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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As scuba divers, we have come to enjoy the idea of dive resorts; basically hotels that cater to divers by having a local dive operator, offer special rates that include diving, and are of course located at interesting dive destinations. To date we’ve tried three of these: Compass Point, Anthony’s Key and now True Blue […]
On a recent trip out of Montreal we had a super early flight at 6 am and as we left the hotel around 4 am I used the convenient hotel app to check out