Bitten in Half

by Erik Olsen on

Check out a post
over at Divester about a poor snorkeler
who got (gulp) bitten in half by a 20-foot great white shark in Australia. Of course, Australia is known for being
shark infested territory where Great White occasionally strike humans, but the “bitten in half” part makes me
shudder.

GBR Virtually

by Erik Olsen on

We’ve posted about an interesting little interactive over at Divester that might
be worth a few seconds of your time. It’s a simple, but kinda neat little interactive about diving the Great Barrier
Reef. You can click around and see info bits on the wildlife and the environment…dunno, just seemed kind of cool,
especially if you’ve got nothing better to do at the moment.

Spring Break Ideas

by Erik Olsen on

Well, for some of us spring break is nothing more than a memory of times spent long ago during a period when your most pressing cares were which brand of beer to pour into the gaping mouth of a beer bong funnel (Budweiser always seemed to go down the best). For others, that memory is alive and well. I’m talking about those fortunate folk who are perhaps planning this very minute for imminent debauchery. Ah, youth. If you fall into this category, you can’t go wrong checking out the Boston Globe’s spring break special. There are flight specials, ideas on how best to crash after a day of drinking, and a top ten list of best spots to hang with your friends (number ten: the Bahamas, number one: Panama City, FL).

Looking for a Killer Surf Hotel?

by Erik Olsen on

So was Bill Lee. He had very exacting requirements, too. He wanted the perfect surf spot with ample opportunities for hard-core adventure junkies, but also the perfect mix of laid-backedness and good food and friendly people. So when he had trouble finding this hotel, he said fu%$ it, I’ll start my own. Which is what he did.

So after cruising the surf beaches of the Caribbean and the northern Pacific for a year or so he decided to found eXtreme Hotels. EXtreme Cabarete, Lee’s property on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, matches his ideal. It caters to adrenalin sport enthusiasts, from kite boarders, to paragliders and rock climbers.