Archive | April, 2010

News From Ocean of Hope Foundation

Written By Topics: Conservation, Scuba Diving
ocean conservation in Fiji

International Ocean Conservation Programs So how does Ocean conservation work overseas??? As we walked in the stifling heat on a narrow dirt path that cut along between the village and ocean, we looked ahead through the brush and palm trees and could see a clearing in the distance. As we got closer, the trail opened [...]

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Who Needs Travel Insurance?

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies

Do you really need travel insurance? Maybe – maybe not. Trouble is, you won’t know that you need it until something goes wrong. Imagine that you’ve dreamed, saved and planned for the trip of a lifetime. You’re on your way, and something goes terribly wrong. It can start as something minor – like a delayed [...]

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Duct Tape vs My Video Housing

Written By Topics: Brilliant and Fun Ramblings, Scuba Diving

Some Things I’ve Learned about the Uses of Duct Tape Writing blogs is an education. Why, just today, I learned some interesting and important things about “duck” or “duct” tape. The first and of course most important thing is that the California Energy Commission says, “Duct tape is good for many things, but not for [...]

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Diving at Night in Cocos Islands with White-tip Sharks

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving

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Finding Free Adventure

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies

If there’s one thing we like, it’s finding a great, free way to soak up the local culture and scenery in a new part of the world. Sure, some adventures come with a price tag – but others are free. How do you find them? If you’re looking for free things to do before you [...]

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Making Travel Easy and Fun….Coming Home

Written By Topics: Life On & Off the Road, Practical Travel Strategies

Coming Home from your Vacation We have “officially” finished the 15 or was it 16 part series on Making Travel Easy and Fun and we hope you have found some tidbits to make the nuts and bolts of travel planning…well…..easy and fun. But this series never really ends and I realized that while travel attitude [...]

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Seven Steps to Stress Free Travel

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies

For some people, travel is inherently stressful. For most of us, though, stress happens when someone or something throws a monkey wrench into our plans. Betty Thesky, a flight attendant, blogger, and author offers some great tips on reducing or eliminating travel-related stress. 1.  Book the first flight of the day. The morning flights have [...]

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