Groupers galore: French Polynesia, June 2018 (Part 2-Fakarava)
Thursday, June 20, 2018 Our first morning in Fakarava aboard the Aqua Tiki II was the usual chaos of trying to synchronize » Read more
Wide Angle
Ravishing Rangiroa: French Polynesia, June 2018 (Part 1)
Saturday, June 16, 2018 What a long time in coming: sitting on a thin strip of land in the middle of the » Read more
Labor Day, 2018: Back to the kelp forest
Friday, August 31, 2018 The last several summers were marked with a tinge of regret. How could another year be passing without » Read more
2017 Highlights
The short version I didn’t really try to set a new record for longest year’s end summary EVER, it was an EXCEPTIONALLY » Read more
Fabulous Fiji: Part 3 (Wananavu)
Tuesday, Ocotober 4, 2016 : Off the Nai’a and on to Wananavu We didn’t have long to wait to start our final » Read more
Fabulous Fiji: Sept-Oct 2016 (Part 2: On the Nai’a)
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 After 3 great days of sharks, sharks, and more sharks, it was time to transfer to the Nai’a, » Read more
Aerial Photography
Aerial photography fascinates. It takes us to places which are hard or impossible to reach.
Fabulous Fiji: September-October, 2016 (Part 1: Bull sharks)
On a memorable recent trip, we swam with bulls. No, not ran with bulls, the Spanish tradition immortalized in Hemingway’s The Sun » Read more
Manta madness, Socorro, January-February 2016
Socorro (Revillagigedos): January 2016 Monday, January 25, 2016: Getting there Manta madness is a disease to which I happily succumbed recently. Although » Read more
Forgotten Indonesia, November 2015 (Part 5, Ambon)
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Part 5: Ambon, Bali and Home A string of colorful houses backed by hilly jungle signals we are » Read more