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Hafa adai and welcome to my Smugmug site! I just uploaded photos from recent trips to Palau and to Anilao, in the Batangas province of the Philippines. The trip to Palau in early June was a pleasure as always. After spending several days in training with a fantastic group of individuals from around the Western and South Pacific I spent nearly a week diving (and a little kayaking) at some of Palau's most incredible dive sites. This trip gave me some of my best Palau dives ever, with one or two dives reaching near the top of my best dives anywhere. While I was without a strobe for most of the dives, I managed to get at least a few keepers on that trip. Check out the "Palau 2011 Favorites" gallery below for some of the better photos from that trip.

The trip to Anilao happened just before I left for Palau, moving swiftly from a world-class macro life dive area to a world-class megafauna mecca. This area is well-known for its incredible marine biodiversity, and divers can reliably see incredible creatures rarely seen elsewhere. This trip was heavily focused on nudibranchs, but I also snapped shots of corals, crustaceans, algae, and other inhabitants of this area's incredible underwater world. You can view some of my favorite photos from the trip in the featured "Anilao May 2011 Favorites" gallery below or you can click on the "Anilao 2011" category and view images captured at each of the sites we visited.

Please note that I've put some of my favorite photos from Guam in the "Guam Favorites" gallery (in the "Featured Galleries" section below). All of the photos from Guam are organized into several sub-categories based on location or the type of site (e.g., waterfalls, northeastern Guam, etc.). From there you can find individual galleries for each dive, hike, or other activity I've done on Guam.

Feel free to leave a comment on one or more of the photos - it's always great to hear what everyone's up to. Enjoy!

***The photos on this site are for personal use and for non-commercial activities only. All photos are copyrighted and cannot be used for commercial purposes, unless permission is gained by the photographer. If you are planning on using any photos you download from this site for more than personal use (e.g., more than just for desktop wallpaper, screen saver, etc.), I ask that you contact me by leaving a comment on the photo you wish to use. I like to keep track of the various uses of my photos. Thanks!

Featured Galleries

Palau 2011 Favorites

Updated: Jun 16, 2011 9:43pm PST

Anilao May 2011 Favorites

Updated: May 24, 2011 3:55pm PST

Central Visayas 2010 Favorites

Updated: Oct 12, 2010 7:28pm PST

Guam Favorites

Updated: Apr 21, 2008 11:46pm PST

Gallery Categories

Saipan 2012

4 galleries with 98 photos

Updated: Dec 25, 2012 11:01pm PST

Palau June 2011

13 galleries with 413 photos

Updated: Jun 16, 2011 9:43pm PST

Anilao 2011

20 galleries with 773 photos

Updated: Jun 27, 2011 10:47pm PST

Tinian 2010

2 galleries with 120 photos

Updated: Dec 29, 2010 4:08pm PST

Central Visayas 2010

19 galleries with 1021 photos

Updated: Oct 12, 2010 7:28pm PST

FSM CCV Assmt '10

25 galleries with 1253 photos

Updated: Oct 22, 2010 2:17am PST

Palau Feb. 2010

15 galleries with 493 photos

Updated: Feb 28, 2010 3:13pm PST

Anilao 2009

18 galleries with 930 photos

Updated: Nov 26, 2009 11:41pm PST

Favorites

13 galleries with 437 photos

Updated: Nov 30, 2008 7:23pm PST

Guam

288 galleries with 7174 photos

Updated: Feb 21, 2013 7:52pm PST

Palau 2009

29 galleries with 1309 photos

Updated: May 11, 2009 6:13pm PST

Bonaire 2008

19 galleries with 718 photos

Updated: Aug 03, 2008 7:31pm PST

Flower Garden Banks 2008

12 galleries with 378 photos

Updated: Jul 28, 2008 2:25am PST

Pohnpei 2008

7 galleries with 243 photos

Updated: Aug 13, 2008 6:50pm PST

Japan

35 galleries with 442 photos

Updated: May 10, 2008 12:20am PST

Ohio Trip 2007

2 galleries with 42 photos

Updated: Sep 25, 2007 10:13pm PST

American Samoa 2007

2 galleries with 46 photos

Updated: Sep 03, 2007 11:07pm PST

Fiji 2006

17 galleries with 288 photos

Updated: Dec 11, 2006 3:22pm PST

Philippines 2006

18 galleries with 269 photos

Updated: May 14, 2007 11:04pm PST

Hawaii

4 galleries with 73 photos

Updated: Oct 10, 2006 10:32pm PST

Saipan 2006

3 galleries with 43 photos

Updated: Jun 20, 2006 4:55pm PST

Chuuk 2005

12 galleries with 185 photos

Updated: May 14, 2006 6:13pm PST

Bali 2005

24 galleries with 317 photos

Updated: May 21, 2006 6:08pm PST

Pohnpei 2005

7 galleries with 127 photos

Updated: Dec 14, 2006 8:29pm PST

Rota 2004

2 galleries with 23 photos

Updated: Dec 03, 2006 5:36pm PST

Great Barrier Reef 2004

19 galleries with 404 photos

Updated: Mar 25, 2007 8:02pm PST

Palau 2004-05

8 galleries with 126 photos

Updated: May 29, 2006 3:01pm PST

Saipan 2004

2 galleries with 27 photos

Updated: May 30, 2006 4:31pm PST

Other

5 galleries with 159 photos

Updated: Mar 29, 2011 9:14pm PST

Guam Environments Pics

11 galleries with 83 photos

Updated: Jun 14, 2011 11:03pm PST

Images for RS Field Guide

6 galleries with 110 photos

Updated: Nov 17, 2011 6:28pm PST

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