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Weekend Getaway: Bahamas Cruise out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

We recently had a couple of friends celebrating a special anniversary. To mark the milestone, we were lucky enough to be invited along with a few other friends to join them on a Bahamas weekend cruise. Our friend took care of organizing everything and reserved several cabins abord the Celebrity Reflection leaving out of Port […]

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Scuba Diving Vacation at the Wakatobi Dive Resort

With all we had read about the Wakatobi Dive Resort, we had high expectations. And we weren’t disappointed! We have to admit that all the good things we had heard turned out to be true. Run like a Swiss clock, every detail was taken care of making the experience of staying at Wakatobi simply a […]

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Scuba Diving Vacation at the Cayman Brac Reef Resort

We had been to Grand Cayman a couple of times before but we were excited to have a chance to visit one of the two smaller sister islands, Cayman Brac. The Cayman Brac Beach Resort is owned and operated by the same owners as the Little Cayman Beach Resort.

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Scuba Diving Vacation at the Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort

We were happy to get away for a week of diving in Curaçao, where we stayed at the Marriott Beach Resort. While not a dive resort as such, the Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort does have an on-site dive shop and is well located to hit the popular dive sites.

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Scuba Diving Travel Tech

RinseKit Pro Pak Portable Shower Review

How often have we come out of the water with our heavy scuba gear on and walked up to the beach shower only to have to wait in a long line! We recently purchased a RinseKit Pro Pak which is an insulated 5-gallon container with a built-in pressurized pump and shower head. Essentially a portable […]

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Olympus TG-5 Camera and PT-058 Underwater Housing Review

My first underwater camera was a Go-Pro. This worked great for wide-angle shots, especially for wrecks and scenery. On a dive trip to Grand Cayman, we met two couples that were using TG-4 cameras for close-ups and macrophotography.  When they shared their pictures of shrimps, snails, and creatures as small as 1mm using the built-in […]

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SeaLife Flex Connect Camera Frame System Review 

I had purchased my Olympus TG-5 (see article here) with a waterproof housing and the Sea and Sea YS-03 strobe kit. The strobe came with a frame which was ok for a while but started getting loose and wobbly and I was not very confident in it being secure. And I wasn’t about to extend […]

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SeaLife SportDiver Underwater Housing for iPhone (SL400) Review

Diving with your iPhone? Really!! With the cost of iPhones going up, and the importance of these in our day-to-day lives, most people would rightfully think twice about taking their precious devices along for a dive into the deep! Waterproof cases one sees out there for iPhones are typically not much more than glorified zip […]

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Scuba Diving Vacation at Buddy Dive Resort in Bonaire

We’ve been making our way through a list of dive resorts in the Caribbean to sample both resorts as well as the local reefs and their inhabitants. Bonaire had been high up on our list as one of the top, if not the top, shore diving destinations in the world. As we researched places to […]

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Halong Bay Luxury 3-Day 2-Night Cruise

Halong Bay is one of those places that we dreamt of seeing for a long time. A bucket list trip that we finally had the chance to take and a must-see place in Vietnam. We opted for a 3-day 2-night cruise as we had read that a single day doesn’t get you into the more […]