Our Personal Journeys
Firsthand trip reports and tips based on our personal experiences.
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Writing from 35K feet thinking about the week ahead! It’s been 14 long years since my first and last visit to the beautiful islands of Palau. I will be aboard the MV Solitude One exploring and diving the Rock Islands.…
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In almost every island dive center, you will find one typical staff member with a similar personality no matter where in the world you go. Regardless of his physical years, he is an old soul with a hundred or more…
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Today is the first day of my visit to the beautiful island of St. Eustatius in the Dutch Caribbean (also known as Statia). I am extremely excited as this has been on my personal list for a while and I…
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Ok, please forgive me as this is my first blog so hope you enjoy! I am currently enjoying the beautiful country of Costa Rica! I arrived on Saturday evening and was met by Daniel from Bill Beard’s. After a long…
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Yap reminds me of my youth. I had a lot of fun and experienced a lot of things …many I wouldn’t have if not for a fair amount of risk taking. But those risks pale in comparison to Bill Acker’s,…
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I’ve been a professional underwater cinematographer for a while now. I’ve worked on several television shows, shot a lot of b-roll, and filmed my share of natural history documentaries. I’ve been a sound man, cameraman, grip, assistant, director, widget master,…
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“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you…
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Today my husband John and I joined the ranks as Rebreather Divers! There was no fanfare, no parade, just big smiles and a couple of high fives in the water at the end of the dive and then it was…
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The Fifth Hour After what felt like a tremendous struggle yesterday, I tossed and turned last night about becoming a rebreather diver. I was committed to doing all I needed to complete the course, that was never a doubt, but…
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Today my experience in the rebreather world was a seriously mixed bag. While I had no illusions that things would come naturally today, personally I felt I took a big step back. We introduced the “bailout bottle” – a 40…
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Today was the big day…the day we had all worked so hard towards and one that has been highly anticipated, tempered with a little apprehension. After just finishing a fantastic meal at the Paradise Moon in Kralendijk (essentially downtown Bonaire),…
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I fell in love with diving back in 1997 in a small pool at “The Dive Shop” in Tucson Arizona of all places. After being bugged for 2 years by my husband to take up scuba diving together I finally…
