Scuba travel has never been high on my wishlist but after talking to my three guests on Episode 151 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast about their diving trips all around the world, I'm beginning to think otherwise!

Scuba diving holidays are special - and my first guest Ella Loeffler should know as in the short few years since she first learnt scuba diving, she's tried it out in quite a number of places around the world. Liveaboard diving sounds especially good to me - kind of like a separate trip within a trip where you get to hang out with like minded travellers and locals.

After Ella I chat with Deborah Dickson-Smith who loves diving so much she bought a scuba diving travel agency! She's got a long list of great dive experiences but also some wishlist ideas to experience the best scuba diving in the world sometime.

Finally, I talk with Talon Windwalker, who has done work as a dive instructor and has done many special diving trips with his daughter. He also emphasises the many-faceted benefits of combining scuba diving with travelling: seeing new (underwater) landscapes, getting to know another side of local cultures and creating incredible memories.

Links:

• Easy Travel Speak free lesson -

   https://www.nomadingabout.com/free-easy-travel-speak-lesson/

• Use discount code AMANDA for 40% off Easy Travel Speak -

  https://www.nomadingabout.com/easy-travel-speak

• Adopt a sea turtle nest program where Ella’s volunteering - Lang Tengah - http://www.langtengahturtlewatch.org/adoptions/

• Deborah’s site Dive PlanIt, a dive travel agency - https://diveplanit.com/ 

• Talon’s blog - http://1dad1kid.com/ 

• Talon on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/onedad1kid/

• Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers -

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers

• Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/151