Tag Archives | scuba

Humility in Travel…Just when you think you’re the Expert

Written By Topics: Adventure Couple Favs

The Itinerary Last night I returned home from a five week jaunt through a couple of destinations. It began as a simple 11 day trip to Costa Rica to check out one of the top dive locales in the world, Cocos Island. It turned into a 31 day sprint from Montana to Los Angeles to [...]

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Don’t Wait for Your Dreams

Written By Topics: Adventure Travel Job

You would think that after 24 years of diving and 7500 dives I would not need courage to jump in the water. Yet February 20th, 2010 was a scary day for me. Was I diving with man eating sharks or in a 10 knot current or to 400 feet? No, I was about to dive [...]

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Money Matters: Borrowing vs. Buying

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies

Shopping for a long-planned vacation is just part of the fun – but there are times when borrowing or renting can be a better bet than buying. Most dive operators (including our dive company Global Dive Expeditions) have gear available for rental. How do you decide if borrowing or buying gear is right for you? [...]

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What to do once you’re through…Airport Security

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies

Whew….made it through security…all systems go..plenty of time…now what? Know your Airport Back in the planning process, look at the particular airports you will be traveling through and time your layovers. What I mean is that if you are in some podunk airport with nothing but a lame gift shop and not-to ergonomically correct chairs, [...]

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How YOU Benefit from MY suntan

Written By Topics: Adventure Travel Job, Life On & Off the Road, Practical Travel Strategies, Scuba Diving

Why do we site visit our locations before we take you there? *Quick note* I write this post because a quick trip to Fiji and Costa Rica came up this week. Because I want to do some live blogging on location, I am going to push the last week of the Travel Planning Series back [...]

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Mantagirl’s How To- Snorkels

Written By Topics: Scuba Diving

What to look for when purchasing a snorkel. A short video blog from Mantagirl. If you missed them check out the videos on masks and fins! [qt:http://www.live-adventurously.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/snorkel.mov 320 180]

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NASA Helps Save Turtles

Written By Topics: Conservation, Scuba Diving

Who would have thought that building a heater to warm the Space Shuttle at Kennedy Space Center would help sea turtles? During the second week of January when a cold snap sent temperatures plummeting, 2148 mostly endangered green sea turtles were rescued from Mosquito Lagoon at Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. Air boats were sent out [...]

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