The term liveaboard is pretty self explanatory: it’s a boat for scuba diving in which guests sleep on board, unlike a day boat operation. The benefits include time to travel to more distant dive sites, companionship of other divers and in the case of Blackbeard’s Cruises, a significant savings in cost. Via Blackbeard’s Cruises For $899USD…

What happens when you take 3 city girls and stick them on a hippie diving island? No, it’s not the start of a joke, it’s what happened the week we were in Utila. From having never breathed through a snorkel on Monday, by Thursday we were headed out so they could try a Discover Scuba Diving…

After a day of snorkeling and beach hopping we were ready to spend the day on a boat, jump in the water and maybe get lucky and see a whale shark. The girls came along to snorkel and get a feel for the diving to see if they were going to “take the plunge” and give…

We woke up the morning of our dives feeling sick and miserable. After the beach the night before we came back to our new home for the week and discovered our hosts were having a barbeque. Perfect, instant friends! We were greeted warmly and treated like old pals, reminding me again why I love the traveling…