Dawn on the Kukenan tepui
This is the second day on the Roraima trek. It's just 06:09 in the morning and the light is wonderfully soft, as the…
Roraima trek – Tok river camp
This is the first night on the trek up and down Roraima, and here the trekkers are settling down after dinner. Behind…
Kukenan and Roraima after sunset
Darkness is fast approaching and Kukenan (below) and Roraima is almost in the clear - seen from the Tok river camp.…
Gran Sabana tepui
The previous night was extraordinarily wet - it was almost impossible to look through the windshield. Driving was very…
My life as a dog on Anaa
My host had two dogs, and such harmonoius dogs! Being a total stranger I would suspect a greeting of loud barks and…
Anaa shell desert
Some areas the shelldunes stretched far and wide, and it resembled a desert more than an atoll. The enormity of shells…
Anaa shell dunes
In the lagoon there are huge deposits of shells in formations similar to what you see in the snowy and windswept…
Anaa ocean channel
This is one of many openings in the chain of dry land and during storm surges the ocean will flood through here and…
Anaa coral reef
Anaa is incredibly diverse, and here the coral dominates the landscape. The outrcops are fossilized coral or limestone.…
In for landing on the Anaa atoll
Anaa is 1 hour 20 minutes flight from Tahiti, and is one of the closest of the atolls in the Tuamotu archipelago and…
Lookout point to Tahiti from Moorea
Overlooking the coral reef and lagoon in the foreground and the deep ocean between Moorea and Tahiti in the distance.…
Moorea caldera
Moorea has dramatic and sharp peaks, and is as breathtking when viewed like here from inside the caldera as it is from…