My friends and family would confirm that I love to travel. Meeting people from other cultures and other parts of the world fascinates me. My travels often incorporate my love for diving and underwater photography. I have included some of my more recent trips into this section of my web site.

Australia has an underwater and a topside section. I went up to Cairns and took a low flying flight over the Great Barrier Reef to Lizard Island. I then got on a Live-a-Board boat and dove my way back to Cairns. The Barrier Reef was awesome! Once back in Cairns, the topside photos are from a day in the rain forest.

Bonaire is my favorite diving spot in the Caribbean. The waters are protected which makes the diving great and the island is rich in history. Salt mining has deep roots within the island and the remains are still visible with the salt flats, salt pier, the slave huts, and the wild goats and donkeys roaming the island. The island is also a breeding ground for Pink Flamingos that make the 80 mile flight over from Venezuela.

To many, Hawaii and paradise are synonymous. I lived there as a child and have been back on several vacations. On this trip, I spent a time in Kona, exploring the big island of Hawaii and then spent a week on a live-a-board boat, scuba diving the waters off the Kona coast.

Indonesia is considered by many as the dive Mecca of the world. I spent five weeks in Northern Sulawesi diving the Bunaken Marine Park and Limbeh Strait areas. The amount of marine life is unbelievable. Marine scientists are still finding new species on a regular basis.  The Bunaken reefs are abundant with marine life and provide sensory overload. Limbeh Strait is known for “muck diving” which has its own types of marine animals which have evolved and adapted to the environment.

Roatan is an island that sits off the coast of Honduras. The diving is very good and it is best known for their dolphin preserve. Many people live in small shack like homes and the island is very dependent on their waters for fishing.

Papua New Guinea is a beautiful county consisting of a large island, and several smaller islands, but whose people speak one of the 850 languages of this land. Most people live in thatched homes, clustered in small villages, and living off the land. I stayed on a live-a-board boat while diving the Milne Bay area, which gave me great opportunities to visit the many villages along the way. I then went to the Garoka area for a week visiting many villages in the Highlands area. The coffee from this area is famous.