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Waiting on Adventure

Written By Topics: Life by Design, Life On & Off the Road

..is like watching paint dry, or waiting on water to boil or grass to grow. Wow, I think this could be a great category for $25,000 Pyramid. It seems like Monday morning arrives quickly enough and the date for your root canal spontaneously appears on your “today” calendar, but adventure seems to take a lifetime [...]

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Fish Tacos and Hypocrisy

Written By Topics: Conservation, Life by Design

Sometimes I just need to stand up on my soapbox. Today is one of those days. I know that here at The Adventure Couple we write about adventure and fun and living life and all but today I’m not writing about that. I’m writing about fish tacos….and hypocrisy. And I just may piss you off. [...]

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Let’s Dive the Philippines!

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Life by Design, Upcoming Adventures

Your Philippines Adventure has Arrived! Double the Luxury Double the Fun Imagine yourself on this infinite stretch of black sand beach with the world’s best macro diving 20 feet offshore and your luxury suite just steps away. Now, picture yourself drifting over this pristine coral reef in crystal blue water, then lazily returning to your [...]

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Riding the Current of Adventure

Written By Topics: Adventure Travel Job, Life by Design, Practical Travel Strategies

Imagine standing at the edge of a river As you look up and down the river you see people on inner-tubes and rafts riding the current having a great time. It looks like a wild ride and you want to join in. A few of the people look a little scared out there on the [...]

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Life Block

Written By Topics: Brilliant and Fun Ramblings, Life by Design

You’ve heard of writer’s block? Gosh, seems like I’ve had it the past couple of weeks. Can’t seem to find a topic I want to write about and can’t seem to put a coherent sentence together. It drives me crazy because I love to write. So I decided to write about writer’s block. And once [...]

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Invitation to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Life by Design, Upcoming Adventures

Have you ever wanted to see the Serengeti of North America? To be in a place that is as wild and scenic as it was in the days of Lewis and Clark? To experience the crown jewel of American’s iconic National Parks – the world’s first National Park – in a way that very, very [...]

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Chasing Sun~ The Crews Who Made it Happen!

Written By Topics: Life by Design, Round the World Trip

Thank you to all the Star Alliance Flight Crews who made our RTW a success. We gathered the number of flight attendants equal to which leg of the flight plan it was.  It started to get tough around 7 to get them all together for a photo!

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Muck Diving in the Philippines ~ Photos of Wild and Wooly Creatures in the Sea

Written By Topics: Adventure Pictures, Life by Design, Scuba Diving

All Macro. All the Time. My First Muck Dive We were first introduced to the concept of muck diving way back in 1996 during a trip to remote Papua New Guinea. It didn’t sound very appealing to me, I’ll admit. I had a vision of low vis and well….muck… slimy, ooey-gooey, harbor sludge. What fun [...]

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The Thailand of My Dreams

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Life by Design, Round the World Trip

Expectations When I was 5 years old my mother brought home a young Thai woman from the university in my mid-west suburban town. My mother headed a volunteer program for international students where local families helped the students decode the subtleties of living in the US, provided friendship and a helping hand when needed. This [...]

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Chasing Sun ~ An Around the World Gala Affair with The Adventure Couple

Written By Topics: Life by Design

And We’re Off! Typing at cruising altitude of 38,000 feet we head west towards the coast of California. Finally, a long time dream is coming true. A full Around the World Adventure (RTW) awaits us for the next six weeks. A dream that almost didn’t come true…again. High on the bucket list for many years [...]

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