Author Anne Paylor is an aviation journalist who finally took the plunge and completed her PADI OWD in 2011. In July last year, Anne spent 10 days diving in Komodo National Park with Worldwide Dive and Sail, during which she completed her AOWD and Nitrox qualifications. She was not compensated for this article In the … Read more
Zacaton is the deepest of five ceynotes located on a large ranch, El Rancho Asufrosa, in northeastern Mexico. It was “discovered” by Jim Bowden and Ann Kristovich on a reconnaissance trip made at the end of two weeks of exploration and surveying in the Nacimiento Santa Clara, a cave system at the base of the … Read more
It’s always nice to get something new. My favourite old mask had seen better days. Its silicone skirt had yellowed and stiffened with time and probably too much exposure to tropical sunlight, so I got hold of a new one. I’m very lucky in that I seem to have a face that gets along with … Read more
One of our long time travel writers spends several weeks every summer in Bonaire. She has an inside perspective that those of us who visit occasionally will never garner. Here’s an insider’s view she asked us to pass on to our readers. * * * * * * For an island whose focus has always … Read more
I was on a palm-fringed island in the Maldives when I saw two girls, both instructors with the dive centre at Vilamendhoo, coming in from the beach and looking happy in their bikinis. One, Leila, was Swiss married to a Maldivian while the other, Sylvita, was Spanish and partnered an Austrian. I asked them to … Read more
