North Africa. I arrive to Marrakesh via Hurghada/Cairo/Casablanca … and I’m greeted in French.. I feel welcomed, immigration is...

I return to Egypt for my second look; diving the Red Sea again. Having enjoyed a previous visit here years ago with my sons,,,,,the...

I have been anxiously waiting my return to Thailand !!! - 'plotting you could say' Visiting twice in the past, both times just to...

I enter Sri Lanka from the Maldives. A short flight. And I am greeted with another first!! Sri Lanka is the first country I have...

I jump again around the planet. To the Indian Ocean, and the famous Maldives. Back to my element and diving. After retrieving my dive...

“Dr. Livingston I presume?” Ever since I arrange to visit Livingston, Zambia – I’ve been wanting to say that. :) After a long day of...

I make it back to Africa. Cape Town. I arrive in the afternoon, and figure out a taxi to my hotel. No problem, an easy event. 250Rand....

Now I’m on an adventure! I arrive in Maputo, Mozambique via Johannesburg, South Africa. It’s almost impossible to get here directly from...

Adding to my adventures in the Middle East, I jump back to UAE from Jordan. For my time here, I book just a single hotel in Dubai for a...

I arrive in Jordan during Winter-time, January. Its cold, and a-bit rainy. At the final days of my visit, it even snowed. I was cold!! ...

Against all odds, I manage a trip to Africa during the continued World Lockdowns of 2020. I need a negative Corvid-19 test to travel; but...

With a slight easing of the Corvid-19 Lockdown I was able to jump off for a 3 week road trip to South Florida. West Palm Beach is just 3...

I drop into this South Pacific oasis at a strange time. Corona Virus panic has gripped to planet. Here, there have been no cases yet. And...

And, if that fails – fall back on the US State Department. They came through in the 11th hour. And I am grateful. My own efforts had...

Two weeks+ into quarantine lockdown. Life in Limbo. I once had a cat named Limbo… Ahh!!! I miss that cat. No real end in sight. From...

I find myself a Stranger in a Strange Land. A paradise. An Archipelago. Isolated from the world, surrounded by the South Pacific. On the...

I hit the Jackpot yesterday. After being evicted from my New Caledonia hotel (second time in 48 hours)…I have landed in a wonderful...

All is not well in paradise. The authorities insist on my leaving (a separate blog). So I spend another night on Ile des pins, hoping to...

I hoped my remote New Caledonia out island – Ile des pins – might be the perfect place to wait out world chaos. But Corona fear has even...

Where to start? Panic on a global scale. Who could have guessed? First my Philippines live aboard dive boat and flights where canceled....