Travel

July 09 Alaska. Melissa and I will be taking a cruise visitng the best Alaska has to offer and spending a week at Ketchikan to evaluate it as a place to settle and start up an adventure tourism company.

April 09 Belize Melissa and Iare off to Belize to dive with Peter Hughes Sun Dancer II for a full week on this beautiful live aboard. Back in 2000 Melissa and I met in Belize when I worked for Peter Hughes as the Photo Video Pro. So its trip down memory lane for the both of us. All goes well I will have my new Aquatica system in my hands and will be shooting topside and underwater with my 1Ds Mark III

Jan 09.... Melissa and I are off to the Bahmas for a weeks diving with my daughter Astrid who will fly all the way from Australia for this trip. Ths trip we will be diving with Sharks on a daily basis with Stuart Coves operation. So I hope to capture some really cool shark images to add to my library.

August 08: I have returned to Iraq this time to Join my wife Melissa for the next 12-24 months. The time in Iraq is necessary for us to gather funds to resettle again in the real world. We are currently staying in a Camp north of Baghad. It is also considered one the safest bases to be situated on so we are doing ok.

June 2008... Melissa and I headed to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and stayed at Dreams Resort. For an R&R like no other. All we did this time is sit in the pool, drink Spanky Monkeys, play golf and sit on the beach and read. The only thing we did that was typrical of this trip is an adventure dune buggy ride up into the mountains. Good fun great trip!

April 2008.... Sadly Melissa wont be joining me on this adventure due to her Iraq leave schedule being out of wack from mine. But I will be off to explore the wonders of Papua New Guinea. This trip will be special in many ways. I will be joining two of the most influential people in my diving life, Brett Mitchell and Reg Lipson. If I had never met these fine men my diving career would have never existed. Brett being my former high school teacher way back in 1982 has been a life long friend and mentor. Reg Lipson famous marine educator in Australia and MC of the Oceans Congress festivals back in the 1980's and also a long time friend of Bretts will also be running this trip to www.tufiresort.com. Having said that, I have been trying to get on a trip with Reg & Brett for nearly 25 years so I can't wait to get out there and take some amazing images of the local villagers and sub-aquatic world and share my free time with people whom I admire the most.

January 2008.... Melissa & I stepped out the box this trip. We decided to leave the warm crystal waters of the Caribbean for the Cold clear air of Canada's Rocky Mountains. Look over our Canada gallery for some fine images taken at Clagary, Banff N.P., Lake Louise, and Emerald Lake.

September 2007....Melissa and I are off to the Turks & Caicos Islands on www.explorerventures.com vessel the Turks & Caicos Explorer. For a full week live-aboard diving adventure.

MAY 2007

Tacked onto the Bonaire trip, and prior to returning to Iraq, I have been asked to photograph a dear friends wedding in England. See images in the Galleries of their special day!

APRIL 2007

Back in Baghdad Iraq, I have been busy planning for my next R&R. in April 2007. I plan to fly into the US all the way from Iraq and then catch a flight the same evening to the Island of Bonaire. Here Melissa and I will have two full weeks of boat and shore diving. From what I have heard and read about is that the diving there is awesome! I will be keeping myself very busy with shooting the obligatory destination DVD of our trip. To make this DVD remarkable, I have just purchased a pair of new Green Force Squid 250 underwater Video lights to complete my system. I hope that with these new lights I will be able to capture many stunning scenes underwater. I also plan to write an article on Diving Bonaire, hopefully it will be published or I will present it as a trip report on my website. Stay tuned for the new addition to LMP when I return.

DECEMBER 2006

New Zealand's beauty and culture captivated my family and I for an amazing 3 weeks. Activites were limitless as were the atractions. For many years I have wanted to return to NZ and it was definately worth waiting for. My New Zealand galleries, not yet up to date will display a variety of images to showcase this adventure. I welcome you to browse through this recent addition to Liquid Motion Productions.