Comments on Vicarious Nomad: Achieving Buoyancy

Hi Marie - Well the answer to the Somalia question...

2011-04-17T13:39:16.038-04:00

Hi Marie - Well the answer to the Somalia questions isn't an easy one. Somaliland, in the north, is quite stable and pretty secure (where I visited).

Somalia proper, near Mogadishu is pretty volatile, and basically doesn't have a functioning government and is controlled by a terrorist group, Al Shabaab. They rule the place, kick out NGOs, kidnap Americans, bomb other countries in Africa, pretty much not good guys.

They recently had a tourist show up in Mogadishu, apparently just to get a stamp in his passport just to say he was there, and they weren't so pleased with this.

Safe travels,

Miel

I think you may want to add a facebook button to y...

2011-03-30T12:40:37.714-04:00

I think you may want to add a facebook button to your blog. Just marked down this site, however I had to do this manually. Simply my advice.

I see you went to Somalia, is it as bad as they sa...

2011-03-28T14:12:00.806-04:00

I see you went to Somalia, is it as bad as they say?

Hi Miel! This is Beau Emmett. I just by chance ca...

2011-03-15T00:03:29.641-04:00

Hi Miel!

This is Beau Emmett. I just by chance came across a random blog comment that you'd left for me over a year ago! Wow.
You can contact me at beauemmett@gmail.com

Hope you are well! Your adventures look incredible.

Beau :D

Reminds me of a paper about the so-called work/lif...

2011-03-07T15:40:02.500-05:00

Reminds me of a paper about the so-called work/life balance and how the goal should really be to soar or fly...you don't want to set your life up as an either/or paradigm, and you do need that higher level perspective to keep things flying toward your goals...buoyancy sounds more peaceful though!

Reminds me of a paper written about the so-called ...

2011-03-07T15:38:11.843-05:00

Reminds me of a paper written about the so-called work/life balance, and they suggested that the goal should be to soar or fly since you don't really want to set your life up as an either/or, but you need to get that high level view.

Buoyancy sounds even nicer though!

'Drea - Breathing is definitely essential, and...

2011-03-07T00:41:09.965-05:00

'Drea - Breathing is definitely essential, and something that many don't take the time to focus on. This is important both above and below the water. Looking forward to more dive adventures as well.

Cheers,

Miel

I definitely have to remind myself to breathe deep...

2011-03-06T23:13:12.176-05:00

I definitely have to remind myself to breathe deeply during the day.

I read this article about how so many of us walk around constricted because we don't breathe properly...

Hope that you continue to have fun with your diving lessons.