Showing posts with label trip-index. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trip-index. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
French Polynesia, October 2010
Snorkeling with humpback whales, face time with feeding blacktip reef sharks, eye-contact with play-fighting adolescent bottle-nose dolphins, diving with more than hundred gray reef sharks, swimming with napoleon, ... plenty of fascinating encounters indeed!
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travel blog
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sulawesi, Indonesia, April 2010
Wonderful muck diving in Lembeh's famous strait with Two Fish Divers and relaxed reef diving near Donggala with Prince John Dive Resort.
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travel blog
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Cocos Island, Costa Rica, July 2009
Last-minute one week live-aboard trip around Cocos Island, a small uninhabited island about 530km off Costa Rica's Pacific coast.
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trip blog
Friday, November 14, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Sulawesi & Papua, Indonesia, March-April 2007
Indonesia is one of those destinations I always feel like going back to again and again...
For my fifth visit, I chose two ethnically & culturally very different regions: North-Sulawesi, an old favorite of mine, and West-Papua (former Irian Jaya), that I've wanted to check out ever since I first heard about it several years ago.
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For my fifth visit, I chose two ethnically & culturally very different regions: North-Sulawesi, an old favorite of mine, and West-Papua (former Irian Jaya), that I've wanted to check out ever since I first heard about it several years ago.
travel report
Monday, December 18, 2006
Galapagos, Ecuador, December 2006
I don't remember when I first heard about the Enchanted Islands... it seems like I've been wanting to go there for ever...
...mesmerized by incredible tales of fantastic encounters with wild creatures unafraid of man. Where harsh reality is like a wonderful dream. Where fabulous visions turn out to be real.
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...mesmerized by incredible tales of fantastic encounters with wild creatures unafraid of man. Where harsh reality is like a wonderful dream. Where fabulous visions turn out to be real.
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Thursday, April 27, 2006
Gulf of Thailand, April 2006
Imagine a deep blue sea and a clear blue sky, all around you, as far as the eye can see...
Standing on the M/V Trident's upper deck, that's exactly the view I enjoy right now. Slowly sipping my early morning coffee. Waiting for the sun to rise just a little bit more, so as to have more light penetrating the water.
Everything's ready, I just need to gear up and splash in for some deep wreck diving!
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travel blog
Standing on the M/V Trident's upper deck, that's exactly the view I enjoy right now. Slowly sipping my early morning coffee. Waiting for the sun to rise just a little bit more, so as to have more light penetrating the water.
Everything's ready, I just need to gear up and splash in for some deep wreck diving!
trip report
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Yucatan, Mexico, March 2006
In March 1997, when I first stepped off the bus in a sleepy little town known as Tulum, I knew nothing about Yucatan's hidden underworld.
But as soon as I did, I was spellbound and remained until September 1998, working as a dive instructor and cavern guide for Aktun dive center, to earn my keep and be able to submerge into darkness as often as possible.
Ever since, Mexico for me is Tulum, its endless beach and its sacred cenotes. I can still feel the blazing Caribbean sun, see the Mayas going about their business, taste the fajitas, caldo de pollo, mole, quesadillas, guacamole, frijoles, naranjadas, dos equis, ...
I can still hear the stillness of the caves. And whenever I remember, I want to gear up, strap on some double tanks, route the long hose, check the primary light & back-ups, clip on some reels, jump in a cenote's refreshing waters, perform a bubble check, tie-off, do some jumps & close some gaps, dive through restrictions, turn around according to the rule of thirds, and experience the always magnificent return to the blessing of light...
Despite all these fond memories, or maybe exactly because of them, it took more than five years before I returned for a short two weeks holiday. Tulum by then had finally awakened and lost its drowsy charm. Tourism had arrived. But, while relatively popular above ground, its underworld luckily remained unvisited by most, a privilege for the few that dare leave the daylight behind.
