“I want to see a mantis shrimp….” I tell William and Ben. They look at each other and laugh. “Well, Mae, you’ve given us an easy week then!” Here I was in Lembeh, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, with one of the best macro photographers in Asia and the best dive guides in Lembeh strait who could […]

Mid September I found myself in Singapore. Maybe not the place you’d expect to go for scuba diving, especially with formula one racing cars buzzing around the city and a coastline expanding with reclamation. However, within the centre of this busy metropolis there is the charming little dive shop, Living Oceans. Climb up the narrow stair […]

There we were, sitting on a small fiber glass fishing boat, sheltering under our waterproofs from the cold spray of the swell, watching Sebastian, Ben and Gauthier haul in the shark net for the second time… Come  on, we thought, there’s got to be a shark this time! But alas, again there was no catch. […]

With my face glued to the car window, mouth agape, making ooos and aahhhs I kept Vaughn and Kayem well amused as they drove myself and Sonia through the stunning scenery of Pohnpei to Nihco Marine Park.  And even after a month spent on the island, my jaw never ceased to be dropped as I […]

As I push the trolley to the check in desk, the flight attendant behind the counter can’t see my face for the piles of baggage stacked above my head. Dive gear, rebreather, underwater camera gear and clothes for a couple of months away. I feel more like a sherpa’s donkey than a scuba diving scholar. […]