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Plan B

Posted on November 28, 2017 by murray

Glub, glub goes our plan A. Plan B? We don’t have a plan B. Once we decided to go the live-a-board route our investigations ceased. So, developing a Plan B is our next objective. We have 2 weeks in Fiji … Continue reading →

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Fiji Planning

Posted on November 26, 2017 by murray

It has been a while since we posted pre trip posts. Life has been in the way. Sometimes things happen that are beyond your control and they sap mental and physical energy. Not leaving enough to do the extra curricular … Continue reading →

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Goin’ Home

Posted on November 13, 2017 by murray

We are on the last plane of this trip and as far as the trip status goes we are still 0. It seems we can’t get through a trip without a bit of stress. Yesterday, Insel Air, supposedly a horrible … Continue reading →

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It’s a Forest Out There

Posted on November 8, 2017 by murray

Bonaire’s reef is in fantasic shape. It has been a national park for many years and has flourished under the protection of the law. Everything is in abundance. In fact it is hard to find those special things because there … Continue reading →

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Rest Day

Posted on November 7, 2017 by murray

Karlendijk is bigger than when we were here 6 years ago but it is really much the same. I could not remember the routes to take here or there but that just took a couple of days and some things … Continue reading →

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An eel of a day!

Posted on November 3, 2017 by murray

Today is a day for eels. We have not seen many in the four days we have been diving. Today we see five, three smaller and two huge! Murray and I are swimming back towards our marker point on our … Continue reading →

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Debbie’s “Process”

Posted on November 1, 2017 by murray

Accountant/Engineer, no matter how free floating, there is still quite a bit of rigidity in that brain. Diving could be a matter of life and death so to make sure we are set each time we dive, Debbie works out … Continue reading →

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3 am wake up call and wonderful diving…..

Posted on October 31, 2017 by murray

MEEEEH, MEEEEH, MEEEEH, MEEEEH, MEEEEH. WHAT THE F**K IS THAT? Emergency. An emergency is always good at 3am. Keeps you on the edge, you know. I don’t think we have ever been out of bed so fast. It is good … Continue reading →

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Oooooom

Posted on October 28, 2017 by murray

Travel mode. We are on our way to Toronto today and then to Curacao and Bonaire tomorrow. I said it to myself on the way to the airport but things still get to me. Yesterday Debbie printed out our boarding … Continue reading →

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Karma

Posted on July 30, 2017 by murray

The day starts with B and Debbie standing on the lanai and spotting a pod of spinner dolphins swimming by. Not even on the boat yet and the omens are good. D asks us what we want to see today … Continue reading →

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