Lifestyle

Just returned from another excellent diving trip to the Red Sea.  Apart from the slightly cold weather, I’m now a Padi Master Scuba Diver after completing the Underwater Photography and Equipment specialities. However, following on from the deep dive course in Dahab I’ve completed the TDI Advanced Nitrox and Decompression procedures qualifications. A handful of deco...
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Just a quick heads up that I’m planning a trip (or two) back to Asia to try out some of the “best dive sites in the world”.  On the list so far are (in no particular order) Paula Lumba Lumba Richelieu (Thailand) Sipadan Green Island (Taiwan) Trying to work out the logistics wrt to travel and timings for the liveaboard...
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Possibly the last trip of the year… Oh well…… Completed yet another Padi Speciality, this time it was the Deep diver course. Now I’m legally allowed to go down to 40m in the red sea! Tried out two camps while I was there – Alaska Camp and Mirage Village. ...
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I’ve just got back from two weeks in and around the Sinai peninsula. One week of liveaboard on the King Snefro Spirit was sandwiched between some local dives from Sharm El Sheikh. Instead of staying in one of the anonymous 4/5 star hotels outside Sharm, I decided to stay at the Camel Dive Club...
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Two weeks staying at Barefoot Cay – in between French Harbour and Brick Bay. Photo’s are now up on flickr. A big thanks to Giaco, Mike, Doug, Cynthia, Luke, Michelle and all the staff who made it a very memorable stay.
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The photos from the trip are slowly making their way up to my flickr site badfracture@flickr. I’ll be updating the blog posts on the places I visited very soon (probably after my next holiday!)
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After a rather effecient taxi service (thanks to the Brophy) everything went downhill! Poor scanning and a mass drug search at Gatwick meant appalling queues and little time for a beer. Departure on time was followed by an incredible roller coaster ride(with a couple of hysteric Latvians) and a diversion to Tallinn – not the planned...
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With an altitude change of 5000 meters in two days, altitude sickness is a potential issue....
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If I haven’t already tried out some stupid sports, this ranks high up the list.  An outfit called Bigfoot Hostel’s offer a Volcano boarding package at around $28. This 4.5-hour excursion will have you climbing to the top of Nicaragua’s ominous Cerro Negro volcano, only to mount a sit-down board and travel at speeds...
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While in recovery mode, I thought I'd look into a nice time filler - a round the world(aka rtw) trip. Avoiding the usual rtw flight tickets, I thought I try and integrate a number of overland routes.
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