Lifestyle

Photography and videography make up a large part of my trips around the world with a typical week long trip generating 100-200GB of files. I would normally choose between my netbook or MacBookPro based on the amount of luggage and airline limitations. The netbook provides a very basic mechanism to back up the files...
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Just some of the sea life encountered on my last trip to the Camel Dive Club in Sharm El Sheikh.  It’s getting hot and there’s a large number of jelly fish in the water – thus the appearance of the Manta rays.  While finishing my TDI Extended Range/Trimix course at 60m on Woodhouse reef...
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Does Palau live up to all the hype? Well, yes it does. With a travel distance of over 13,000 km and nearly three days I arrived tired, hungry and filled with a the hope of some excellent diving. Traveling to Palau is no easy task – I chose to fly Emirates to Manila via...
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Just returned from another excellent diving trip to the Red Sea.  Apart from the slightly cold weather, I’m now a Padi Master Scuba Diver after completing the Underwater Photography and Equipment specialities. However, following on from the deep dive course in Dahab I’ve completed the TDI Advanced Nitrox and Decompression procedures qualifications. A handful...
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Just a quick heads up that I’m planning a trip (or two) back to Asia to try out some of the “best dive sites in the world”.  On the list so far are (in no particular order) Paula Lumba Lumba Richelieu (Thailand) Sipadan Green Island (Taiwan) Trying to work out the logistics wrt to...
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Possibly the last trip of the year… Oh well…… Completed yet another Padi Speciality, this time it was the Deep diver course. Now I’m legally allowed to go down to 40m in the red sea! Tried out two camps while I was there – Alaska Camp and Mirage Village. Alaska Camp in in the...
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I’ve just got back from two weeks in and around the Sinai peninsula. One week of liveaboard on the King Snefro Spirit was sandwiched between some local dives from Sharm El Sheikh. Instead of staying in one of the anonymous 4/5 star hotels outside Sharm, I decided to stay at the Camel Dive Club...
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Two weeks staying at Barefoot Cay – in between French Harbour and Brick Bay. Photo’s are now up on flickr. A big thanks to Giaco, Mike, Doug, Cynthia, Luke, Michelle and all the staff who made it a very memorable stay.
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The photos from the trip are slowly making their way up to my flickr site badfracture@flickr. I’ll be updating the blog posts on the places I visited very soon (probably after my next holiday!)
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Nam Tso Lake It is the highest salt lake in the world, and largest salt lake in the Tibet. However, to the Tibetan people, it is a significantly spiritual place (less so since the Chinese presence). Driving to the lake is relatively easy task, obtaining permission to do so is another matter. An expensive...
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