After that short re-reconnaissance trip in April 2004 I knew I had to go back for more...
travel blog
But as soon as I did, I was spellbound and remained until September 1998, working as a dive instructor and cavern guide for Aktun dive center, to earn my keep and be able to submerge into darkness as often as possible.
Ever since, Mexico for me is Tulum, its endless beach and its sacred cenotes. I can still feel the blazing Caribbean sun, see the Mayas going about their business, taste the fajitas, caldo de pollo, mole, quesadillas, guacamole, frijoles, naranjadas, dos equis, ...
I can still hear the stillness of the caves. And whenever I remember, I want to gear up, strap on some double tanks, route the long hose, check the primary light & back-ups, clip on some reels, jump in a cenote's refreshing waters, perform a bubble check, tie-off, do some jumps & close some gaps, dive through restrictions, turn around according to the rule of thirds, and experience the always magnificent return to the blessing of light...
Despite all these fond memories, or maybe exactly because of them, it took more than five years before I returned for a short two weeks holiday. Tulum by then had finally awakened and lost its drowsy charm. Tourism had arrived. But, while relatively popular above ground, its underworld luckily remained unvisited by most, a privilege for the few that dare leave the daylight behind.
After that short re-reconnaissance trip in April 2004 I knew I had to go back for more...
travel blog
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Monday, March 21, 2005
Friday, October 22, 2004
Sunday, April 25, 2004
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Sunday, March 23, 2003
Monday, February 3, 2003
Friday, September 27, 2002
Unblogged journeys from 2002 back to 1993
| 09/2002 | Marsa Alam, Egypt |
|---|---|
| 04/2002 | Puerto Galera, Mindoro + Coron, Palawan, Philippines |
| 02/2001 | Ningaloo reef, W-Australia |
| 12/2000 | Dahab, Egypt |
| 01/2000 | Sharm El Sheik, Egypt |
03/1999 02/1999 01/1999 12/1998 12/1998 11/1998 11/1998 | S-Pacific tour Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia Milne bay & Kimbe bay, Papua New Guinea Coral Sea & GBR, E-Australia Honiara, Uepi & Gizo, Solomons Tongatapu, Tonga Niue Taveuni, Fiji |
| 09/1998 ↑ 03/1997 | Tulum, Yucatán, Mexico from recreational to technical diver ¤ IANTD EANx Overhead Environment Instructor ¤ IANTD Advanced EANx Instructor ¤ PADI Cavern Instructor ¤ PADI Enriched Air Instructor ¤ TDI Nitrox Instructor ¤ IANTD Cave Diver |
| 03/1997 | Blue Hole, Lighthouse reef, Belize |
| 02/1997 | Útila, Bay Islands, Honduras |
| 01/1997 | Cocos Island, Costa Rica ¤ TDI Nitrox Diver |
| 12/1996 ↑ 07/1996 | Útila, Bay Islands, Honduras from paying diver to paid instructor ¤ PADI MFA Instructor ¤ PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor ¤ PADI Dive Master ¤ PADI Medic First Aid (MFA) ¤ PADI Rescue Diver |
| 06/1996 | Lago de Atitlán (1562m), Guatemala ¤ PADI Altitude Diver |
| 09/1995 | Hurghada, Safaga & Brother Islands, Egypt |
12/1994 11/1994 10/1994 09/1994 08/1994 07/1994 06/1994 05/1994 04/1994 04/1994 01/1994 11/1993 | SE-Asia tour from sightseeing tourist to touring diver India Andamans, India Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka Singapore Ambon & Seram, Moluccus, Indonesia Bunaken, N-Sulawesi, Indonesia Layang-Layang, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia Sipadan, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia Bali, Indonesia Tioman, Malaysia Perhentian, Malaysia Similans, Thailand Myanmar Laos Vietnam Koh Tao, Thailand Kangchenjunga, Nepal |
| 08/1993 ↑ 04/1993 | Marseille, France ¤ PADI Rescue Diver ¤ PADI Advanced OWD ¤ PADI Open Water Diver |
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