Last updated Mar 22, 2021 | First published on Mar 19, 2021 | Travel Stories
The first of the sharks appeared around 9 a.m. Or perhaps they had been there all along, circling in the cloudy water around us. Who knows. The safety of the beach, the only dry, horizontal surface for a long distance in any direction, suddenly seemed that much...
Last updated Nov 29, 2018 | First published on Jul 10, 2009 | Indonesia (Not Bali)
The perfect day. After my usual lunch of rice and fish, and telling the lucky divers an envious goodbye as they left on the boat (I can’t wear fins with my feet still bad), I put a shirt on, grabbed my knife and camera, and headed for my favorite place in the...
Last updated Sep 28, 2016 | First published on Nov 22, 2007 | Thailand
My heart was beating a little fast as I hastily checked my regulator for good air. I was going to need it in about three seconds after I took a giant stride off the back of the dive boat and plunged into the gorgeous blue water around Ko Haa. In my head, I was praying...
Last updated Sep 28, 2016 | First published on Jun 25, 2007 | Jamaica
As our small dive boat bobbed up and down in the choppy but crystal clear water, I suddenly realized that I had not been issued one vital piece of scuba equipment…. My mask! I jumped overboard with a splash and ran across the beach to the shack where I...
Last updated Oct 24, 2016 | First published on Nov 8, 2006 | Egypt
I haven’t even found the pyramids yet, and today I already seem to have an evil-eye curse above my hut that would make the nastiest of mummies jealous. As mentioned below, I went on my live-aboard, 90-euro, three-dive extravaganza of the SS Thistlegorm outside,...
