activity, which included diving the iconic Silfra Fissure. As the worlds northern most national capital it has a unique distinction. After Culture night and scuba diving, we spent the balance of our time just wandering around town…