Scuba diving in France: things to know before you go
Like for many things, French like to do it differently. Scuba diving is, unfortunately, one of those things that don't work in the same way the rest of the world does. This article is not meant to judge whether it is a good thing or not. It is a practical guide if you intend to ...
How I almost gave up writing about Ocean Conservation
Do you know the legend of the hummingbird? One day a terrible fire broke out in a forest. Frightened, all the animals fled their homes and ran out of the forest. As they came to the edge of a stream, they stopped to watch the fire and they were feeling very discouraged and powerless. They ...
5 secrets pour voyager et plonger plus
This article is the French version of "5 secrets to travel and dive more" Vous vous demandez peut-être, en lisant mon blog, comment je fais pour voyager autant. Alors, pour information, je ne suis pas la riche héritère d'un grand-père millionnaire et je n'ai pas gagné au loto, en fait je suis plutôt du genre ...
The perfect scuba diving bag doesn’t exist?
#neverwithoutmygear It took me only a year after my open water certification to understand how much I hated renting scuba diving gear in dive centres: never the right size, questionable maintenance, bad habits of other scuba divers (you know what I'm talking about), you name it. Before I went on my first big scuba diving adventure ...
2 weeks in Hawaii : my ultimate itinerary for scuba divers
"Are you getting married, Florine?", "Did you go on honeymoon?" "Whaaaat? Nooo..." This is pretty much the type of conversation I had on and on, before and after my trip to Hawaii. The reason? The Hawaiian Archipelago seems such a fantasy destination beyond reach that most people believed it had to be for my big ...
My top 10 dives of 2017
The New Year is the perfect moment to look back at another year that passed. Last year, I was surprised of what I achieved in a year, but when I look back at 2017, 22 scuba diving locations in 8 different countries in 10 months, it makes me eager to know what will happen in ...
Shore diving in Maui & Big Island: Hawaii’s best kept secret
The Hawaiian Archipelago is full of bucket list dives with exciting adventures such as diving in the crater of a volcano or night diving with manta rays, but all of these scuba diving trips come at a high price tag. To be clear, I have never paid so much for a dive. At the same time, ...
