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Cocos Island- Trip Report

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving

The best way to start out a dive trip is definitely in luxury with a spa day! The guests arrived to Xandari Resort and their 500+square foot villas with spectacular views of the central valley overlooking San Jose, Costa Rica. Spa bookings were made and the relaxation began! Pampered at Xandari Resort in San Jose [...]

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Fish and Fishes in Raja Ampat

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving

Fish and Fishes in Raja Ampat In a place as “fishy” as Raja Ampat, you expect to see anything and you do.  And as Dr. Seuss had a hand in the landscape, Disney went to work on the fish. If I were in charge to create a perfect seascape exhibit for Disney, I would come [...]

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Setting the Stage for Scuba Diving in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving
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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Misool Eco Resort- Bringing Green to the Wild Blue Yonder

Written By Topics: Conservation, Cool Places, Scuba Diving
indonesia diving

Misool Eco Resort, Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Bringing Green to the Wild Blue Yonder, Part I- Realizing the Dream On the fringes of the world, out beyond the beyond, Misool Eco Resort, proves that humanity can live in harmony with nature.  Andrew and Marit Miner’s dream of creating a dive resort with a miniscule footprint on [...]

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Ujung Pandang (Makassar) Welcome To Indonesia

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving

There is a childlike excitement arriving at a new place, no matter what the circumstances.  My expectation of arriving in Indonesia on a beautiful clear afternoon at 3:30pm, checking into the hotel and strolling the promenade was already replaced by the reality of a late flight and a 30 minute drive into town through heavy [...]

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

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

*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

Written By Topics: Conservation, Scuba Diving
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

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Mountain Climbing

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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What A Schlep! Getting to Tibet Part 3

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Mountain Climbing

This is part 3 in a series of articles I wrote on the experience of getting from Kathmandu to Advanced Base Camp of the mountain Cho Oyu in Southern Tibet.  Climbing the mountain was the objective of course, but the story of the journey to the base of the mountain reminds us to enjoy the [...]

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What a Schlep- Getting to Tibet Part 2

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Mountain Climbing
climbing in Tibet

Getting There is Half the Fun, Part 2 (To see how we got this far, read part one) My passport was long gone.  I had given it to some Nepalese man who was going to arrange the border crossing.  I sure hope he came back. We were sprawled out in a grimy restaurant back room [...]

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