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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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Full Boat

Posted on July 29, 2017 by murray

Like neighbours, you don’t get to choose your dive partners. Today there is max people on the boat so we have to share our dive master with 3 others. It is B’s dive 100 so we are hoping for a … Continue reading →

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Ring of Fire

Posted on July 28, 2017 by murray

Hawaii is part of the ‘Ring of Fire’. Been here twice before and have not been to the volcano. Today is the day. We cannot hike to the high peak and frankly since the big attaction is to view the … Continue reading →

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3 dive day

Posted on July 27, 2017 by murray

The blog for this island is all about diving. That is what we are here to do and that is what we are doing. Every once in a while the dive shop does what is call a long range dive … Continue reading →

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The Lunch Bell Rings

Posted on July 23, 2017 by murray

Today we watch a couple of the sea’s creatures having lunch. We travel along with our eye on the reef and out into the blue. The reef part is pretty much any dive but the out into the blue part … Continue reading →

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