Deeper Currents, ... (and Tribulations)

So this one's been on my bucketlist for a while now. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Heracleion!

The city dates back to the 6th century B.C. and holds some of the most beautiful artifacts you could imagine.
Things like grand statues of gods and goddesses standing well over 15 feet tall and carved out of red granite, treasures of gold and rare stones, elaborate temples and enormous tablets.

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Throwback to 2009 MSY Freedom.Directed by Deborah Metcalfe & Victoria Pujals

Reviewing the The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of #ScubaInfluencers out there.Today's video was requested by Sandy (Name has been changed), and shows us an Open Water Instructor - Influencer from the Caribbean, who's 'teaching' us a new skill. The One Handed Mask Clearing Technique #fail

"The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in it's net of wonder forever."

Never before and since (with exception of BBC2's - Blue Planet's Sir David Attenborough) has one man been so influential as the late Commandant Cousteau in taking us onto his exploration voyages around the Sea's and Oceans of the world. He has shown the intricate secrets of the Oceans to millions, if not billions and still does till today.

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I was just informed by my colleague Solveigh that my dear friend and ex-colleague Capt. Shazly Mahmoud has passed last week. There's legends and then there's legendary in The Red Sea. Captain Shazly was such a figure. A powerfully built, and top fishermen of El Qseir (Red Sea - Egypt) in his mid 40's (if memory serves me) when I met him down in Qse

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