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I have a confession to make — I’m a technology and adventure fiend. These two characteristics have played a defining role in my young adult life. So when I find someone who seems to has these same passions, I get very excited.

A couple weeks ago, I came across a polish blogger who shares this passion for technology and adventure. Marek runs the blog Paddling with a camera which is basically a study of photography and kayaking. He features great reviews of adventure themed cameras and takes some stunning shots as well.

Here are some of my favorite posts:

10 Tips How to Avoid Blurry Pictures when Shooting from a Kayak
Do You Paddle with Your Dog? K-9 Kayaking
20 Paddling and Photography Destinations
Paddling Photography in September (2005-2008)
Paddling with Pixel, the Water Corgi

And some awesome shots:

Use some of Marek’s great tips and take some shots yourself on one of our kayaking tours!

Someone who has given the gift of life shouldn’t be honored with a gift that will be quickly forgotten – or worse, returned. The Kijubi Team has the perfect solution – the gift of experience.

Start your Mother’s day off with a fabulous, relaxing and delicious brunch cruise. A chartered brunch cruise gives your mother the option to step out onto the deck and breathe some fresh sea air, or relax comfortably inside the cabin where there is warmth, good music, excellent food and a charming atmosphere.

Have you ever wined and dined by sea? If you have, then you know that its the perfect Mother’s Day gift. It’s time to eat in style, on a one-of-a-kind Dinner Cruise. Let’s face it, taking you mother out to dinner is great and there are lots of award winning restaurants out there, but after five years in a row, it’s time for a change. Where else can you be catered to while the ocean breeze blows across the bow, and the aroma of Lobster & Filet Mignon tantalizes your taste buds.

We have cruises departing throughout California, including Newport Beach, Marina Del Rey, San Diego and San Francisco. So hurry up and book because a Mother’s Day brunch or dinner cruise is surely selling out.

Could there be anything more romantic than gliding gently across the water in a Venetian gondola, snuggled under a blanket, enjoying champagne and snacks, while your gondolier sings Italian love songs? This experience will ensure the most romantic Mother’s Day getaway. Tradition dictates that couples must kiss under every bridge, and a friendly “Ciao” to passersby is encouraged. This is romance at its finest.

What could possibly be better than giving your Mother the gift of a spa treatment? How about enjoying some of that pampering yourself! Whether you are looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift, or you are dying to relieve some stress, a Mobile Spa Treatment is exactly what you’re looking for. Have a luxury-spa quality facial or hand and foot treatment in the privacy of your own home and share the self-indulgence with your Mother!

If you really want to wow the special Mother in your life, don’t just take her out to an exquisite restaurant – give her an unforgettable dining experience. Enjoy a mesmerizing evening under the stars and over the skyscrapers of Los Angeles and Hollywood with our all-inclusive Dinner Helicopter tour. Indulge in the beautiful Southern California skyline while you savor a beautifully crafted dinner from a choice of award winning Hollywood area restaurants. Enjoy the moon, stars and the picturesque cityscape from an exclusive perspective. This is a pull-out-all-the-stops kind of event and the extraordinary Mother in your life deserves nothing less.

$49 will get you a 2-hour surfing lesson with La Vida Laguna! 

Kijubi Deal of the Week – 2-hour Surfing Lesson

If Surfing isn’t your thing, check out these other options from Kijubi.com:

SeaWorld San Diego
Enoy a special Kijubi discount to one of Southern California’s premiere wildlife destinations! Experience breath-taking interaction with all kinds of

Half-Day Fishing Trip
Whether you’re looking to take a local day trip to the Huntington Flats or the Horseshoe Kelp, or maybe a twilight excursion along the coast of Laguna Beach, we are the fisherman’s choice for open party fishing trips. Our Coast Guard licensed skippers know the most productive fishing grounds in and out, and will take you to them in one of our modern boats designed for maximum fishing action! All of our boats are fully insured and coast guard certified, and they feature state-of-the-art navigational and fishing electronics for the ultimate experience and reward.

Beach Cities Helicopter Tour
Enjoy a “California-Style” flight with breathtaking aerial views of some world famous beaches and landmarks. This tour focuses on the “South Bay” or “Peninsula” of Los Angeles, a hidden gem and definitely a destination not many tourists get to see. See the California beach towns of Redondo, Manhattan and Hermosa, amazing homes perched on the cliffs of Palos Verdes, and the backdrop of L.A. Harbor, one of the busiest harbors in the world.

$65 will get you a one hour Sailing cruise/lesson from Southbay Sailing!

 Kijubi Deal of the Week – Sailing cruise/lesson

If sailing isn’t your think, check out these other options from Kijubi.com

Bungee Jumping
Imagine standing on the edge, your palms are sweaty, your throat is dry and your heart is pounding against your chest . You feel a rush as adrenaline surges through your body. Looking down at least ten stories below, you hear the encouragement of your friends standing next to you as the countdown begins. This is the ultimate thrill of bungee jumping , are you brave enough to take the plunge?

Bike Rentals
Mountain bikes, road bikes, race bikes and beach cruisers. We have every kind of bike for every kind of rider. Whether you’re looking to rip it up on a high performance race bike, or cruise along the beach on the boardwalk, we have something for everyone!

Kijubi Kart Racing
Experience all the adrenaline of wheel-to-wheel racing condensed into 160-lb, hyper-performing karts. No wings, no suspension and nothing but the pure thrill of adrenaline and performance. Take lessons, learn how to drive like a pro and start racing today!

An awesome video of an instructor doing Indoor Skydiving Tricks. I need to do this!

Kijubi our video of the week?

If you think your travelling or adventure video has what it takes to represent the Kijubi lifestyle, shoot me an email Marko@Kijubi.com and we’ll get it on here!

