Blog by Taken by the Sea. A blog by two scuba divers who have abandoned the status quo in the pursuit of happiness. Scuba Diving nomads who gave up their careers to travel full time.
These sharks are rarely seen by divers as they prefer deep, open water. Unfortunately opportunities to see sharks of any kind are becoming less common due to the fact we slaughter anywhere from 100 to close to 300 million sharks a year which is absolutely shameful and one more reason I would have never considered staying on the boat to miss an opportunity like this.
Read MoreNow that we have returned from Honduras I have put together the full sequence of the amazing video Bruce captured our first week: the unexpected predation of an eel by an octopus. I cut one minute of the more gruesome action to save for a better WiFi connection. I was also able to zoom in to better see what is happening.
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Yesterday (Sept. 14th) at 12:00 Noon the two young garage inventors (Eric Stackpole and David Lang) of the 2012 "OpenROV" project began their 46 day Kickstarter campaign to raise $50,000.00 to help launch their second more advanced ROV named "Trident".
Read MoreThis might be unpleasant for some people to watch but animal predation is a fact of life. We are in Roatan and wifi is spotty so I was not able to upload the full version of what Bruce captured. Update: the full version is now up.
Read MoreWhen I meet new people I inevitably wonder 'would I still like this person on a dive boat'? My friends and family will confirm I am desperate to corrupt their children with a desire to see under the surface and recruit as many ocean champions as I can. There are a lot of things I could say to a new diver but I think an advisory about other divers would be at the top of my list.
Read MoreSelling everything we own would be easier if we did not own art and had a house filled with modern and generic furniture. Overall this process has been much easier for me than Bruce who, until recently, would have been the least likely person to agree to a scheme where in you voluntarily give up a life time of prized possessions and your home to sell them for a loss, in order to lower your standard of living enough to afford taking jobs that pay considerably less.
Read MoreIt was approximately a year ago that our life, already quite fractured, officially broke. We wanted to blog back then about what was happening to us but for various reasons we were literally and figuratively muzzled. It would have been miserable reading so I am relieved we took a year to cool off and recover.
Read MoreA blog about recklessly pursuing happiness by 2 Scuba addicts who left their careers and are selling everything they own, to live a semi nomadic life of travel and work.
