Colorful anemone on Hin Daeng in Thailand

I went looking for a "Christmassy" shot to put in this post and found this one from my most recent trip, to Hin Daeng and Hin Muang in Thailand’s South Andaman. Like several pictures I end up with, it’s ‘pretty’ but I don’t end up using it because it’s not ‘of’ anything.

Here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

One of Lembeh’s reefs.

While the Lembeh Strait is renowned for muck diving, it does have some patches of coral reef. The reefs aren’t large, but they are quite pretty, and experts say they display a very rich diversity of corals and related marine life.

"Too many fish" at Batu Bolong

Ever have a dive where you thought, "There’s too many fish down here"? I’m being a bit facetious of course, but it almost seemed that way on my most recent dive on Batu Bolong near Komodo Island in Indonesia. The photo above may give you an idea of how, uh, "crowded" it was down there.