Divebums - You got gills?

Crown of Thorns SeaStar

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:43:21 +0000

Crown of Thorns Seastar action at night @ Derawan

Manta Ray

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:21:33 +0000

Manta Ray in action @ Sangalaki Island

Shark Conservation

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:55:14 +0000

Local fisherman in Raja Ampat, Indonesia after a day or shark finning. Fins are drying on the deck while the bodies of juvenile black tips roll on the shallow reef below the boat. The fisherman paid the equivalent of USD30 for a license to fin sharks for 30 days. Given about 2% of a sharks weight is in its fins, that results in 98% of the shark going to waste. Not to mention the cruel and destructive practice of slicing the fins off the live shark and dumping the shark in the water to slowly drown. Say NO to Shark Fins.

Louise and Paulius in Brunei, Aug 2007

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:53:10 +0000

Louise and Paulius are from the Oxford Business Group; posted to Brunei 3 months ago to do a writeup on Brunei Tourism. Through Angel, we managed to meet them and arranged for their OWD lessons with Cik Azli. Even under bad weather and crazy currents, they toughed it out and completed their Open Water Diver certification. We're so proud of them! On top of that they are dedicating two pages in the Brunei Tourism publication to scuba diving, so hopefully we'll get to see their version of diving in Brunei sometime in Oct 2007.