Mona

Out for an ice dive!

Photo of the day

Hello all.

Let me introduce myself! My name is Play. I’m Mona’s dive buddy. I was really excited as she promised me a dive under the ice. I know quite a few spots in Asia so far but she never took me under the ice!

Mobil was excited too! He is Chris’ dive buddy and we spend a lot of good moments together. So this morning we were both geared up and ready to dive!

Unfortunately the dive got cancelled this morning 😦
They didn’t tell us why but they spent the whole evening with other human friends. They ended up around some strange liquid they call Zacapa Ron

We don’t know what this liquid contains but they looked desperately tired this morning and decided all to cancel the dive…Well at least they accompanied us to the spot where we could watch some other human divers get under the ice.

Well maybe some other time soon! My human friends are strange!!!

Perfect moment – Galapagos Islands

perfect moments, Travels

The Galapagos Islands have always been a mythic place to me. Back in 1999, we were travelling Ecuador up and down and we managed to get a 8 day trip to the famous islands in the Pacific. I had seen numerous documentaries and was excited to set foot on the islands.

What impressed me most was the fact that all these wild animals showed no fear. You could get really close to watch them. No tele lens needed.They checked us with one eye and accepted us in their world. The only place where I have a similar feeling is underwater. I love diving for a lot of different reasons but the fact that you can get face to face within touching distance with wild animals in their habitat is one of the main reasons.

Some of the habitants of the Galapagos islands seemed to have skipped several stages during the evolution. Oh yes, Darwin was here and put up his famous theory!

Well, watch for yourself!

As we entered the year of the dragon…here are some of them

Iguana

crawling

meeting up with friends…

This huge old turtle is the king of the island : Lonsome George

Here one of my favourite encounters. A young Galapagos albatross. He still has to wait a bit to get rid of his teenager face and to be able to fly :-

I can’t but think that it is a huge privilege to witness nature that way : close up but with respect. The balance is fragile…

I will never forget the look in these eyes…

These animals never had a reason to fear men . Let’s hope we don’t prove them wrong!

More pics : Ecuador&Galapagos 1999

Interview Radio 100,7

Exhibitions, Travels

Here is yesterday’s interview. I had the pleasure to talk about diving and photography during 7 minutes on radio 100,7in order to promote tonight’s multi-media show “Indonesia: Maumere to Komodo”

Where : Prabbeli Wiltz   When : 8pm tonight

Hier j’avais le plaisir de parler de plongée et de photo sous-marine lors d’une interview à radio 100,7 afin de promouvoir la soirée photo de ce soir “Indonésie: Maumere à Komodo”

Où : Prabbeli Wiltz    Quand : ce soir à 20.00h