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The Botswana-500
We sleep great, getting up at 5:45 a little before our mandatory 6 am wakeup call. It is quite cold, about 40 degrees, so we put on cold weather layers and head to breakfast. 7 am we are in the… Continue reading
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Eating Safari
Slept great, but since we’d gone to sleep at 8 pm we were awake at 4 am. When we went down for breakfast around 6:30 the hostess said very earnestly that we could sit and eat but they were still… Continue reading
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Weekend at Bernie’s-ing in Soweto
After 32 hours of air travel (14.5 hours from SEA to DOH, 9.5 hour layover, 8 hours to Johannesburg), we arrive at 10:30 am at the OR Tambo Intercontinental hotel in Johannesburg South Africa with our best friends Tom and… Continue reading
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You can’t out-sh*t a hurricane
You can’t out-sh*t a hurricane Woke up around midnight to what sounded like someone taking a shower with the door open, actually just heavy downpour outside, amplified by water pouring off the covered patio since it does… Go to this… Continue reading
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The Calm Before the… Hurricane
The Calm Before the… Hurricane So begins our “bonus” time in La Paz – no particular rush getting up this morning. We consolidate all our crap that has spread over the bedroom, courtyard, living room, and kitchen over the… Go… Continue reading
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Sea Lion Colony
Sea Lion Colony 2nd day of diving in La Paz plus, ugh, a hurricane on approach? Go to this Sway Continue reading
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La Reina
La Reina Today we are excited for our first day of diving in La Paz. It is a quick 7 minute drive from our AirBnb to the Marina Palmira where our dive shop, The Dive Gurus, is located. We arrive… Continue reading
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Zero Margaritas, Three Roadrunners
Zero Margaritas, Three Roadrunners Today was a road trip day from Cabo Pulmo to La Paz. After breakfast, we took some kayak paddles and PDFs from the supply shed and walked down to the beach to find the Baja Bungalow… Continue reading
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Mondays are a bunch of Bull Shark
Mondays are a bunch of Bull Shark Second day diving with an operation is always better. They have all your information, they know you are or aren’t an idiot under water, and generally there is a lot less mucking about… Continue reading
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Gotta Catch’em All
Gotta Catch’em All We got up and moseyed downtown around 7:20 to our dive guide for today and tomorrow, Blue Passion Baja, run by a trim, possibly Italian, lady named Manuela. With us are 3 other younger folk… Go to… Continue reading









