Our boat is loaded and Captain Idi is standing tall on the helm. Explorer’s engines are warming up as the crew lift the anchor and stow away the anchor line. We’re about to depart to our favorite dive site… Mnemba Atoll. Written and filmed by Paul Captain Idi navigates his path through the ocean with […]
My First Night Dive
“The suns going down. We’re standing excitedly on the beach with our torches on. This is our first night dive ever, and a great way to complete our Advanced PADI course. We wade slowly into the calm water and make our way to a nice spot were we descend into around 3-4 meters. There’s still […]
Whale Sharks & Manta Rays in Zanzibar
So, we are coming to Zanzibar soon and want to book a day of diving. We are not so interested in small fish, and we want to dive with the big animals. Preferably with manta rays, whale sharks, whales, hammerheads, sharks, and other big fish. Is it the right season?We recently get many of these […]
Divemaster Internship in Zanzibar
Your heart pounding in your chest, cold sweat on your skin, stomach-turning, all you want to do is run away as fast as you can… Anxiety shows up in different ways. The fact is, we are all afraid of something… Heights, spiders, clowns, monsters under the bed, math, water, the dark… While some fears are […]
#NoStraw
No straw, please! That’s what I say to any waiter at any bar. Well, most of the bars. Sometimes I forget and feel guilty or angry when my glass comes with 2 plastic straws. Other times I know this particular bar have paper or bamboo straws, and I enjoy stirring my drink with it. Recently, […]
Night Diving in Nungwi
Weightless in a black abyss, time seems to stand still. Everything that was before disappears and everything to come is irrelevant. All there is, is right now. This moment, the meditative sound of air flowing from your regulator into your lungs and the slow release of bubbles making their way back to the surface is […]
Thousand dives and counting – Becoming a PADI Pro
It’s Monday, 5:15 am, the alarm rings. It’s still dark outside, I wake up slowly, I don’t even turn on the light not to wake the rest of my family who are still asleep. I’m grabbing a quick snack for breakfast because I’m late for my work at the factory, again. Written by Roberto My […]
