Arriving in Raja Ampat as the sunset fell over the mountains of the surrounding islands, gave the feeling of a land touched by God. It was nightfall by the time our boat made landfall on the small island home of Githa Anasthasia. Githa’s dogs met us on the beach and escorted us to my homestay […]
Category: Scholar Journeys
Discovering the Philippines with the Atlantis Imagemakers and CCEF
There are places and people with which creativity comes with ease. Places that inspire your artistic and creative self and people with whom conversations about ideas and thoughts and techniques bounce fluidly. This is how it was at Atlantis Philippines Dive Resorts in Dumaguete with the Atlantis Imagemakers trip. From the moment we arrived, the […]
Intro to Tech Diving and Macro Photography in Florida
After freediving training in Cayman Islands, I made my way to Florida to now take my training in a different route with Technical Training with SDI/TDI at their International Training Headquarters http://www.tdisdi.com in Stuart Florida. When I arrived in Florida, I worked with Brian Shreve, an experienced tech instructor, to work my way through the […]
Cayman Freediving Training and Turtle Center
“One is none, two is one and bring a third for a friend.” This is the principle Kirk Krack, founder of Performance Freediving International, taught us upon arrival in the Cayman islands for our freediving training. Our itinerary for freediving was scheduled to bring us from Intermediate Freediving all the way to Freedive Instructor over […]
Seaweeds, Aquaculture and the Art of Solutions
As I go through my scholarship year, I am prioritizing learning about the creative solutions that people around the world are developing to tackle our global issues concerning the oceans. Climate change is the overarching problem we are facing, but within climate change is a latticework of challenges concerning food security, resource management, economics and […]