ADVENTURES ON LAND AND UNDER THE SEA

Tales of a travelling mermaid …

Join me on my adventures as I travel - inexpertly and with far too much rammed into my case - to where the sea is warm and the water is (hopefully!) clear. I hope to explore some of the cultures and lands that I am lucky enough to visit, scuba dive my way around the other world under the sea and ensure I get plenty of stops for delicious cups of tea along the way!

2. Flower water, tourist hot-spots and a civilised water exit!

Monday: Another morning, another breakfast buffet. The selection of food stuffs available is most exciting and really extensive. There’s...

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Oct 29, 20245 min read

1. Sisters in Cyprus! Tea crisis in the skies …

For my sister’s 40 trip around the sun (almost), we’ve embarked on another holiday treat, this time to Cyprus and more specifically to...

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Oct 27, 20243 min read

4. Night dives, navigation and not becoming another Red Sea wreck!

I did a night dive! I felt I ought to do one and had checked which was meant to be the most spectacular. ‘The Barge’ was the one. I...

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Aug 31, 20246 min read

3. Getting ‘lost’ and getting ‘wrecked’ in the Red Sea!

Our live aboard continued in much the same way with an excellent routine of diving, resting and massively overeating. The ‘cruise...

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Aug 30, 20245 min read

2. Aboard the live aboard.

3 days into my liveaboard and all is going well…. None of the bad triggerfish sitings as yet (which has surprised and delighted me!)....

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Aug 26, 20242 min read

1. Return to Egypt 2024 … Dad’s requested a blog!

Do you want to see my packed lunch …. Is avacado a liquid, balm or gel? Another month, another adventure … this time, a return to Egypt...

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Aug 24, 202410 min read

6. A quarry, a church, stick man Jesus and some devil rays!

Monday was another day of taking the little car out to explore. I went to another beauty spot view point, this one was called Poço de...

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Jul 30, 20246 min read

5. The sea bouncer and the little car!

My first full day on Santa Maria ended up being a full day boat trip out to a place called Formigas, which is a little bank of...

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Jul 28, 20246 min read

4. Atlantic Islands of Azores and Tenerife v. Asia!

As I finish up my time on Pico Island, I can’t help but reflect and compare my holiday and time some far in the Azores compared to other...

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Jul 26, 20248 min read

3. Wine, OAP dancing and karma for the French man!

It felt right that I sampled some of the the local Pico wine - only to find, to my delight, that they have started producing a rosé - so...

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Jul 23, 20247 min read

2. Sensible walking flip flops!

Following several hours of relaxing after a massive breakfast and lounging by the pool, I hauled all my dive gear down the road, round...

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Jul 21, 20248 min read

1. Over the azure to The Azores (Portugal).

I am just waiting to embark on my second plane journey within 24 hours to get to the first proper stop for this trip - Pico Island, the...

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Jul 19, 20247 min read

11. And relax ….

My final two days of holiday proper have been one long relaxation. In preparation for my return home, I took a giant bag of laundry to be...

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Apr 14, 20245 min read

10. Tea on the beach!

For my final stop, I am at the beach in a place called El Nido. It’s quite a tourist hotspot but still pretty chilled. The town is on the...

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Apr 12, 20246 min read

9. I’ve decided I’d like to be the next ‘Mumma Ranger’!

Oh yes! What. A. Week! It’s always a bit of an unknown when you board a boat for the week, not knowing anyone and hoping there are nice...

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Apr 10, 202410 min read

8. A big boat from a little island to a big island to drive to the airport to fly a bigger island!

Having done terribly well at being a traveller to get there, I went full privileged tourist and paid for a full private transfer directly...

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Apr 4, 20246 min read

7. If it’s green or iced, it’s not tea! Aside from that, top marks for this stop!

Another proper review time ... sort of .... Accommodation: Evolution beach and dive resort Location: Malapascua Island, Philippines...

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Apr 2, 20245 min read

6. Sharks, no sharks, a human clown and recovery time!

It’s been a couple of days of combinations between high adrenaline and absolute relaxation! Two days of dive trips - the first was to...

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Mar 31, 20246 min read

5. The road to Malapascua

It was a lengthy, 6 hour drive on windy, bumpy roads. I’d packed my bag up with everything - not that carefully because it’s a road/boat...

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Mar 29, 20248 min read

4. A proper traveller’s review …..?

I’ve noticed that my ‘travel blog’ is perhaps not the most useful as a blog - it’s essentially me either waffling about what I’ve done or...

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Mar 28, 20247 min read