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// June 15th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // USA Dive Guide
When the long arm of Murphy’s Law reached across the Pacific Ocean to the Big Island, Hawaii, and knocked our dive boat out of commission for the day, we reluctantly followed a local friend’s advice: Try a shore dive.We headed for – say it with us – Pu’uhonua O’ Honaunau (Poo-oo-ho-nu-ah oh Ho-now-now).
// June 7th, 2010 // No Comments » // Travel
Finding yourself in a large, bustling American city while simultaneously being in one of the remotest spots on the planet is a strange paradox. For starters, you might think you”d need a passport to get there, but you don’t. You”d think your cell phone wouldn’t work there. It does. You”d expect to struggle linguistically with the locals. You won’t. You”d expect all kinds of things—to jump through hoops to get there, to schlepp your gear through dirt streets, to be agonizingly disoriented, to come back with horrific stories of struggling for your very survival. But that’s Hawaii—it defies expectations. And best of all, you get all the amenities and conveniences of modern civilization, without ever leaving the United States.
