PHOTO GALLERY: AMAZING SEA LIFE PHOTOS The past two weeks I posted my guides to diving in Thailand and diving in Malaysia. In conjunction with these guides, today I bring you an extensive photo gallery of amazing reef creatures: from brightly patterned fish to sea turtles to crazy eels to astounding macro creatures. If you’re …
Category Archive: Scuba Diving
GUIDE TO SCUBA DIVING IN MALAYSIA
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, please’LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>> Sunset over Malaysian islands Like Thailand, Malaysia boasts extensive coastlines on both east and west shores of its long peninsula, as well as many off-shore islands. Situated in the tropics, these islands and coastlines are packed with beautiful …
GUIDE TO SCUBA DIVING IN THAILAND
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, please‘LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>> beach in Krabi, Thailand GUIDE TO SCUBA DIVING IN THAILAND Thailand is blessed with extensive coastlines and hundreds of tropical islands ringed by coral reefs. Simply put, Thailand is a divers’ paradise. Beautiful reefs are found everywhere, from Thailand’s …
PHOTO GALLERY: BUMPHEAD PARROTFISH OF AMED
PHOTO GALLERY: BUMPHEAD PARROTFISH OF AMED Of all tropical fish on the world’s coral reefs perhaps the most majestic and awe-inspiring are the grand bumphead parrotfish. AT 2-3 meters in length, these gentle giants cruise the reefs chomping on coral with their fused-teeth beaks. A school of bumpheads is truly breath-taking… as in, don’t forget …
PHOTO GALLERY: FEATHER STARS
beautiful golden featherstar PHOTO GALLERY: FEATHER STARS Feather stars belong to the starfish family. While resembling plants, they are actually animals. As such, they can move their multiple arms, change locations, and even swim! Feather stars live on tropical reefs throughout the world. These graceful creatures generally perch themselves on corals and seafans. This photo …
DIVING AT TIOMAN ISLAND MALAYSIA
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, please‘LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>> My Guide to Diving at Tioman Island, Malaysia Tioman Island thrusts up dramatically from the South China Sea. Long famed as the film location of ‘Bali Hai,’ the classic American movie, Tioman is a large jungle-clad mountainous island still …
PHOTO GALLERY: CORAL REEF MACRO LIFE
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, please’LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>> Bali’s northern shores are becoming increasingly more famous for underwater ‘macro life,’ small critters. Diving enthusiasts are greatly enamored of all sorts of tiny creatures crawling about the reefs and sea bed, such as this colorful harlequin crab. CHECK …
HOW I BECAME A DIVE PROFESSIONAL
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to my free monthly newsletter. Thank you! —> HOW I BECAME A DIVE PROFESSIONAL part 1: DECIDING TO BECOME A PRO DIVER In early 2004, six years into my world travels, I was propelled into my professional diving career, primarily because I needed …
BALI DIVE SITES: AMED WALL
Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to the free monthly newsletter —–>> BALI DIVE SITES: AMED WALL ‘Amed Wall’ is one of the spectacular wall dives in Amed and one of my favorite dives. Covered in a variety of sponges, soft and hard corals, seafans, and hydroids, it plunges …