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Swimming With the Sharks!

The amazing thing perhaps is that I still have all my important body parts and appendages.. In order of size as I remember seeing them.. Dogfish – I used to work as a commercial diver, and sometimes schools of the…

The happiest day of my life?
The happiest day of my life?

The happiest day of my life?

Me, in my much younger days at the helm of Encounter. I sold my sailboat this week, and just handed over the keys today to the new owner. However I am not sure that old adage, “The second happiest day…

My Carbon Offset for this Year
My Carbon Offset for this Year

My Carbon Offset for this Year

Time to do more than talk the talk, its time to walk the walk. Since I retired in 2014 and started traveling the world (taking photos and sharing them on social media etc. etc.), I reckon my air travel generates…

On The Tiger Trail – Part 2
On The Tiger Trail – Part 2

On The Tiger Trail – Part 2

This is Part 2 of “On The Tiger Trail  – How I Spent My Winter on Photo-Safaris in Northern India” Where to Go India has the largest population of tigers (two thirds of the global total), and the most accessible…

Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 2 – The Hiking
Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 2 – The Hiking

Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 2 – The Hiking

My decision about hiking in Patagonia, was very simple – “Not To”.  Yet I didn’t escape hiking totally as I wound up doing some hiking on my own in the area around the Fitz Roy range in Argentina out of…

Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 1 – The Winds
Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 1 – The Winds

Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 1 – The Winds

If you want to understand my thoughts (and trepidations) about Patagonia before I got there, read my pre-trip post A Palanquin for Patagonia? – The Honeybadger’s Upcoming Trip to South America and Beyond.. Logistics My arrival in Patagonia was preceded…

Creepy, Crawlies, Things that Bite & Things that Fright – Happy Halloween 2017!
Creepy, Crawlies, Things that Bite & Things that Fright – Happy Halloween 2017!

Creepy, Crawlies, Things that Bite & Things that Fright – Happy Halloween 2017!

My annual list of things that bite and things that fright that I have seen over the last year on my travels around the world! Diving with Great Whites in Australia My what big teeth it has!   Thankful to be…

My SCUBA Resume
My SCUBA Resume

My SCUBA Resume

The Wandering Honeybadger, Red Sea, Egypt, 2018 I was certified back in 1976 over here in Victoria, BC, Canada.  I have been diving continuously since 1976, and in addition to putting more than 5000 hours underwater in a wide variety…