Monthly Archives: December 2015

AIRPORT SLEEPING TIPS Are your curious about sleeping in airports? It is always somewhat of an adventure, but I have slept in airports all over the world. When your flight arrives at midnight and your next one leaves at 8, … Continue reading →

05-14/01/2015 This is an archipelago of approximately 1500 stunning, mostly uninhabited islands covering an area of 50,000 sq km off the NW coast of the Birds Eye Peninsula of Papua. Sorong is the closest city and airport. They straddle the … Continue reading →

22/12/2014 Seven days, 28 dives on the Ocean Hunter II, a live aboard with Fish and Fins out of Koror, Palau. Dive master was Eddie, a Filipino, the best. The Ocean Hunter II was a luxury live-aboard dive boat. It … Continue reading →

26-30/11/2013 5-day Live Aboard with A-One Diving, Ranong Thailand. Guides generally poor – we dove too deep too often. Many fisherman, nets strewn across reefs, dynamite fishing, all big fish gone, no sharks or mantas. #16. Secret Island. Poor visibility … Continue reading →

Seven days, 28 dives on the Ocean Hunter II, a live aboard with Fish and Fins out of Koror, Palau. Dive master was Eddie, a Filipino, the best. The Ocean Hunter II was a luxury live-aboard dive boat. It was … Continue reading →

SAFE TRAVEL The Arabian Peninsula has a historical reputation for being a dangerous place, whether for political turmoil, the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism, the threat of terrorism, particularly in Yemen, and the recent democratic uprisings. However, the trouble spots are … Continue reading →

Population: 65.4 million Literacy Rate: 85% Unemployment Rate: 9% Land Area: 3,097,988 sq km Land Mass: World’s largest peninsula Unique Feature: Encompasses world’s largest sand desert Belief Systems: Muslim 82%, Christian 9%, Other 9% Population per sq km. Oman 1, … Continue reading →

HISTORY The 5th-century Greek historian Herodotus identified the seafaring Canaanites as the original inhabitants of Qatar. Spearheads, pottery shards, burial mounds near Umm Salal Mohammed and the rock carvings of Jebel Jassassiyeh show the early inhabitation of Qatar to be … Continue reading →

Hydrogen, the universe’s most abundant element, is the fuel for any potential fusion reactor. The endgame is an energy source so cheap and clean and plentiful that it would create an inflection point in human history, an energy singularity that … Continue reading →