On the west side of Siaba Besar island in Komodo National Park there’s a dive site that has a sandy bay and a big reef formation extending up from the deeper adjacent channel. Green sea turtles abound at this site, and it’s easy to spot …
Manta rays are large, graceful creatures – elegant and ballet-like in their movements. Their wingspan is up to 18 feet (5.5 meters) in the manta species that is most often found in Komodo National Park (Manta alfredi). On a dive earlier this week we were …
I came to this part of Indonesia, near Komodo National Park, to get a scuba divemaster certification with instructors Sylvain (French) and Samira (Swiss), whom I met last year on a dive vacation. The park, a World Heritage Site consisting of islands and surrounding seas, …
At the point where Labuan Bajo’s main street turns a corner along the waterfront there is a fish market in a large open building. Adjacent to the market new construction and street improvements are beginning to transform the old-village nature of the area. A new …
I’ve been in a small town in Indonesia near Komodo National Park since early September, working on becoming certified as a scuba Divemaster. I met my dive instructors, Sylvain (French) and Samira (Swiss), last year on a dive trip in the Maldives, and have joined …
I want to share some photos of old cars in Centro Habana, ones that are unlike the restored-looking classics you see in parts of town, but first let me say a bit about classic cars generally in Cuba. Most of you probably know that Havana …
This is a continuation of my previous post, with more photographs from the Centro Habana neighborhood of Havana. In the prior post the focus was on straightforward portraits of people in the neighborhood. Here I’m sharing shots of people in the context of street scenes. …
Although I arrived in Indonesia several weeks ago for an extended stretch of scuba Divemaster training, I am initiating my blog article series with several posts about my trip to Cuba this past summer (July/August 2018). I wanted to visit Havana while it is still …