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What Is Panama Like?

by Iva Skoch   Sep 25th 2007 @ 9:30AM

I am planning a trip to Panama. Not sure why. I don't know much about the country but I have a free Continental voucher to use up and they fly there directly from New York. That's a good enough reason for me. Plus, it sounds like a pretty interesting place.

I am sure many of you have been there already. I hear that Panama is trying to brand itself as the new, wilder (and possibly more dangerous) Costa Rica. Any recommendations? Any must sees and must avoids? Are there ...

Scuba Dive and Play Tennis in a Cave

by Jamie Rhein   Sep 25th 2007 @ 2:02PM

We've written about how you can mail a postcard in a cave, stay the night in a volcano cave--or some other caves, bungy jump in a cave, paddle in a cave, and go to church in a cave. There's a whole lot more you can do in a cave and I'm sure one of us have mentioned it, but these will do for now. Missouri is the place to go for even more cave fun. It's not called The Cave State for nothing.

The reason ...

Budget Fares from New York to Egypt

by Grant Martin   Oct 2nd 2007 @ 4:00PM

Airfare Watchdog is reporting the latest in a string of strange USA-LON-XXX flights that are remarkably cheap for this time of year. This week, the Egyptian port of Sharm el-Sheikh is on sale from New York City for the paltry sum of about 600USD.

Availability appears to be anywhere between November and March, and AFWD has created a series of handy dandy links to help you search throughout an entire month of availability. The trick with booking this flight is to be flexible. Most dirt-cheap tickets ...
Bringing the Underwater Marine World to Your Couch

by Abha Malpani   Oct 17th 2007 @ 11:58AM

For someone (like me) who is petrified of marine life -- but still thinks it's phenomenal and often moans about probably never being able to see the "real thing" -- the leading resource of marine life imagery, Wetpixel has launched a quarterly print magazine to quieten such moans and to bring the splendor of the marine world to your couch.

In the market since 2000, Wetpixel is the best online resource for professional real-life underwater photography and videos; the new quarterly is an extension ...
Underwater pumpkin carving

by Martha Edwards   Oct 24th 2007 @ 10:55AM


I don't know about you, but I often have a heck of a time trying to carve a pumpkin. Even the best-laid design is at the mercy of how well you can make a precise incision in the shell of that orange, goopy mess. So I can't imagine how difficult it would be to do what these people are doing -- carving pumpkins underwater.

Ok, so the lubrication of water might make cutting the pumpkin slightly easier, but consider this: Pumpkins float. And I'm not a diver but I ...
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Follow up to the Irwin story, Cousteau, who was assisting Irwin at the time of his death, will keep working on Ocean's Deadliest film.

This should be a fitting tribute to a Steve, as long as it doesn't turn into another "Jaws", and lead to the destruction of a creature ...
Travel

As if Sipadan didn't have enough to worry about right now, Malaysia's local news service is reporting that an increasing number of divers are traveling to Pulau Sipadan illegally. The permitted number of divers per day is 120, but dive operators have actively ignored that law. In January, the average ...