A group of friends met their dive guide Nico in Raja Ampat in 2023 and decided to reunite in Bali for another diving adventure. Their meticulously organized trip involved diving in various spots in Amed and exploring Bali’s cultural sites, including Lempuyang Temple and Mount Batur. They thoroughly enjoyed the well-planned activities and accommodation, hoping to return soon. Read More …
Two of my best buddies and I grabbed our cameras and strolled through our city on the hunt for its stunning and awesome sights.This was great fun and maybe we captured a fistful of nice images.We were held for tourists and speed trapping cops (yet alone being held for a cop is a serious insult, if you are familiar with Read More …
Long time, no blogging, I just wanted to show up with a little life sign.So here are two drone vids I did for work, as we needed legal, licence secure fake advertisement video footage for a demo. Therefore the cheesy texts at the end…So here we go:The first one is taken around my home – the first two parts – Read More …
Wrecks are fascinating, from a biological point of view, as nature occupies relentlessly the new territory and from an emotional perspective wrecks emanate a dark fascination as all wrecks have a history and often a gruesome one.As everything interesting of course Hilma has a history and luckily it is not a very dark one – more kind of a green Read More …
On my last visit in Soma Bay a dinner conversation sparked a new idea. Even though it might be boring to talk about diving when you have been doing exactly that the whole day, this talk was interesting and inspiring. The gentleman probably had me and my dive buddy at “dive-drive-through”. Simply picking up tanks, drive to one of the Read More …
As a James Bond fan since kids ages I was absolutely excited to hear that my next live aboard vessel was a former 007 movie location of The man with the golden gun. The Junk was the cruising gadget of the villain Scaramanga played by Christoper Lee. We were picked up in Phuket,Thailand, in Patong bay going for a cruise in the Andaman Sea, covering the Similan Islands, Tachai Island and Mu Ko Surin underwater National Park. Read More …
During a morning dive we stumbled over two leopard sharks deeply engaged in their flirtation.
The male shark had snapped the tail fin of his loved one – I am sure he did that as tender as he could! Read More …
After exploring the Sultanate of Oman on four wheels, the idea of discovering another country by the same way quickly arose and the destination was picked fast, too: Laos! We decided to do the tour with a guide, which later on showed as a good move as it really enriched our Lao experience. Mostly due to Phay, the man who Read More …
This is my personal bucketlist of (some) dream destination, spectaculae, awesome or dangerous things I definitely want do do, dream of doing, want to attend or experience before I get transferred into another sphere of consciousness: Climb the Alpspitz ferrata Attend the Palio in Siena Freak out at the Burning Man Observe a tiger in his natural habitat (Siberia or Read More …
The Orca Divebase in Soma Bay near Safaga at the Red Sea, Egypt is a safe bet, as I already been there and was amazed by their quality of service, but this time I tried the Breaker’s Hotel for accomodation. My final verdict is that the Breaker’s is a fine alternative to the Sheraton for lodging while diving with the Read More …
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