Scuba diving – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:28:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 UV Night Diving Koh Tao https://www.alexinwanderland.com/uv-night-diving-koh-tao/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uv-night-diving-koh-tao https://www.alexinwanderland.com/uv-night-diving-koh-tao/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:59:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=4527 UV Night Dive Koh Tao
To all my non diving readers out there, I apologize, because this is two diving posts in a row! Don’t worry- we’ll be back on dry land soon 🙂 It all started long ago when Mark and I spotted some super mysterious posters around Koh Tao encouraging us to “experience the wonder” of something “like the […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/uv-night-diving-koh-tao/feed/ 13 Alex In Wanderland Koh Tao Dive Site Spotlight: HTMS Sattakut https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-the-htms-sattakut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diving-the-htms-sattakut https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-the-htms-sattakut/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:50:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=4377 There’s nothing quite like waking up before the sun is up, hopping on a boat in one of the busiest dive areas in the world, and being one of the only two people descending into the ocean. Even with my Rescue Diver certification and over 100 dives, my unease in the dark and residual fear of […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-the-htms-sattakut/feed/ 13 Diving Sail Rock https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-sail-rock/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diving-sail-rock https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-sail-rock/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:50:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=4381 Sail Rock is the most renown dive site in the Gulf of Thailand. And it’s kind of let fame go to it’s head. From Koh Tao, you can only get here via special pricey trips that some dive shops run once a week or so. the world famous Sail Rock I’ve been to Sail Rock twice […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-sail-rock/feed/ 17 When The Traveler Goes To Art School: Underwater Printmaking https://www.alexinwanderland.com/when-the-traveler-goes-to-art-school-printmaking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-the-traveler-goes-to-art-school-printmaking https://www.alexinwanderland.com/when-the-traveler-goes-to-art-school-printmaking/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:57:02 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=2192 Welcome back to my series sharing a little bit of what I’ve been up to for the past four years, other than globe-trotting. Big surprise! It’s dreaming about travel. Well, and getting my degree in graphic design. Combine the two and you get a portfolio full of wanderlust driven assignments. Most of what you have seen […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/when-the-traveler-goes-to-art-school-printmaking/feed/ 1 Underwater in Five Senses https://www.alexinwanderland.com/underwater-in-five-senses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=underwater-in-five-senses https://www.alexinwanderland.com/underwater-in-five-senses/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 14:33:33 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=2044 The following is one of my homework assignments from my travel writing class at NYU. The prompt was to write about something using the five senses. After watching Disney Nature’s Oceans last night I was inspired to share this here. Sight. It is the sense that drives us into the ocean. To witness colorful coral, swarms […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/underwater-in-five-senses/feed/ 2 Beneath The Sea 2011 Recap https://www.alexinwanderland.com/beneath-the-sea-dive-show-recap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beneath-the-sea-dive-show-recap https://www.alexinwanderland.com/beneath-the-sea-dive-show-recap/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:40:51 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=1839 Like the New York Times travel show, I barely knew what to expect when I bought my ticket for the Beneath the Sea dive expo. I knew that the website was impossible to navigate, and so is New Jersey, where the show was located. Luckily I had use of a car that weekend so I had […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/beneath-the-sea-dive-show-recap/feed/ 4 Bahamas Day 1: What Is A Liveaboard? https://www.alexinwanderland.com/what-is-a-liveaboard-bahamas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-a-liveaboard-bahamas https://www.alexinwanderland.com/what-is-a-liveaboard-bahamas/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:41:56 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=1489 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, […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/what-is-a-liveaboard-bahamas/feed/ 5 Putting My Passport Back to Use https://www.alexinwanderland.com/putting-my-passport-back-to-use/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=putting-my-passport-back-to-use https://www.alexinwanderland.com/putting-my-passport-back-to-use/#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:16:14 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=1459 The four and a half months since I left Cayman have flown by so quickly and so jam packed I barely had a chance to get itchy feet. But when I kissed our island life goodbye and returned to the big city, Mark just moved to another job and another country: the Bahamas. He’s been working […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/putting-my-passport-back-to-use/feed/ 4 Getting What You Pay For: Diving Utila https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-utila/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diving-utila https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-utila/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:57:01 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=1218 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 […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/diving-utila/feed/ 11 Diving Roatan https://www.alexinwanderland.com/scuba-diving-roatan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scuba-diving-roatan https://www.alexinwanderland.com/scuba-diving-roatan/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:00:54 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=1119 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 […]
 
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