I'm a warm water diver, no doubts about it. As my dad (the hard-core, dive-in-any-temperature instructor) puts it, I'm a 'fair weather diver'. Or, as he prefers, 'pansy'. Fair enough. Cold water diving has never appealed to me, dry suits are the invention of insanity,…
After a wonderful weekend diving Sharm el Sheikh and a few days visiting friends in my old stomping grounds of Cairo, it was time to head out to Hurgada, a city on the Eastern coast of mainland Egypt. In all of my years living and…
An amazing thing happened to me while in between dive trips in Cairo. I got into a cab and watched the cabbie start a working meter. An actual meter! I'd never have thought it possible, and was rather pleasantly surprised to have this new experience.…
Immediately following on the heels of my nightmarish experience in Dubai, I was rewarded with an amazing dive trip to the Red Sea. After sleeping off my exhaustion, I woke up and piled into the car for the seven hour drive to Sharm el Sheikh.…
Through The Eco-Traveler blog, Andrea Shearer shares her experiences of international adventure travel, volunteering and SCUBA diving with a commitment to protecting our environment. In the next few months, Andrea will bring her blog closer to home while exploring the natural environment and adventure activities the Midwest has to offer, and will go international again with a volunteer expedition to Nicaragua over the winter holidays. You can reach her at askandrea@ymail.com.
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