W.S.D.A. The Seadragons

W.S.D.A. The Seadragons

Diving and internship in Aruba

Bon dia, Bon dia! That’s how every day started on Aruba—a sunny greeting that immediately made me feel at home. I arrived on the island to complete an internship as part of my biology studies, focusing on soil and plant…

Exchange to Lesbos, Greece

For my minor I did an exchange with Erasmus to Lesbos, Greece. Lesbos is an amazing diverse and nature rich island in the Mediterranean Sea, almost touching the coast of Turkey. Here I followed a full marine science semester. Before…

Diving in Bodø, Norway

I decided to do my semester abroad in the second largest city of arctic Norway, Bodø! That means two things: And it was exactly that when I arrived. But as the sun returned and the local temperatures increased, so did…

Diving for science

SCUBA and free diving as tools to study invasive species and animal behaviour. I am writing this post on 24th February 2024, while sitting on a plane. The destination is Crete (Greece), where I will spend around two months with…

Discovered a nesting turtle

After 11 weeks of backpacking through the southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Cambodia and peninsular Malaysia with my girlfriend, the decision was made to visit an island, in order to go diving again after some weeks. After looking up some…

Diving in Sint Eustatius

When I arrived on the 13th of May this year on Statia to start my Internship. I did not yet know that I was going to be diving as a volunteer for the marine park. My internship at Wageningen Marine Research…

Diving in Hurghada, Egypt

Hello beautiful reader! In this blog, I will tell you my experience of diving in Egypt, Hurghada. My main aim to go on this solo-diving holiday was to dive in tropical waters and see corals for the first time (most…