Tag: travelblog

• FROM VENICE TO MAHÉBOURG

  A Spirited Dance  After three months, I had to dust my luggage and defrost the fridge when I started preparing for my departure. This Blog-page was created for the 2023 trip to Mahébourg. I never imagined that I would return again and again. Upon my return home. I was embarrassed by my yearning for Mahébourg.…

  Lynni Lochenkov

  October 27, 2025

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• IN THE LAVENDER GARDEN

  Saving lives and other brave acts. I’ve been silent. I haven’t blogged or dived. Land-locked at home, I’ve been focussing on what I can do with what I have here, in Robertson, South Africa. In the process my life-purpose has become clearer. While working on how to step into that, I’ve carried the words “Brave”…

  Lynni Lochenkov

  June 6, 2025

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• THE HEART OF THE OCEAN

  AN INTRODUCTION TO CORAL & CORAL REEFS To understand the value of Coral we need to understand its role in the ocean as well as our relationship to the ocean. Be aware of the following factors, indicative that we actually live on PLANET OCEAN and not Earth. We usually meet the sea where it meets…

  Lynni Lochenkov

  April 7, 2025

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• HOLDING AN ECOSYSTEM IN MY HAND

  A LAST SNORKEL The sand is not just sea sand. It’s a magical mix of crushed shells, rock, other organic matter and teeny weeny shells, recognisable as such – a condensed ecosystem. The sun was lower than on my usual snorkelling explorations at Pointe d’Esny. I was lying in the shallows with my mask on,…

  Lynni Lochenkov

  January 29, 2025

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• THE START OF SOMETHING NEW

  My first camera dive My mobility was not improving with my walking and swimming. My weak left leg was in constant pain, radiating from my left buttock down to the outside of my left calf muscle. I was in pain even when I was lying in bed, doing nothing. Deep tissue massages gave some very…

  Lynni Lochenkov

  December 18, 2024

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  #Actioncamera, #Chronicillness, #disability, #Divetravel, #healthylifestyle, #mermaiddiaries, #mystory, #newlife, #paralysis, #Photograph, #scubadreams, #surviving, #survivingmyself, divebuddies, diving, health, keepersofthesea, life, lifelessons, liveyourbestlife, mauritius, ocean, padi, photo, photographer, photography, photos, save our seas, scuba, scuba adventure, scubadiving, sea, travel, travelblog, travelblogger, underwaterphotography

• THE JOURNEY

  An uncharted expedition As I write this blog, I’ve been back on my Paradise Island for a month. Yes, I returned! My previous blog was a short story about a mermaid being “moon kissed”, as I tried to avoid the large mammal in the room – so to speak. At 41 dives, I’m new at…

  Lynni Lochenkov

  November 11, 2024

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• IN SEARCH OF MERMAIDS

  I’m back in my fishing village in Mauritius ! While I’m getting ready to start diving, I wanted to share another travelling experience with you. A journey of self-discovery. As I got to paragraph two, I found myself writing an allegory, a tale about a mermaid and a fisherman ! How not to … when…

  Lynni Lochenkov

  October 16, 2024

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• The Lion and The Butterfly

  I was lying here, during my last long stay in Mahebourg, mezmerised by the view. I was reading a Paulo Coelho novel and inspired by his metaphors, the name ‘The Lion and the Butterfly’ settled in my heart. I am a motivational visual blogger on a Facebook page, ‘The Butterfly Project’. I’ve created and posted…

  Lynni Lochenkov

  July 26, 2024

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• ENDLESS DIVING

  Celebrating life today! Today, a year ago, I dived Purple Cave just outside the reef of Blue Bay, Mauritius. I was travelling solo for the first time in decades and the first time since becoming mobility challenged. During the beginning of my stay, unfavourable weather conditions kept me confined to my studio flat, before I…

  Lynni Lochenkov

  June 17, 2024

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• A TWO TANK DIVE

  Personalising – more than my weight belt A month ago I was fortunate enough to do a two tank dive outside the reef in the Blue Bay Marine Reserve, Mauritius. Weather kept me inside the reef for weeks, so this opportunity was a dream come true. On this day I not only experienced the magic…

  Lynni Lochenkov

  May 11, 2024

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