2025 was the year of Martina’s 50 birthday and also our 25th wedding anniversary. We had wanted to do something special but couldn’t decide on what. Going to Japan was a strong contender, but so was a relaxing beach holiday. In the end we did neither and decided to go back to Lembeh for diving … Continue reading
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Diving in North Sulawesi
For years we talked about going to Lembeh muck diving. The first time it became slightly more concrete, we ended up going back to Raja Ampat with Thierry. The second time we started planning, Covid came along and delayed our plans. So this time nothing was going to derail our plans. Initially we had only … Continue reading
Crossing the Simpson Desert
The last year saw us make very little use of our car and we started thinking about selling her. On top of that she had turned 11 and various bits and pieces had started to break down and needed repairs. Given that Martina couldn’t bear to sell her, we decided to instead make more use … Continue reading
Garden transformations
When we moved into the house, the garden was partially new (fence, astroturf, elevated back) and partially still overgrown wilderness (bottlebrush, palm and bougainvillea competing with weeds). For about a year we didn’t change much and grew tomatoes and herbs in pots spread out everywhere. But eventually we came up with a plan to transform … Continue reading
Raja Ampat 2018
Because Thierry turned 40 this year and changed his mind about going to Lembeh and because a lot of other things happened, we ended up booking another 11 day liveaboard trip on the MSY Seahorse where we stayed also with Thierry in 2014. To our big surprise Daniel – who had been the second dive … Continue reading