Scuba diving
I started scuba diving before I went on holidays to Australia in 1991, and it has me in its grip ever since. A lot of the time I feel more comfortable under water than on land. I am a PADI rescue diver and currently have about 200 dives but every dive is still fascinating. Especially if I find an octopus. I love octopusses (octopussi? octopodes?) but then I have a strange taste anyway. So far I've been diving at:
- the Coral Sea off Queensland, Australia on the Rumrunner , a sailing vessel, where we also did some shark feeding)
- the Great Barrier Reef, also in Australia, with Deep Sea Divers Den on a largish dive boat
- the Red Sea, near Safaga, Egypt; have a look here for information about diving the Red Sea
- some places in Florida,in the Florida Keys and along the east coast
- Barbados with Exploresub Barbados,feeding Serge the stingray - beautiful!
- Corsica (from a boat, the MS Galliotte)
- The Phillipines, island of Bohol
- various lakes in the area where I live.
- Brother Islands, in the middle of the Red Sea, on board the Heaven I. Lots of sharks and heavy current!
- Next trip will be in early 2001, to Bonaire.