Fragile!
Coral Reefs are the largest thing alive on the planet. It is so big it is visible from space – but for how long? It…
TRAVEL STORIES
The night shift
At night these little crabs come out and you can get lucky catching them hunting and eating bristle worms on the sand bottom. In daytime…
Conservation Works
Diving over a shallow sand area. Water slightly murky from a long day with waves. Not much to see. Then I spot something large moving…
Run zigzag?
It has evolved for over 200 million years. Some say it has not evolved so much but it has overcome and adapted to environmental changes…
Life on the river
Imagine this; You get into a plane in Miami, alone, fly to Manaus in the middle of the Amazone jungle, enter a small open boat…
The Complete Pharmacy
“Stomach problems?”, It was Robinson asking; my guide, and he already knew the answer. When four people sleep in hammocks only a few feet apart…
Pool is open
First day on the dive boat is about getting to know the people, the boat and the procedures. Going to bed early and sleep tight…
Fruit crying water
We entered an old canoe carved out from a large tree. We borrowed it from a family living by the river. I thought it would…
Sweet glue
One of the true wonders of travelling is to discover new things you have no idea existed. It can be rituals, lifestyles, food, drinks, animals,…
The Admirals
The British entomologist James Petiver named this group of butterflies “the admirals” already in 1699. He thought the colors and pattern looked like the admiral…