Anything related to dive travel
I arrived in Port Moresby on 1st April but the Cyclone forming in the Solomon Sea was no joke. Captain Craig de Wit had invited me for an adventure into the Northern Coral Sea. We were to dive some of my favourite wild sites at Eastern Fields (PNG), nip into Australian Waters (Craig has permission … Read more
“We want to go Deep Sea Diving in Papua New Guinea”. The lady on the other end of the telephone informed me in a deep Texan drawl. This is terrific, I thought. I was in the early years of running a sport diving business in PNG and was mainly involved with a diving school. Diving … Read more
It used to be that people “took offense at”; now people “are offended by.” The first implies that there is choice involved in your reaction to a perceived insult to your person or beliefs. You can ignore the insult — or “take offense” at it. But today there is acceptance of the idea that one … Read more
One of our long time travel writers spends several weeks every summer in Bonaire. She has an inside perspective that those of us who visit occasionally will never garner. Here’s an insider’s view she asked us to pass on to our readers. * * * * * * For an island whose focus has always … Read more
Diving in Cozumel you know you’ll enjoy encounters with a wide variety of species: moray eels (green, spotted and golden), nurse sharks, turtles (hawksbill and loggerhead), huge lobsters, and giant barracuda, just to name a few. But my favorite critters on my wish list are always the spotted eagle rays. Watching one blot out the … Read more
