4:30 on a Sunday morning had me touching down in Guam after a 42 hr journey from Indonesia! Where is Guam, some people ask…. It is an island located in the Western Pacific in Micronesia. The largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Island chain it is bordered by the deepest part of the ocean […]

I am going to change my approach to the scholarship blog. Of late I have been posting more journal style entries here few and far between. I am going to save that for the monthly journals that you can find on the official scholarship website HERE and go for a more casual informal updates here. […]

I arrived in Guam after a grueling 42 hours in airports and planes, coming a long route from Pulau Weh, Indonesia. As I booked flights in two sections due to projects coming through after I booked my initial flights. I flew from Indonesia, to Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines, then finally Guam. Five countries in […]

Oh my god! Indonesia is incredible! Well certainly the small area that I have seen is. With the end of the 2nd Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium I flew from Phuket down to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia then over to Banda Aceh, Indonesia. From there it was a short ferry ride over to the island of […]

Last Wednesday I set off for my next big adventure to South East Asia and Micronesia. After an uneventful flight from Sydney to Phuket, I jumped in a taxi and made my way to Patong beach and Scubacat, the dive company owned and operated by Sarah Kench. I arrived to a very warm welcome by […]