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  • The Wonderful Whaleshark

    The whaleshark is the largest fish in the sea and is so-called because it filter-feeds on plankton and shoals of tiny fish just like the great baleen whales. It s...

    Steve Brown |

    The Wonderful Whaleshark
  • What a Palaver!

    Few people realise that the little boy of Hans Christian Anderson's story, who declared that the Emperor had no clothes, was hung, drawn and quartered. Sometimes there's a conspiracy of...

    Steve Brown |

    What a Palaver!
  • The Red Sea

    The Red Sea The Red Sea is a flooded continuation of the African Rift and is bordered on all sides by arid desert. The countries of Djibouti and the Yemen...

    John Bantin |

    The Red Sea
  • Liveaboard Dive Boats

    Nearly twenty-five years ago, I was a dive-guide on a liveaboard dive boat in the Red Sea. It was then considered to be the doyen of liveaboard dive boats. It...

    Steve Brown |

    Liveaboard Dive Boats
  • Diving Holidays

    My wife had a friend who moved to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia so we determined to take a family holiday and go and visit her. We booked a two-week trip...

    Steve Brown |

    Diving Holidays