They’re building a jetty in Kasai, it will be something like 150 meters long in total when it’s completed, 120 meters fixed and 30 meters floating. Suffice it to say it’s a massive build. It’s now come to a temporary stand-still since there’s no more low tide until the end of March. To cast the [...]
I recently whinged about my camera not working properly due to me being an idiot and dropping it on the floor. It basically will not focus on anything closer than one meter from the lens. Underwater photography without a proper external flash is pretty much all about macro, up close and personal, and if my [...]
We’re between guests right now at Kasai, and the next guests arriving are some quite important travel agents so we need to get everything spic and span before they get here. One of the projects is to paint the floor in the dive equipment area, where all the guests get kitted out before a dive [...]
Ten years ago I spent six months in Honduras, working as a Divemaster, on an island called Utila which is part of the Bay Islands, part of the worlds second largest barrier reef. Awesome diving. Anyway, during my visit there was already another Divemaster called Andy so I was named Swedish Andy, on the big [...]
I’d love to be able to call myself a photographer, sadly I don’t think I can claim that prestigious title yet, specially after hanging out with my current housemate Jussi when he’s been taking photos of Kasai and hurrying around talking about ‘soft light’ and similar topics. For Christmas I bought myself an underwater house [...]
I’ve got a TV in my house, it’s got DVD player and, most importantly, it’s got a digital satellite receiver! Minor problem though; there was no subscription for it! So I’ve been roaming around asking in random shops how and where you’d buy satellite subscription top-up whatsits… and I’ve now succeded! I have a bunch [...]
The resort I’m working for, Kasai Village, is going to start offering liveaboard trips around Cebu Island in March and today the staff from Kasai and owners of the boat went out for a maiden voyage together. The boat, Queen X, is a 100ft banca boat, about 30m. Pretty much all boats in the Philippines [...]
It’s raining here, a lot… And it has been raining on and off for about a month now. The last two weeks almost all the time. And there’s also strong wind. You all know what happens if you mix those two old friends; misery. I really can’t remember anything about misery when I read up [...]
Right now it’s the day before christmas eve and I’m currently sitting next to the compressor filling tanks. Since I’m slightly handicapped due to my knee wanting to do the twist and shout I’m stuck in the compressor room… There’s quite a few guests around now and the other staff are busy diving. So I [...]