Scuba divers have kept Bonaire a secret for decades. They’ve long considered this Dutch municipality in the southern Caribbean a veritable home away from home, and happily allowed the rest of world to think its highly protected reef park is the only thing going for it. But today Bonaire is on the rise, and non-divers [...]

A new liveaboard scuba diving boat in Papua New Guinea’s Milne Bay offers open-ocean pinnacles and world-class muck diving at the heart of the Coral Triangle. Published in Scuba Diving magazine.

Find the best tips, tricks and gadgets for staying connected with family and friends via cell phone or computer while traveling outside the U.S., from my recent series of travel advice columns for Away.com.

Find 10 tips for all-inclusive vacations in my article for Away.com, including interviews with travel agents and travel experts to learn the best seasons and destinations and how to find the best hotels.

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 “beach travel expert,” building a comprehensive travel guide to the world’s best beach 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.

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 [...]

Scuba Diving Magazine, Oct. 2008 Ten tips for trouble-free dive travel. Download full article

Scuba Diving Magazine, Aug 2008 Ripping drift dives along lush reefs and dramatic walls draw more divers to Cozumel than any other location in the Caribbean. I took a look at the varied reef environments here and gave a service-heavy breakdown of Cozumel’s best dives, along with insiders’ tips from on-island diving experts that help readers [...]

Scuba Diving Magazine, June 2008 When I stepped off the plane in the Bay Islands’ central hub of Roatan, two distinct faces of the dive tourism experience here immediately presented themselves. Outside the arrivals gate, taxi drivers jockeyed for fares for the 25-minute drive to West Bay, where the crowd is young, a variety of languages fills the air and [...]

Scuba Diving Magazine, Sept. 2008 Guadalupe shark diving operators may lose access to one of the world’s hottest spots for white shark cage diving. Download full article

Scuba Diving Magazine, Apr. 2008 From the planning stages to post-trip symptoms, here’s how to stay safe abroad. Download Full Article