Pre-departure Blog - Diving in the Far East
Hello! Everyone has that dream vacation in their head, the one that you have talked about and dreamed about for years saying, "we will do that when we retire". On Sunday we leave on our "dream" vacation! I know, I know, we have been so many places and seen so many amazing things! This is true and this vacation does not change that or diminish those trips in any way! This trip is more about the "use it or lose it" philosophy. It will be a long and physically demanding trip ... not one to be attempted in old-age. [Whether we are in that category is a matter of what day it is and what we did the day before.... LOL.] Keep in mind that the POINT of this trip is DIVING. We will actually not be doing much sight-seeing along the way. We will have to come back to see this part of the world again ... and that certainly is in the long-range plan. Sunday we depart for Sydney. The 17 hour flight will be the longest ever for me, and pretty close for Carsten. We