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So What Exactly Is a Dive Resort?

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So What Exactly Is a Dive Resort? It is a resort where people go to scuba dive. Any other questions? I’ve been called a smart-ass more than once. Actually, there are some peculiarities that make a dive resort somewhat different than your regular, run-of-the-mill Caribbean resort, so here’s the skinny: If someone discovers a spot […]

We Arrive on a Dark and Stormy Night

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We Arrive on a Dark and Stormy Night It is never too late to be who you might have been. (George Eliot) The night is black and the wind is fierce.  The white-capped waves thud against the hull of our water taxi as it plows into the swells. We are in a panga—the ubiquitous Latin […]

The Island of Pines

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The Island of Pines (Otherwise known as Guanaja) Best of an island is once you get there—you can’t go any further.     You’ve come to the end of things.   Agatha Christie Story has it, the first European to set foot on Guanaja named it The Island of Pines because it was, well, covered with pine trees. […]