Finally made it to Narita, the international airport near Tokyo. It’s incredibly inconvenient. For a 09:30 flight I had to get up at 04:30 (but I overslept ’til 05:00). For all of Japan’s hi-tech achievements, it can be an awfully inefficient and illogical place.
I’m sitting in the airline lounge now, laptop computer out, hooked […]

After nearly three months without heavy-duty travel, I’m off again, this time to Bangkok first for the Thailand Travel and Dive Expo, and then over to Sabah, Malaysia. Packing is such a hassle already under normal circumstances, but it’s an even bigger headache than usual given my upcoming itinerary.
I need to fly on Asia […]

I’m not a big drinker, but I’ve recently received a couple of presents that I’m really looking forward to imbibing.
The first is a bottle of Chateau de Bordes Jacques Morel 1967 vintage Armagnac, a present from Stéphane, whom I met recently in Papua New Guinea.
Stéphane had quite a few problems with his […]

If you’re trying to improve your underwater photography, one of the most useful things you can do is take photos on land. Doing so helps you get comfortable with your camera, with composition, technique, etc., and often leads to ideas for things to try underwater.
One thing I’ve been playing with recently is software to […]

After much procrastination and many false starts, I’ve finally managed to update my main website!
Because I update this blog regularly, I’ve redesigned my website as a portfolio. For a start, I’ve put together five galleries, comprising recent photographs of humpback whales, marine organisms with their mouths open, reef scenes, fish and miscellaneous critters.
I had […]