The word “lost” deserves some deference. It tends to upset people, and therefore should only be uttered once all other adjectives regarding one’s position have been carefully reviewed and rejected. As the de facto leader of a modest flotilla of canoes plowing through the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southern Georgia, I tried to maintain [...]
Photos of people and places from the beautiful, unspoiled and incredibly friendly islands of Samoa.
Away.com, Dec. 2009 Calling Papua New Guinea a diverse country doesn’t even begin to describe the variations on culture, language, landscape, and wildlife that perpetually bombard the senses when traveling here. This island nation, which sits just north of Australia in the South Pacific, is comprised of more than 1,000 distinct cultures and 860 native [...]
Scuba Diving Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2010 Belted into the passenger seat of a four-door pickup — the bed full of dive gear — I’m rolling down a narrow stretch of paved road that cuts through a buzzing swath of Yucatan jungle listening to my dive guide, Nat Wilson, explain the mythology behind the freshwater-filled caverns we’ve [...]
Performances by the Mudmen and Omo Masalai People of the Chimbu Province
Photos from my recent trip around Papua New Guinea. Locations include diving and hiking from the Walindi Resort on New Britain Island, trekking and (former) cannibals in the Sepik River basin, and Highland cultural presentations outside of Mt. Hagen.
The scenery makes an impressive about-face a little over an hour after I hop into the van at my hotel in the heart of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Rather than sipping minty mojitos at the Marriott’s beach bar in the city’s chic, waterfront Condado neighborhood, I find myself clad in a helmet, harness and lifejacket, [...]
Sport Diver, Oct. 2009
A thrilling account of diving with spinner dolphins off Lanai, Hawaii, from Sport Diver’s roundup of the world’s best big-animal adventures.
Uncover the secrets of the Red Sea’s greatest wreck, the S.S. Thistlegorm.
Check out my ongoing project at Away.com, where I contribute as a “scuba diving travel expert,” building a comprehensive travel guide to the world’s best scuba diving destinations.
Scuba Diving, Jun. 2009
Scuba diving into the far, flooded corners of the world’s largest abandoned lead mine.
Scuba Diving, Nov. 2008
From the Philippines to the Solomon Islands, the Coral Triangle is the world’s hottest region for on-the-fringe diving.
Men’s Journal, Apr. 2009
Got some time off and a desire to dive alongside a creature the size of a school bus? Follow this route.
Men’s Journal, Mar. 2009
A ban on chumming around this remote Mexican Island may cut off divers’ access to one of the world’s best shark diving hotspots.
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That those of us wealthy enough to travel for fun find some form of self-enlightenment from exploring the poorest parts of the world is hardly a new phenomenon. Innumerable college backpackers find revelations in their wanderings through developing nations. And for years South Africa’s Soweto Township and the urchin-filled streets of Rio have drawn tourists [...]
It takes mere seconds of web surfing to realize I’m far from the only one to take offense at the rebranding of “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher as some sort of war correspondent, currently making his way through the Holy Land with the sort of ignorance that would fit perfectly into the classic wit of The [...]
One pleasant by-product of my past few weeks of unemployment has been a resurgence of motivation to write…gasp!…for pleasure. Not to mention an increase in general creativity, whether it be in the kitchen, on the page or in the sketchbook.
