GadlingGadlingThe Pearl of Moorea Part 3: Food & Fun- January 18, 2008 Filed under: Paddling, Scuba Diving, Food and Drink, OceaniaFor whatever reason, doing absolutely nothing on the other side of the word is always more enjoyable than doing absolutely nothing at home.But of course, I exaggerate when I say that my girlfriend and I did absolutely nothing on the French Polynesian island of Moorea during our recent vacation. It was actually quite the opposite. We kept our days very busy eating, sleeping, and swimming. There was hardly any time to do anything else....http://www.gadling.com/2008/01/18/the-pearl-of-moorea-part-3-food-and-fun/ It's swim with the manatees time- January 13, 2008 Filed under: Arts and Culture, Learning, Paddling, Scuba Diving, Festivals and Events, Stories, United States, EcotourismThere's only one place in the U.S. where it's legal to swim with manatees and that's Crystal River, Florida. The friend of mine who recently moved to Florida, told me this while pulling up a Web site to Crystal River. Yep, sure enough. The manatees arrive in droves at Kings Bay along Florida's west coast via the Gulf of Mexico starting the end of October. Picture 60 miles...http://www.gadling.com/2008/01/13/its-swim-with-the-manatees-time/ Giant foam attacks Australian coast- January 5, 2008 Filed under: Scuba Diving, Surfing, AustraliaI'm not sure how we missed this last August, but since it is now winter in the northern hemisphere and time to start thinking about heading south for some summer surfing, we thought we'd dig this up and share with our fine readers a rather bizarre phenomenon which recently occurred in New South Wales, Australia.Dubbed "Cappuccino Coast" by Daily Mail correspondent Richard Shears, this 30-mile long swath of frothy bubbles consumed the coastline north..http://www.gadling.com/2008/01/05/giant-foam-attacks-australian-coast/ Underwater Florida: There's a spring with your name on it- January 1, 2008 Filed under: Hiking, History, Paddling, Scuba Diving, Stories, United States, Internet ToolsA friend of mine moved to Florida recently and has discovered the wonders of Florida's underwater scene. Actually, he hasn't made it to any of the places that he's salivating over whenever he browses the Web site underwaterflorida.com, but he's planning upcoming outings for whenever he has time off from work. He showed me the section of the Web site that lists many of Florida's freshwater springs by...http://www.gadling.com/2008/01/01/underwater-florida-theres-a-spring-with-your-name-on-it/ |