Diving with seals is an incredible experience. Several sorts of seals can be found in the Antarctic. While on search for the infamous Leopard seals, we had the pleasure to find some elephant seals and some waddle seals during our trips around the ice. The highly sought after Leopard seals are considered to be the most ferocious seals in the Antarctic. Adult male leopard seals can reach a length of about 3 meters and can weigh up to 300 kilograms.  Females are a bit larger.  They can be found around the packed ice in summer.

In the past, man could only dream about the existence of a southern continent and for years scientists excitedly discussed the possibility of its existence. They believed that the world should have such a continent since the Earth consisted of so much land volume in the Northern hemisphere it then should have a counter weight in the south to equalize it.

It’s our first evening in the south of Tasmania and we are surprised by all kinds of animals around our bungalow. We just cannot believe how many animals we see around here. Our bungalow is not standing in the middle of in the bush. But nevertheless so many wallabies (small kangaroos) and wombats gather around our house. We have become one with nature immediately. Nature we could not have imagined being so beautiful. But besides the airport and our little bungalow we have not yet seen anything of Tasmania yet.

The fact that the red sea is a beautiful spot to dive is well known to most of the divers. On dayly bass a lot of divers from Europe an Russia fly to the Egyptian part of the red sea. Each day over and over again hundreds of diveboats sail of to discover the beautiful world of the red sea. As the red sea is much larger than only the Egyptian part we became curious to discover diving possibilities in other parts of the red sea. This time we fly a bit more to the South were we examine the diving possibilities in Saudi Arabia.