How would you like to be able to visit some of the worlds most exotic, beautiful and far away places that few people will ever get to see?  Including the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Far East, Australia, Europe, Canada, and USA?

Imagine waking up each day in a different, exciting and unique tropical island, the sun shining, the weather hot, the sea crystal clear – and the only decision you have to make is which beach you’re going to visit that day!

Imagine always having plenty of cash and doing all those exciting things you’ve always wanted to do: jet skiing, jeeping around exotic islands, learning to scuba dive, trekking through rainforests, whale watching, hiking to waterfalls, swimming with dolphins, snorkeling in crystal clear sea, shopping in unique countries or simply relaxing on the best beaches in the world.

Does this all sound like a pipe dream to you? It really isn’t, you know.  This is exactly how thousands of other people are choosing to live their lives right now, as we speak.  This is exactly the life that I have led.  This is exactly the life that YOU too could be living.

Sure, the scenery is beautiful and let’s face it, it’s still a lot better than working in a stuffy office. That is of course unless you’re stuck working in the galley all day. Then it can be as bad as working at the local diner. Except at the local diner, your customers don’t expect their meals to taste like they were prepared for the Queen of England. Or maybe they do. After all, some people can be pretty demanding.

In the next article in this series, I’m going to go over a few jobs that you can expect to find on a cruise ship. In the meantime, check out the link in my signature for a review of a great resource that will greatly help you land that job of your dreams.

Scuba diving is the use of independent breathing equipment to stay under the water for long periods of time. This equipment is used both for recreational and professional diving. Scuba diving is not just a fun way of staying fit, but provides sights and experiences which are simply unique. Perhaps the more widespread availability of equipment and certified instructors would induce more people to explore underwater, plus thanks to the internet you can get cheap scuba gear easily.
Scuba diving is not only a popular activity all over the world, but an experience that will be etched in your heart forever. Scuba diving is fun, and we like to see turtles, sharks, coral, fish, invertebrates, nudibranchs, crabs, mollusks, molluscs, eels, sting rays, manta rays, and shrimp. Along with this, we take video and photographs of reefs, reef, fishes, fish, inverts, invertebrates, lobsters, octopus, octopuses, octopi, and coral. SCUBA diving is great fun and can open the way for you to discover the diversity of the amazing underwater world. Scuba diving is a sport that is unparalleled. It’s a great work out, but generally considered a lazy man’s sport (you’re floating 98% of the time).
Scuba diving is greatly different from other sports and recreations in this necessity. In other sports, there is little necessity of belonging to or registering with a certain organization. Scuba diving is popular in Cancun, though it’s not as spectacular as in Cozumel. Look for a scuba company that will give you lots of personal attention: smaller companies are often better at this than larger ones. Scuba Diving is a relaxing, action-packed and exciting sport that can be enjoyed by everybody. Evidence shows that people have been diving for thousands of years, either to hunt for food, seek out treasure, in the art of war or to simply observe the world beneath the waves.
Scuba diving is practiced as a recreational sport as well as a means of conducting military and scientific research. Scuba diving is clearly one of the most exciting hobbies to take. This activity takes you to depths, literally and figuratively. SCUBA diving is a fantastic way of learning about the seas on which we, the human race, rely to support the world’s eco-system. Australia is very fortunate to be surrounded by some of the most diverse marine biological eco-systems in the world. Scuba diving is safe and very inexpensive compared to other excursions offered at resorts. Scuba Diving is one of the most popular water sport activity in the country – a diver’s paradise, a marine jewel rich in sealife and astonishing underwater scenery. Some of my favorite destinations is Scuba Diving in Australia and Scuba Diving in Thailand.
Cabilao Island is one of the best dive place in the Philippines and it is the perfect dive spot for beginners and experienced divers. Scuba diving is an equipment intensive sport. If we are to become good at it, we must be using the same equipment each time we do it.
So my advice is you are thinking about in learning or not about the amazing sport of scuba diving is: go for it… for sure you will love it and you will become an avid scuba diver.

While some might say there’s quite enough excitement above the surface of the water, Texas residents might want to consider a whole new world that beckons.
It’s the world of scuba diving — strapping on a tank and equipping yourself with the proper diving equipment to explore all that the world of underwater has to offer.
For those living in the cities of Dallas, Houston and Austin, exploring the world of scuba diving may mean traveling to the coast of Texas, along the Gulf of Mexico. But there are also numerous opportunities inland, with training facilities, including one in Athens, southeast of Dallas, available for training and recreation.
Those choosing to take up scuba diving will have lots of company, with an estimated 3 million Americans now certified scuba divers, many of them Texas residents.
While there are scuba diving possibilities in and around Texas, including the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, many scuba enthusiasts head to the warm waters of the eastern and western Caribbean, where coral reefs and marine life are aplenty. Some opt to stay at one or more of the hundreds of land-based resorts from which they can dive — or learn to dive — but many divers will want to stay on a boat, either crewed charter boats (in the eastern Caribbean) or live-aboard dive vessels (in the western area).
On a dive boat the crews are diving professionals, many being instructors who can help with a new diver getting certified or checked out if it’s been awhile since a person’s last dive. Charter captains know the most popular dive spots and have a few not-so-well-known favorites of their own. All of the boats have dive equipment on board and most have compressors to keep the dive tanks full.
Land-based vacationers may have to travel in a small open boat for an hour or more to get to a dive site, but those on a charter or dive boat are already there. Plus, they aren’t limited to one area; they can dive from one island one day and another the next. Indeed, on a live-aboard dive boat in the western Caribbean, a vacationer can travel more than 100 miles over the water during a typical seven-day trip.
It’s also often less expensive to charter — with food and drinks included — than to stay in a hotel or resort. Extras that hotels may tack on to a bill – - like rental fees for equipment — are almost always included in the charter fee.
There are many options for learning how to scuba. Open Water certification, which includes classroom sessions, a pool dive where you learn to use the scuba equipment, and four open-water dives, can be obtained in as little as four or five days. An increasingly popular certification method is to take the classroom portion and pool instruction at home, and then have your instructor write a letter of referral to a dive instructor in the Caribbean.
In the eastern Caribbean, especially the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, there are at least 40 yachts available with a certified diving instructor so you can learn right on board. The kinds of boats available range from 80-foot motor yachts and sprawling catamarans to smaller sailboats that cater to couples. Each boat and crew is different, but they all want their clients to have a great time.
If scuba diving isn’t exactly what you want, but you still want to check things out, snorkeling can be a wonderful way to get a window on what’s below. In St. John, USVI, as an example, there is a marked snorkeling trail in Trunk Bay maintained by the U.S. National Park Service.
Another benefit of crewed charters is the ability to dive after the sun goes down. Some 80% of all marine life emerge only at night, but with underwater flashlights, a diver is all set.
Live-aboard dive vessel operators say a diver is four times more likely to see large marine animals like manta rays, dolphins and whales than they are staying at a land-based resort.
If you want more information on scuba diving, you don’t have to go too deep. For a start, check out the NAUI, PADI and YMCA Web sites at www.naui.org, www.padi.com, and www.ymcascuba.org. Learn about Divers Alert Network (DAN), an insurance and medical program for divers, at www.diversalertnetwork.org. An excellent site for all-around information on scuba diving is www.scubadiving.com.[MSOffice1]
Scuba diving is one of those lifestyle activities that can energize those who try it. What can also be energizing is knowing you’re looking after your long term health.