Tag: Experience water sports
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A Rocketship on Water – Lelystad RIB Experience
If you’re looking for an adrenaline rush on the water with a bunch of mates come to Lelystad Rib Experience. You’re in for some speed, wind in the hair, sea spray, low flying and big smiles.
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Liveaboard catamaran Sailing Côte d’Azur | Road Trip Blog #25
Would YOU trade in your trusty Land Rover for a Lagoon 40 sailing catamaran? And spend a week sailing around the French south coast?
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Sundowners aboard Elena of London
During the sailing regatta, Les Voiles de Saint Tropez, we were invited onboard the magnificent superyacht after the race. Her incredible size hits you as you’re ready to embark; being relieved of your shoes.
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Sailing regatta Les Voiles de Saint Tropez
Les Voiles de Saint Tropez is a fab sailing regatta held from the last weekend of September, where about 300 yachts gather in the Golf of St Tropez for a week of competitive sailing and celebrations.
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Monaco Yacht Show 2016
Monaco is always an experience, one way or another… This time it was for a delivery of Mirabeau wine for the twentieth Monaco Yacht Show
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Sailing between Lelystad & Batavia Harbours
A big adventure doesn’t necessarily mean miles and miles away … it can also be right on your doorstep! After inheriting his father’s boat, Rob and Diana, our good friends and neighbours, have decided to moor it locally. Across the road from us in fact. Fabulous for a quick getaway … We first sailed over…
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Sailing on Lauwersmeer
With Marcel’s heavy workload our weekend camping plans went astray, so we were planning a quiet weekend at home. “Nothing of the sort!” thought Rob and Diana who phoned us on Friday afternoon. “How about joining us on Lauwersmeer for a night? And if Taryn is happy to, she can spend the night with Naomi…
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Snorkelling Ras Mohammed (Egypt) aboard Almira III
Picture it, day 10 of a tough two weeks in Egypt: tanning, swimming, eating far too much at the buffet, another beer, more sun, more tanning, more swimming… how much of this can you take??!! Time for a snorkel off the coast…
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Underwater residents of Punta Cana
I spent a couple of days in the water off the beach at the Catalonia Royal Bavaro resort. Which is pretty normal. I mean what would you do amongst the palm trees and perfect beaches?
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Rhein Waterfall in Schaffhausen
The sound and power of the water drew me in like a magnet. We just HAD to include it in our travel plan.
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Muzi Pan Canoeing: Zulu Culture, Hippos, Wetland Creatures
During our stay at Leopard Walk Lodge, Janet and Rob organised a guided canoeing trip for us with Temba, a Zulu guide who is perhaps the epitome of responsible eco-tourism.
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Our Breakaway To Hurghada, Egypt
Our RYA sailing course was cancelled at the last minute, so we booked a last minute trip to Hurghada on the Red Sea in Egypt. We snorkelled, scuba dived, quad biked and visited Luxor including Valley of the Kings and Karnak Temple.
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Diving career dreams end with a tiger shark dive in Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas
To finish off our intensive scuba training, ‘sea dog’ dive leader Walter took us to “Eels Skins” at 15m depth on Aliwal Shoal, to dive with tiger sharks
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Shore-entry Navigation Dive
As part of our scuba diving instructor training, we completed a rather scary shore-entry navigation dive after the flooding in Umkomaas, KwaZulu Natal
