This week I said an emotional goodbye to Koh Tao and began the journey north to Chiang Mai. I’ve been visiting little towns in Thailand that I’ve always wanted to see and traveling by train the whole way. Traveling solo has been a challenge for someone like me who tends to be a bit introverted… especially…

Picking Photo of the Week was no easy task today… considering that this week I PHOTOGRAPHED A NUDIBRACH LAYING EGGS! Probably one of the coolest things I have seen underwater. And yet, you will have to wait to see those shots. Because something even more significant happened this week in Thailand… Songkran! Also known as the…

This week I got a chance to return to Sail Rock and do some fun diving. Sail Rock is one of the most famous dive sites in Thailand but it takes about two hours to reach from Koh Tao. It wasn’t necessarily totally “fun” though considering the water was so very rough and the ride out…

This week I am back in my home away from home, Koh Tao. It took 35 hours in transit that consisted of a 23 hour plane ride and a 12 hour bus-and-ferry combo. En route, at the ferry port town of Chumphon, I realized I hadn’t shot anything in the past seven days that would qualify…

This week I’m back in New York City visiting with friends, applying for another Thai visa, running errands, and awaiting my flight back to Bangkok on Wednesday. My biggest reason for being here, though, was to attend Beneath The Sea, the US’s biggest consumer dive show and also the venue for accepting my grant from the…

St. Patrick’s Day in my hometown of Albany, New York is one of my favorite events of the year. When I realized I was going to be home in March I was overjoyed. I’m planning on writing a full post about this fun day at some point, but here’s a little sneak preview of the parade…