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Category Archives: Photography
Part 1 – Kenya 2025
How do I describe the indescribable? Kenya is physically vast and diverse — arid, lush, flat, mountainous, populous (Nairobi), unpeopled (Meru National Park), mystical (the indigenous Samburu), and at times bizarre (the animals). It’s both serene (the landscape), and cacaphonic … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Photography, Travel, Trip Reports
Tagged Elewana's Elephant Pepper Camp, Elewana's Elsa's Kopje, Karen Gables, Kenya, Kenya Safari, Maasai Mara, Meru National Park, Nature Photography, Nemunyak Community Conservation, Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, Sarara Camp, Sarara Foundation
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Part 2 – Kenya 2025
Meru National Park – Elewana’s Elsa’s Kopje Our flight out to Meru National Park was from Wilson Airport, from which most small domestic flights depart in Nairobi. The plane was a single engine, 12 seater Cessna Grand Caravan, and quite … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Photography, Travel, Trip Reports
Tagged Elewana's Elephant Pepper Camp, Elewana's Elsa's Kopje, Karen Gables, Kenya, Kenya Safari, Maasai Mara, Meru National Park, Nature Photography, Nemunyak Community Conservation, Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, Sarara Camp, Sarara Foundation
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Part 3 – Kenya 2025
Nemunyak Community Conservancy — Sarara Camp Once again my words and photos really can’t do this experience justice. Sarara Camp is located in a wide valley, with epic views from its rocky perch on the flank of a precipitous mountain, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Photography, Travel, Trip Reports
Tagged Elewana's Elephant Pepper Camp, Elewana's Elsa's Kopje, Karen Gables, Kenya, Kenya Safari, Maasai Mara, Meru National Park, Nature Photography, Nemunyak Community Conservation, Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, Sarara Camp, Sarara Foundation
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Part 4 – Kenya 2025
Maasai Mara North Conservancy – Elewana’s Elephant Pepper Camp It was a sad farewell to Sarara — all of us left there with full hearts and feeling very inspired by the amazing conservation and social enterprise model that the Samburu … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Photography, Travel, Trip Reports
Tagged Elewana's Elephant Pepper Camp, Elewana's Elsa's Kopje, Karen Gables, Kenya, Kenya Safari, Maasai Mara, Meru National Park, Nature Photography, Nemunyak Community Conservation, Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, Sarara Camp, Sarara Foundation
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Raja Ampat, The Last Diving Paradise?
We recently returned from a truly wonderful dive trip to Indonesia. After the stress-inducing O-ring debacle of the diving portion of our first adventure post-Covid, in Egypt‘s Red Sea, this was relaxing, exhilarating, and breathtakingly beautiful diving. (Note: You’ll need … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Indonesia Travel, Photography, Pic of the Day, Travel, Trip Reports
Tagged Indonesia Scuba Diving, Raja Ampat
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Yalla Yalla Habibi!
I’ll admit that I was never super interested in ancient history; I think my last whack at it was in the early years of high school. Egyptians, Romans, Greeks? They were bygones to me – more mythology than history in … Continue reading
The Sun Also Sets
Yesterday was the much-anticipated solar eclipse. And although we live a bit north of the ‘zone of totality’, it was still a noteworthy happening. And amazingly, it was a clear sunny day for this extraordinary event.
Posted in Photography, Pic of the Day, Writings
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Diving In The Front Yard
It had been over a year since we last donned the drysuits and waddled into the water. It’s totally awesome to be shore diving in the front yard, but the bods are not getting any younger, and contorting into the … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Doto Nudibranch
From the Bali files. This is the front end of a teensy Doto nudibranch, feasting on a hydroid. There are thousands of species of nudibranchs (aka sea slugs), and they come in a kaleidoscope of colours and patterns. Big nudis … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Indonesia Travel, Photography, Pic of the Day
Tagged Bali Diving, Doto greenamyeri, Doto nudibranch
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Pic of the Day – Pen Shell Shrimp
This is a fairly unusual critter – so much so that it is not in my (older version) Humann & Deloach Caribbean Reef Creature ID book. It is a Pen Shell Shrimp (Pontonia mexicana), about half an inch in length, … Continue reading
Pic of The Day – Spinecheek Anemone Fish
My diving buds know that I am a bit nuts about anemone fish. I just can’t swim past an anemone inhabited by these cute and colourful little fish without trying my luck at getting a pleasing shot. They are frustrating … Continue reading
Posted in Indonesia Travel, Photography, Pic of the Day
Tagged Alor diving, Spinecheek Anemone fish
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Pic of the Day – Alor, Indonesia Old School Fisherman
And now for something a little different. This fellow peering down at me as I took pictures from under his canoe is a local fisherman in the Alor area of Indonesia. These guys hand make bamboo fish traps, and place … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Thread Fin Hawkfish
I have a scary number of underwater images in the hopper – three trips’ worth, truth be told. I have been sharing a few on Facebook and Instagram (you can find me there – Judy G Diver), but I have … Continue reading
New Zealand – You Beach!
It’s been a bit of a whirl of travel over the past few months. In addition to some regularly scheduled dive and Berlin biz trips this year, a couple of other opportunities have arisen – one – in absence of any … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Photography, Travel
Tagged Bethell's Beach, Milford Sound, New Zealand
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Pic of the Day – Flamboyant Critters
After the deluge of posts about a trip to India, and then the rant about BC real estate, I’ve taken a little down time to take care of some stuff on the home front. But as I am now on deadline … Continue reading
Hitting the G Spot
Today, I am feeling a tad crabby. A few years ago, Mr G and I went on a search for a property where we hoped to have a weekend cottage. Our criteria were pretty firm – relatively easy water access … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Chain Moray Eel
Ready for my close up. This is a picture of a Chain Moray Eel (Echidna catenata) that I captured in Roatan, Honduras. This variety of eel can grow up to 24 inches long. Although I couldn’t see the body of … Continue reading
A Passage in India (& Nepal) – Part 6 – Learning and Burning in Varanasi
When I last left you, we had a big day in Khajuraho, touring some super sexy temples, and experiencing some amazing Ayurvedic massage therapy. The next morning, we were up at dark o’thirty, for an (optional) jeep safari tour in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ganges Cremation, Ghat, India, Khajuraho, Panna Tiger Reserve, Varanasi
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Scuba Diving Magazine Feature – Thailand – Open Wide and Say Ahhhh!
Here is a link to my most recently published feature for Scuba Divimg Magazine (online). This gallery of wide angle images was taken on my January 2016 trip to Thailand. This was my third trip to dive in Thailand, and my first … Continue reading