Plongée is the French word for diving, and it was prevalent on signs all over the South Pacific islands. OK, so we didn’t actually dive all day, but it was a fun phrase to say. We initially had our trip to French Polynesia booked for late February 2021. However, due to Brittany needing knee surgery […]
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Socially Distant in Baja
When the first wave of Covid lockdowns was easing in October 2020, we decided to take a trip to Baja California Sur in Mexico to take a break from our busy work schedules. We booked a flight to San Jose del Cabo with the goal of spending five days relaxing, exploring and diving. We settled […]
The Lost Coast Trail
We hiked the Lost Coast Trail over Labor Day Weekend 2020 having reserved our backcountry permits back in January. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cancelled permits through the beginning of June due to COVID but luckily the trail reopened in time for our trip. The BLM limits visitors to 60 per day and slots […]
Backpacking Santa Cruz Island
With air travel limited due to COVID, we spent several long weekends in the Summer of 2020 exploring our own backyard in Southern California. One such trip was to Santa Cruz Island, part of the Channel Islands National Park just off the SoCal coast, where we planned an overnight backpacking trip. We had visited several […]
Philippines – Adventuring in Cebu
It’s no surprise that our 2019 year-end trip, like the previous two years, took us back to Asia – we ventured to South Korea and the Philippines. Our good friend Chloe (aka Seung Eun) happened to be seeing her parents in Korea, so we thought visiting Seoul with a local tour guide would be a […]
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Shark Diving in Florida
Work travel took both of us to the Orlando area in April, so we decided to take an extended weekend to road trip down Florida’s Atlantic coast for some diving with a friend. We first met Lureen diving in Palau in 2016. Having been amazed by her underwater shark photography, we decided to meet up […]
Galapagos – Land & Sea
The Galapagos Islands have been on our bucket list for quite some time. In addition to the unique flora and fauna on land, large marine life is abundant making the Galapagos one of the world’s top diving destinations. We met a group of Thai divers (Montana and Pap) on a trip to the Red Sea […]
Dive, Eat, Sleep, Repeat: Our First Trip on a Liveaboard
We got scuba certified in 2009 and since then have taken 1 or more annual dive trips to destinations all over the world. We quickly became enamored with the intriguing creatures and brilliant colors of the underwater world. One way to maximize the diving on a given trip is to join a liveaboard, in which […]
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Catching the Travel Bug
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what excited the urge to travel within us. A journey to experience Italy’s history, food and coastline is a strong contender. Getting scuba certified in 2009 opened our eyes to a whole new world underwater and triggered a curiosity to see more. But one trip to a small island off […]