Steven Benjamin (my Cape Town guide and owner of Animal Ocean) and I returned from Dassen Island on Sunday, March 31st. On Monday, Steve took me along on one of his dive charters to Duiker Island, home of a very friendly colony of Cape fur seals. They were magic to dive with, but seals always […]
Category: Scholar Journeys
Let’s start in Africa…
Right! So I’ve got some backlogs to do, starting with the day I arrived in Cape Town, South Africa. I was met at the airport by local dive and underwater guru Steven Benjamin, who operates Animal Ocean, which is an all-encompassing marine eco-tourism operation. We had some breakfast, and then Steve whisked us off to […]
I’m in Cape Town!
Wow! First blog update in awhile, sorry — you can blame Steven Benjamin, my awesomely over-achieving local Cape Town host, for that. We’ve been on a whirlwind tour of Cape Town’s aquatic environments, and I’m going to post about them individually in the next few days! Steven runs Animal Ocean, an all-inclusive ocean eco-tourism operation that offers […]
The diving in Tasmania is insania
Eaglehawk Dive Center
I’ve arrived at my second home in Tasmania – Eaglehawk Dive Center, run by the venerable Mick Baron, Karen Gowlett-Holmes, Gary Myors and David Perkins, is kindly hosting me during my stay in Tasmania. I’ll be splitting my time between here and the University of Tasmania. This is the view of Pirate’s Bay from up […]