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When Your Baby Has a Baby

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El Cruce Open Water Swim

How hard can it be? It wouldn’t be a big deal, I told myself. A 10k ocean swim sounded like a lot of fun. Sure, it was more than twice as far as I had ever swum in an open water race, but I figured I could just swim slower when I got tired. Old-lady breastroke...

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Lucky to Be Alive

  There’s nothing like a near-death experience to change your perspective on life. I had one right in the middle of my swim trek in Greece. (The Milos Explorer trip.) Before going, I knew that we would spend most of the day either on the boat or swimming in the...

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Milos Explorer Swim Trek

After having gone on two swim treks, I must say they are my favorite vacations. To spend hours in the big, blue sea in as safe a manner as possible and still get wet, to experience new cultures, sights, smells and sounds, to taste the best food a passionate person has...

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The Other Side of Lamma Island

The Lamma Island Family trail is a beautiful, popular hike that usually ends up at The Sok Kwu Wan fishing village at one of the many sea food restaurants. On weekends and holidays the trail is crowded but still worth the adventure. Most people start by taking a ferry...

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The Baths in Virgin Gorda

Thirty-five years ago, my sister Audrey saw a magazine photograph of model in a beautiful location. She was standing in green/blue water surrounded by giant, granite boulders, with shafts of sunlight reflecting on the water. Audrey was so captivated by this photograph...

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The Reluctant Massage Therapist

We all know about the benefits of receiving a great massage; they’re well documented. If you’re a massage junkie, like me, you’ve got firsthand knowledge. But have you ever thought about the benefits that the therapist may be getting? (Other than wages and tips.) I...

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Swim Trek in the British Virgin Islands

Swim in the wild ocean twice a day, in a outrageously beautiful location, with guides/lifeguards to assist you and keep you safe, with a small group of adventurous like-minded water lovers? Sign me up! I’d seen ads for Swim Trek vacations for years and always...

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