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ADVENTURES ON LAND AND UNDER THE SEA
Tales of a travelling mermaid …
Join me on my adventures as I travel - inexpertly and with far too much rammed into my case - to where the sea is warm and the water is (hopefully!) clear. I hope to explore some of the cultures and lands that I am lucky enough to visit, scuba dive my way around the other world under the sea and ensure I get plenty of stops for delicious cups of tea along the way!
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2. The north side is the hot side
Here I am, back aboard the Lady Denok live aboard for 9 nights cruising and diving around Raja Ampat. The first part of our trip is in...
Pip Andrews
11 hours ago3 min read
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1. Getting to Indonesia … 48 hours of travel & excellent airports!
48 hours, 3 flights, 4 time zones and various stops en route and I have finally arrived ready for destination one of my trip to...
Pip Andrews
4 days ago7 min read
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2. Sharks and currents - from the possibly mythical to the very real!
Thursday The trip continues with 3-4 dives a day, which start with a 6.15 wake up call then tend to follow the routine of dive, get fed,...
Pip Andrews
Feb 912 min read
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1. On the Horizon of the Maldives with the dancing mantas!
Very brief patch of WiFi to upload the adventures so far …. Not only did I make it all the way from my house to Heathrow and to the...
Pip Andrews
Feb 43 min read
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4. The turning (on) of the tides…
Friday: Sometimes being on holiday can be terribly stressful and exhausting. The ladies clean my room each day and when I get back and...
Pip Andrews
Dec 22, 20245 min read
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3: The lagoon of the lazy jellyfish … and the wisdom of EM
Tuesday: In addition to diving, there are some other trips and activities on offer on my island (and I mean in addition to reading my...
Pip Andrews
Dec 19, 20248 min read
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2. Tank, the mermaid yeti!
Great news, my luggage was successfully delivered to Dar es Salaam airport only 24 hours after I arrived there. Good work from KLM....
Pip Andrews
Dec 16, 20245 min read
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1. Tanzania. Friday 13th travel strikes again: big plane, tiny plane, no-baggage plane!
Friday 13th!! Travelling on Friday 13th across Europe and into Eastern Africa, relying on 3.5 flights, once of which had a connection...
Pip Andrews
Dec 14, 20246 min read
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3. Serious travel blog: the toilets of Cyprus
While I’m sure you’re enjoying the newsy updates, it’s time for some serious travel-blog information. This time about toilets. An...
Pip Andrews
Nov 1, 20244 min read
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2. Flower water, tourist hot-spots and a civilised water exit!
Monday: Another morning, another breakfast buffet. The selection of food stuffs available is most exciting and really extensive. There’s...
Pip Andrews
Oct 29, 20245 min read
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1. Sisters in Cyprus! Tea crisis in the skies …
For my sister’s 40 trip around the sun (almost), we’ve embarked on another holiday treat, this time to Cyprus and more specifically to...
Pip Andrews
Oct 27, 20243 min read
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4. Night dives, navigation and not becoming another Red Sea wreck!
I did a night dive! I felt I ought to do one and had checked which was meant to be the most spectacular. ‘The Barge’ was the one. I...
Pip Andrews
Aug 31, 20246 min read
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3. Getting ‘lost’ and getting ‘wrecked’ in the Red Sea!
Our live aboard continued in much the same way with an excellent routine of diving, resting and massively overeating. The ‘cruise...
Pip Andrews
Aug 30, 20245 min read
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2. Aboard the live aboard.
3 days into my liveaboard and all is going well…. None of the bad triggerfish sitings as yet (which has surprised and delighted me!)....
Pip Andrews
Aug 26, 20242 min read
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1. Return to Egypt 2024 … Dad’s requested a blog!
Do you want to see my packed lunch …. Is avacado a liquid, balm or gel? Another month, another adventure … this time, a return to Egypt...
Pip Andrews
Aug 24, 202410 min read
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6. A quarry, a church, stick man Jesus and some devil rays!
Monday was another day of taking the little car out to explore. I went to another beauty spot view point, this one was called Poço de...
Pip Andrews
Jul 30, 20246 min read
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5. The sea bouncer and the little car!
My first full day on Santa Maria ended up being a full day boat trip out to a place called Formigas, which is a little bank of...
Pip Andrews
Jul 28, 20246 min read
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4. Atlantic Islands of Azores and Tenerife v. Asia!
As I finish up my time on Pico Island, I can’t help but reflect and compare my holiday and time some far in the Azores compared to other...
Pip Andrews
Jul 26, 20248 min read
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3. Wine, OAP dancing and karma for the French man!
It felt right that I sampled some of the the local Pico wine - only to find, to my delight, that they have started producing a rosé - so...
Pip Andrews
Jul 23, 20247 min read
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2. Sensible walking flip flops!
Following several hours of relaxing after a massive breakfast and lounging by the pool, I hauled all my dive gear down the road, round...
Pip Andrews
Jul 21, 20248 min read
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