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Are you planning a trip to the breathtaking Caribbean to do some serious cave diving?  If so, you’re in for an awesome treat!  The Bahamas has a reputation for being one of the most popular destinations for cave diving.  Locals brag about the ocean caves that are teeming with marine life.  The virgin offshore reefs are home to an abundance of lobsters, crabs, shrimp and sponges.  The largest island in the Bahamas is Andros. It is the third largest barrier reef in the world.  Andros provides an exciting and challenging opportunity to cave dive in sensational blue holes.  The incredible...

You do not have to dive, or don a mask, snorkel and fins, to visit a coral reef.  In Key Largo, Florida, visitors can hop on a glass-bottomed boat and be experiencing the underwater beauty of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in no time.   Coral reefs are sometimes called the ocean's "tropical rainforest"---and with good reason.  The diversity of plants and animals is truly amazing.    The coral reef at John Pennekamp begins about three miles off Key Largo's mangrove- and grass-flats coastline.  It hosts about 600 species of fish, including angelfish, parrotfish, butterfly fish, groupers, wrasses, and...

In the late 17th century, Port Royal, Jamaica, was the wickedest city in the Western Hemisphere -- and the richest.   The city had been built on a spit of land guarding what is now known as Kingstown Harbor. It had been built primarily as a base to protect British interests in the New World. Easy access to the trade routes and a good, deep harbor made it an ideal base for pirates. Piracy -- or privateering, as it was called when done with government sanction -- was not only permitted, but encouraged, in old Port Royal. Raids on Spanish...

Located in New South Wales and known as Harbor City and The Gateway to Australia, Sydney is a dynamic and cosmopolitan city surrounded by gorgeous sandy beaches. While the coastlines here are perfect in their natural state, there are quite a few that come with extras anyway - coffee bars, surf lessons, spas and even the odd dolphin, if you are lucky enough to catch a glimpse. Sydney can more than cater to all your seaside needs! Bondi Beach The most famous beach in Sydney – if not the whole of Australia – must be Bondi Beach. It is a whole kilometer of...

The pungent scent of his cigar carried me away on a whirlwind of possibilities. The soft whirring of the motor and the rhythmic lapping of the waves around us erased our cares and filled us with a sense of serenity and boundless freedom. The day’s fate rested in the palms of our hands and on the tips of our hooks, but we knew not what the bay had in store.   Seldom did the three of us venture past the bay’s threshold where it became one with the ocean’s choppy grip. But if no fish were biting, we would sometimes...