Tag Archives | adventure

Setting the Stage for Scuba Diving in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

diving in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Diving Raja Ampat is a mixture of Dr. Seuss and Disney, the unthinkable meets the unreal.  It has been described as “ultramarine” and I would be inclined to agree. The species list reads like a who’s who of the underwater world, everything from wobegongs to flasher wrasse to giant mantas.  It truly is the center [...]

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Eat, Dive, Love….and Pray the Flights are on Time.

*Our latest adventure is taking us throughout eastern Indonesia diving from both a land based resort (www.misoolecoresort.com) and live aboard and finally to Bali to experience the culture, the art and the beauty of that magical place.  Join us as we blog our way through the Mecca of the diving world for the next 30 [...]

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Stay Safe by Staying Educated on Poisonous Marine Life

poisonous marine life

Complacency is Easy When we travel and dive all over the world without incident, we tend towards complacency.  After awhile we don’t think emergencies are going to happen.  I learned yesterday how important it is to stay sharp and educated.  Because “sharp” is what I found. After 7500 scuba dives and 24 years as a [...]

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What a Schlep! Arrival at Advanced Base Camp Cho Oyu

This is the final part of my four part story on getting from Kathmandu to Advanced Base Camp at Cho Oyu.  Please follow the links to read the first three parts of this voyage! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Chinese Base Camp We were on the road to Chinese base camp.  After now adventuring [...]

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Whale Poop – Something of Interest for Your Wednesday

Whale Poop Pumps Up Ocean Health Fortunately I have no photo to go with this post!  This comes to me today through Science daily.  Quite interesting…. ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2010) — Whale feces — should you be forced to consider such matters — probably conjures images of, well, whale-scale hunks of crud, heavy lumps that [...]

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Talk About a Schlep!!

Getting There is Half the Fun – Part 1 Last year, I decided to go to Nepal and Tibet to join my husband’s climbing team to summit Cho Oyu, the 6th highest peak in the world.  And while the story of climbing the mountain is amazing, what’s just as amazing is the story of simply [...]

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Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day- The Art of Consistency

reaching goals through consistency

Rome wasn’t built in a day. There’s a lot to be said in those words and quite a bit to think about. Learn Consistency The biggest lesson I take out of it is consistency. Consistency is something I never really liked. In fact, I’ve always found it boring. It’s so….well….consistent. Yes, I am consistent about [...]

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La Nina is Coming…Quick…GET TO COCOS

La Nina is coming, La Nina is coming….QUICK get to Cocos!!!! As predicted, the El Nina that normally follow El Nino is happening! AND that means great news for Cocos Island diving….let me explain. Typically when an El Nino happens, temperatures in the waters off Costa Rica and Cocos Island warm.  This causes the schooling [...]

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Me, Myself and I – A Post about….well….Me

My mother told me that during the developmental stages of my life, meaning in the womb, I got stuck in the “gill phase” and that is how I came to be a fish.  That pretty much sums me up! But two things have happened that led me to post about myself in this post because [...]

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Tradition

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There’s something about tradition….something comforting, something satisfying.  It’s a feel good moment that you’ve carried on something important into the future.  It’s a way of belonging. I thought about tradition yesterday as I sailed through Boka Bay.  Boka Bay is a picturesque fjord that winds its way from the bottom of the Adriatic Sea to [...]

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