Hello Everybody!

Kijubi had another exciting Friday this week. In order to prepare for our Deal of the Week and to make sure you all are getting the best experience possible during our activities, we decided to test it out ourselves!

Four of the Kijubi team drove up to Redondo Beach today and hooked up with Wes from South Bay sailing, hopped on a J80 sailboat, and set off on a one-hour educational sailing cruise. We learned about all the basic parts of a sail boat, how to steer and adjust the sails, and, most importantly, to watch our heads when the boom swings. There were a few close calls but we all survived without taking an unexpected dip.

I’ve learned that sailing is an amazing activity. Like all fun hobbies and activities, it’s pretty easy to initially pick up and challenging to master. The greatest thing about this kind of cruise is that it can either be an educational adventure or a relaxing cruise. Wes was very kind to answer all sailing questions, and did a great job of instructing and allowed us to learn hands-on.

This is the perfect activity if you’re looking to get away from civilization for a little bit and experience the beautiful open pacific ocean first hand.

Kijubi girls go sailing!

Kijubi Sailing?

In my more youthful days I was proud to call myself a collegiate rower. Rowing is one of the most beautiful and strenuous sports out there. A full body workout that requires year-round dedication to peak physical condition, while at the same time it provides  picturesque sunrises reflecting off pristine rivers, lakes, harbors and estuaries. So when this story came across my desk, I had to share with you.

This past Sunday, Katie Spots became the youngest person to cross an ocean solo, and the first American to cross one without any help from the mainland. She completed this feat in 70 days 22 hours and 15 minutes, coming ashore in Georgetown, Guyana, in south America. She left Dakar, Senegal, in a 19ft yellow, custom made, rowboat.  A driving factor in her 2,817-mile journey was an opportunity to raise more than $70,000 for the Blue Water run Foundation which supports drinking water throughout the world.

Here’s a map of her completed journey.

If you want to have your own ocean adventure, Kijubi.com is the right place to start.

Sail Boat Rentals

Boat Charters

White Water Rafting

New York Times Article – Katie Spotz

$35 will get you an hour in a Combat Flight Simulator by Flight Deck, normally $77! Also, we have worked out a deal to throw in custom made dog tags! Kijubi Deal of the Week – Combat Flight Simulator %54 off

Check out Flight Deck Air Combat Center in Anaheim right here:

If air combat isn’t your think, check out these other options from Kijubi.com

Bungee Jumping
Imagine standing on the edge, your palms are sweaty, your throat is dry and your heart is pounding against your chest . You feel a rush as adrenaline surges through your body. Looking down at least ten stories below, you hear the encouragement of your friends standing next to you as the countdown begins. This is the ultimate thrill of bungee jumping , are you brave enough to take the plunge?

Bike Rentals
Mountain bikes, road bikes, race bikes and beach cruisers. We have every kind of bike for every kind of rider. Whether you’re looking to rip it up on a high performance race bike, or cruise along the beach on the boardwalk, we have something for everyone!

Kijubi Kart Racing
Experience all the adrenaline of wheel-to-wheel racing condensed into 160-lb, hyper-performing karts. No wings, no suspension and nothing but the pure thrill of adrenaline and performance. Take lessons, learn how to drive like a pro and start racing today!

So among my many hours a day of surfing the web and scrounging for new activities, I’ve come across many worthy travelling and adventure related videos on the net.  I’m going to start posting a ‘Video of the Week’ every Saturday for you all to enjoy.

Our first very first video is a kayaking close encounter with Orcas! (Killer whales)

Kijubi our video of the week?

If you think your travelling or adventure video has what it takes to represent the Kijubi lifestyle, shoot me an email Marko@Kijubi.com and we’ll get it on here!

One thing most Kijubi customers have in common is a love for travel and getting out to see the world. If you’re like us, you probably spend a good amount of time in hotels on your business trips and adventures. Needless to say, we were quite alarmed when we read this Gadling post (one of our favorite travel blogs) discussing how hackers went after hotel networks more than any other any other destination in 2009. Yikes!
This hit home for us, so we did some additional digging from their source at Dark Reading and uncovered data from TrustWave’s Spider Labs highlighting that malicious attacks on hotel networks accounted for 38% of all known security breeches in 2009, more than the financial services industry (19%) and retail industries (14.2) combined.

To make matters worse, the hotels didn’t discover that the breeches had even occurred for an average of 156 days, leaving plenty of time for the cyber-criminals to use stolen credit card information, or take advantage of the personal data harvested for any number of identity theft scams.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t take an expert hacker to tap into a hotel’s network. It’s often quite literally an open door due to the weak firewalls employed by the hotel and poor passwords used by the guests.

So what can be done to keep your data safe when travelling? For starters, choose a hotel that uses Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption, which requires a password to get on the network and encrypts all the data that is being transmitted.

If you’re doing business in your hotel room, make sure you log in through your company’s dedicated VPN and that your laptop has up to date firewalls and anti-virus software installed. Your IT guy will probably be all too happy to check that for you if you’re not technically inclined.

You can bring your own wireless data card so that you don’t have to rely on the hotel’s open WiFi network for connectivity. This can also come in handy in airport terminals and coffee shops, two other prime hunting grounds for would-be hackers.

Lastly, you can use any number of data encryption software solutions available today that serve to lock down the files, photos and videos on your computer. Many of the more advanced encryption solutions now provide the ability to store and encrypt your online passwords so that you’ll be protected when you do have to enter them using a public network.

With the increasing instances of cyber-criminals targeting travelers, it’s crucial that we all understand the potential threats associated with data and identity theft. We know we’ll think twice the next time we get on a hotel network.