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Cayman Stingrays

Jan 312013

One of the most popular diving (snorkling) spots in the Caribbean has got to be Stingray City, Grand Cayman.

It may be that stingrays began gathering in the area decades ago when fisherman returned from an excursion, navigated behind a reef into the sound, and cleaned their fish in the calm water of the shallows and sandbar area. The fish guts were thrown overboard and the stingrays eventually congregated to feast on the discarded guts. Soon the stingrays associated the sound of a boat engine with food. As this practice turned into a tradition, divers realized that the stingrays could be fed by hand.

So, nowadays loads of divers and snorklers get the chance to experience these gentle creatures (unless your name is Steve Irwin) and they make for a great photo-opp!

I must say I really enjoyed shooting here, even though I normally am not in favor of feeding fish for photos but it mostly seemed to be harmless for rays and people.

More photos from this trip here!

Canon 5D in a UK-GERMANY housing.
1/200 f/9 ISO125
1x Canon Speedlite 580 EX II (UK-GERMANY housing too).

November 9th 2009

Diving Jordan (Aqaba)

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Jun 092012

Article on the excellent diving in Jordan (Aqaba to be precise) for Duikmagazine, published in February 2012. Besides diving it also explores the truly amazing sights to be seen above water and the more than friendly people of this fantastic country. If you’d like to avoid the masses in Egypt, this might just be your place!

Open publication – Free publishing – More 2012

El Hierro for Duikmagazine

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Jul 012010

Report on scuba-diving El Hierro, the smallest and most western of the Canary Islands. Until the 15th century people thought this place was the end of the world so the meridian even went through it.

Nowadays it’s an amazing and peaceful island untouched by the claws of mass-tourism. A perfect place for diving and an incredible place to view topside nature. It holds rainforests, pine forests, endless lava fields, rocky cliffs and some nice and small harbours. A perfect place to be honest, no wonder it’s a Unesco Biosphere Reserve!

Click here for PDF.

Oman Turtles in Duikmagazine 5

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Oct 092009

I’m very happy with the new Duikamagzine (Dive Magazine) that just came out, a four page article on one of my favorite subjects of 2008: the Turtle beach at Ras al Jinz (check here for an earlier article on this website in English ).

Port Ghalib resort & diving in Duikmagazine #2.

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Apr 182008

It is starting out to be a bit of a Port Ghalib fest on this website as (see here and here), again, there is another publication on this brand new resorttown. This time a massive 8-page checkout in the Dutch diving magazine Duikmagazine. The article is about the resort as well as the fantastic diving with the guys from Emperor Divers who run a very nice operation over there. Surely one of the best spots in Egypt that easily accesible as Port Ghalib is about ten minutes away from the Marsa Alam airport. Resort quality? Let’s just say that it’s the only place in Egypt where I’ve found it to be safe to eat the salads and fruits in the hotels.

Again, a full PDF is downloadable here.
Many thanks go out to:
www.discoverportghalib.com
www.suninternational.com
www.emperordivers.com
www.isropa.nl
www.tourismafrica.nl