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Vincennes Hippodrome Paris Racetrack
VINCENNES HIPPODROME OF PARIS The Vincennes Hippodrome located near the Vincennes Palace in Paris is one of the most famous racetracks in the world. It is here you will find the World Trotting…
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A Wasted Day– At Sea on the Norwegian Epic
A Wasted Day — At Sea on the Norwegian Epic I guess I just wasted a vacation day here aboard the Norwegian Epic. Today (Tuesday) was a day at sea. The early morning hours…
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Erie Canal
This week marked the 200 anniversary of the Erie Canal. Growing up the “barge” canal was just a few miles away. The “barge” canal was built a hundred years later that rerouted certain…
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Standardbred Horse Racing
Those who know me, know that years ago I owned a large standardbred training facility and had a number of horses. Okay often over a dozen. However, negative impacts after 9 11 caused…
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Scuba Dive from a Cruise Ship
Scuba Diving from a Cruise Ship Why not scuba dive from a cruise ship? A Cruise vacation might not be seen as an option for a diving vacation, however, it can be. Millions…
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Churches of Pampanga Philippines
Churches of Pampanga Philippines From the late 1500’s to 1898, the Philippines were a colony of Spain. The Spanish’s mandate from the Pope was to find new lands and convert the heathens to…
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The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes The Writer No Blogs
As a writer, This point came home to me as I visited different exhibitors at the DEMA show last week. DEMA is the Dive Equipment Manufacturers Association. Each year they have an annual…
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Dive Season is Coming
I am looking forward to the next week. It represents the opening of the local dive season in Upstate New York, and I can tell you it is not a day too soon…
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Komodo National Park
Komodo National Park (KNP) Located in a very remote portion of the Indonesian islands is a place that seems mythical, a place forgotten by time and controlled by dragons. The island of Komodo…
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Freelance Writing Scuba Diving Related
Recent Freelance Writing Scuba Diving Related Publications Freelance writing covers a broad range of skills. This is the first in a series of articles in which I will highlight some of the material that…