2. 2010

Phuket, Thailand

I started a Divemaster internship in Kamala Beach, Thailand, giving us plenty of time to thoroughly experience the area.
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Nature says "don't touch" quite clearly in the case of sea urchins.
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Nature says "don't touch" quite clearly in the case of sea urchins.

PhuketShark PointThailand2010AnimalsSCUBA Diving

  • A sailboat rests quietly at anchor just off Kamala Beach, welcoming us to our new home in Thailand.
  • Longtail boats are the primary way to get around on the ocean in Thailand.
  • Our longtail approaches Koh Weo, a prime diving spot and our main destination for the day.
  • A school of colorful fish swarms around our boat during the day's diving operations.
  • Tracy enjoys the waters teeming with fish around Koh Weo.
  • A few palms rise peacefully over Koh Weo under the hot tropical sun.
  • A late January sun catches a sailboat returning to port in the last moments of the day.
  • A late January sun catches a sailboat returning to port in the last moments of the day.
  • An evening of fishing goes down with the sunset, just off Kamala Beach.
  • Sunset outlines a longtail boat carrying crew and passengers back to land.
  • Sunset outlines a longtail boat carrying crew and passengers back to land.
  • Lingering light slowly fades to black as the sun sets on Kamala Beach
  • Paul prepares to leave the desolateness of the surface of Shark Point and enter its underworld teeming with movement and life.
  • Sea Urchins are plentiful on the sea bottom here, their spikes protecting them from predators.
  • A lone fish fins its way along a coral fan at Shark Point.
  • A fish eyes the camera under the looming protection of a coral formation.
  • Nature says "don't touch" quite clearly in the case of sea urchins.
  • A small boxfish swims away upon approach, lending its speckled backside for the photo rather than showing its face.
  • Schools of tiny fish dart through the water seemingly with one mind, swarming in giant syncronized clusters over the reef.
  • A small sea turtle shrugs off the intruders to its territory and wanders along its business.
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