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Our itinerary for this trip was originally going to be 7 days long. But when we found out the trip would end at a different island than our staring point and we would have to fly back to Male, we reconsidered the cost and decided to staying on the boat for the return to Malé five days later. This would make the entire cruise a total of 12 days. This is the longest diving live-aboard we have ever done to date. On the first seven day leg up to the Baa Atoll we had a total of 17

Our first full day of diving in the Maldives started on Sunday morning with a 6AM a briefing in the main floor lounge area of the yacht. Munkko, the Diving Director for Carpe Diem, did the initial briefing with a detailed diagram of the site we would visit. The description of the underwater topography with depths, features and typical current conditions was covered. The type of marine life we might see was discussed with the caveat that is a variable outside of their control,

Our latest international adventure began on August 18th with a departure from San Francisco International Airport on British Airways at 7:30 in the evening to London Heathrow arriving the next day 08/19 at 1:55pm their time. This ten hour flight was the first leg in our journey to the Maldives for a 12 day scuba diving expedition. The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an archipelagic country in South Asia, located

We did decide to see the San Francisco Giants play the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, August 5th in Arlington, Texas. The drive from the campground took us about 45 minutes and we were able to find a local church within walking distance of the ballpark that was selling parking for $20 in their lot as a fund raiser. I was able to purchase tickets at the stadium for $30 each. Globe Life Field is a beautiful baseball park with a retractable roof that was closed for today's game. Th

Funny you should ask! Well after our adventure in Oshkosh we began our long journey back to Texas. We decided to leave Waupun on Saturday after commitments at the AirVenture event. This meant driving later in the day than we normally like to do but we wanted to get to Elgin, IL early enough to make church the next day. We were able to move our campsite over to site 54 for the entire time of our stay in the Paul Wolffe campground. This Paul Wolffe campground is a wonderful bas

Imagine 700,000 people attending one event over a week. Some arrived by flying in with their personal aircraft from all over the country while others drive to camp in tents and RV's of every shape and size. This is what some aviators refer to as a "holy pilgrimage" to the "Mecca" in the aviation world. Airplane enthusiast or novice, young or old, there is something for everyone. Daily air shows with world-class performers, two night air shows that dazzle the sky, thousands of