Tag Archives | scuba diving

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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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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Whale Poop – Something of Interest for Your Wednesday

Written By Topics: Conservation, Scuba Diving

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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La Nina is Coming…Quick…GET TO COCOS

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving

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

Written By Topics: Adventure Couple Favs, Scuba Diving

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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