Night Diving
Imagine absolute darkness. The lightless, shockingly empty void is a velvety thick colorless black. That is what the ocean can be like, at night. It …
Coral Gardening Updates Phase 2 & 3
Ongoing monitoring of the coral nurseries in Tanagan have revealed that my dive team in Tanagan are mermen! I have never seen anyone so capable, …
Coral Gardening in Sitio Bataha, Barangay Tanagan, Municipality of Calatagan, Province of Batangas April 17-19, 2016
Over the course of three days phase one of the coral gardening project was completed. Sitio Bataha is distant from the main road that runs …
Philippine Women’s University visits Calatagan
I have been communicating with the faculty of the Philippine Women’s University ever since September. My good friend Angel put me in touch with the …
Giant Clam Restocking
I recently had the good fortune to participate in a unique project with DENR to restock Giant Clams, locally called Taklobo, in the marine protected …
Coral Gardening Project Part 2
Meeting with the People’s Organization for the Marine Protected Area in Barangay Tanagan
Explaining the steps for coral gardening
Thanks again to everyone who has donated to …
Diving Anilao, Batangas
I have long awaited to dive Anilao. One of the exciting parts of my site transfer was proximity to this dive haven. Over Holy Week, …
Coral Gardening in Calatagan Part 1
Above: The nursery in Lapu Lapu from our goral gardening training. Below: Same nursery, one year later. Significant growth in coral and fish recruitment!
Almost a …
The Cope’s come to the Philippines!
Family Portrait at the Chocolate Hills
When I accepted my invitation to the Peace Corps they promised that they would visit me in the Philippines. After …
same same, but different
A young monk returning from collecting alms in Chiang Mai
Flowers, sold at the local market, used as offerings to religious statues and relics.
Outside one of …
