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Stay Safe by Staying Educated on Poisonous Marine Life

Written By Carin Topics: Conservation, Scuba Diving

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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Whale Poop – Something of Interest for Your Wednesday

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

Written By Carin Topics: Life by Design

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

Written By Carin 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 Carin 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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Over the Edge of the World

Written By Carin Topics: Adventure Couple Favs

Over the Edge of the World – Over the Edge of the World is the title of a magnificent book about Magellan discovering the straits which bear his name. I believe this is also where the explorers of the world find their place and their peace, at the literal edge of human existence. There is [...]

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An Adventurer Looks at 50

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

An Adventurer looks at 50 Yes, I know, Jimmy Buffet made famous his book about turning 50, which gave me the idea for the title of this post. Well, I’m not 50 and I’m not Jimmy Buffet….but my brother turned 50 this week and it truly made me stop and think. I’m just a few [...]

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The Financial Side of an Adventure Job – Posted Wednesday from Sardinia, Italy

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

You want to travel the world and have an adventurous life? Fantastic! Does that mean you sentence yourself to a life of poverty? No. If you are smart financially, you can enjoy the benefits of an adventure lifestyle and live well. Look carefully at the job you are applying for. There are some that do [...]

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