Tag Archives | global dive expeditions

Why Manta Rays Rock or….What’s Your Favorite Marine Critter?

Written By Topics: Conservation, Scuba Diving

What is your favorite marine critter and why? For Mantagirl, it’s….well…manta rays of course!!! Why? I’ll explain, but first there seems to be a lot of confusion over different species of rays. Let me try to clear that up. The three rays you are most likely to see snorkeling or diving in tropical oceans are [...]

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Top Five Tips for Your First Scuba Diving Adventure

Written By Topics: Scuba Diving

Always wanted to try scuba diving or had a poor first experience?  Read on! Yesterday on Facebook, a friend named Jennifer commented on one of my photos.  She mentioned that she had tried scuba diving but had a bad experience.  This made me very sad.  But it was also not the first time I had [...]

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Budget, Luxury, or Value Traveler….How do you allocate funds for Travel?

Written By Topics: Life by Design, Practical Travel Strategies
Isla Mujeres Hotel

What Matters Most to You? We all travel differently.  Mainly because we value different things.  Where do you put your emphasis?  How do you spend the dollars that you’ve allotted for your vacation?  It’s something to think about and plan for.  Perhaps if you put less dollars into getting there you could stay longer.  Or [...]

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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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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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Saba SCUBA diving adventure, Day 1

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving
SCUBA diving Saba

Saba, What a cool place Its 8:22AM and I’m already back from the first airport run – arrival and departure days are always some of the busiest days.  I like to greet everyone at the airport because there is always this slight bit of apprehension when you arrive in a strange place for the first [...]

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