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…
This last August a group of divers, both current and old Seadragons, went on a diving holiday together! Nine of us decided to cross the Mediterranean Sea and head further south towards Safaga, Egypt. Safaga is a fairly small town…
I love diving, and I think diving can be a very powerful tool for science and research, but also to sensitize people to the beauty and value of the underwater world as well as to its fragility. It is for…
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…
During my last summer break I went to Dahab, Egypt for 10 days on my own. I booked my diving vacation via the Padi Travel site and found a great diving hotel, named Dahab Divers. It was my first time…
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…
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…
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…
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…
For my MSc thesis fieldwork, I headed to Mallorca, Spain. The largest island of the Balearics in the Mediterranean Sea. Although among tourists the island is often only known for its never-ending party scene, there is a whole other world…
