Following my time at the Turtle Rescue Center of the Olive Ridley Project, I was invited by the Manta Trust to the Six Senses Resort in Laamu Atoll, where I joined the Maldives Underwater Initiative for a week. This Initiative consists of marine biologists from Six Senses, the Manta Trust, the ORP and Blue Marine […]

In the month of July and August I got to spend 5 and a half weeks on the beautiful Maldives amidst the Indian Ocean, in 4 different locations and with 4 different organisations. And for the first two weeks of this time, I was able to work with the Olive Ridley Project, an amazing organisation […]

After my Padi Divemaster and GUE Fundamentals class in Malta, where I improved my buoyancy, trim and finning techniques a lot, I then felt much more confident underwater again so that I couldn´t wait to add another new tool to my Scuba equipment: My amazing Underwater camera set-up from Reef Photo and Video, Nauticam and […]

May and June was all about getting back into the water, brushing up on my own Scuba Diving skills in a GUE Fundamentals course and assisting in brushing up the ones of others while my Padi Divemaster Internship. Divemaster Internship I started off with my Divemaster course, which was so kindly sponsored by Marcus Kitching-Howe, […]

Sweden Back in Europe, I travelled to Gotenborg in Sweden, to visit my coordinators and sponsors Johan (Reel Diving) and Delia. Delia was the European Rolex Scholar in 2006, so she gave me valuable advice on how to organise my year, and I also visited Reel Diving, who luckily support me with gear from Shark […]