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This 133,000-square-mile Reef Is One of the Best Places in the World to Snorkel—With 1,600+ Fish Species and 500-pound Giant Clams

Snorkeling Australia’s Great Barrier Reef brought me face-to-face with giant clams, colorful coral gardens, clownfish, and a ...
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I went on a sailboat in the Great Barrier Reef that calls itself a floating hostel. I slept terribly but it was the best $300 I spent in Australia.

In June, I set out to the Land Down Under. Given that I was traveling more than 8,000 miles from my home in Denver, Colorado, there was one thing I couldn't miss — a dive in the Great Barrier Reef.
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The 12 Most Beautiful Scuba Diving Destinations in the World

Every scuba dive starts the same way: Gurgling bubbles and a hissing regulator. Then silence. Signaling “okay” to your buddy, you descend into whatever adventure waits below. After this, there’s no ...