In the dim, sepia light of a sunless dawn, a lone fishing boat slips across the South China Sea, swallowed by a fog thick with legend. Jagged peaks loom like ancient beasts, and the water beneath conceals shifting dangers. Guided only by instinct and a lifetime of seaborne whispers, the fisherman charts a course through a world where sea and sky forget their names.
Part of Darien, Georgia's shrimp fleet is moored to their docks. Possibly to resupply before returning to the nearshore Atlantic. Typically shrimpers trawl by night when the shrimp are active…
A sports fisher leaves Jupiter Inlet for the Gulf Stream as the sun rises behind an early morning thunderstorm. Jupiter Inlet on the East Coast of Florida is beautiful and…
Revision of an earlier post The Mekong River delta covers a large portion of southwestern Vietnam from the Cambodian border to the South China Sea. Daily life revolves around the Mekong and many villages are…
Sport fishing boats wait out several days of wind and rain at Rehoboth Beach, DE.
For the 80% of Indians who are Hindu, the River Ganges is considered sacred, her water holy. In the ancient city of Varanasi, the ghats that form the river's edge teem with pilgrims and devotees who come for a ritual dip in the Ganges in this holiest of cities. The scene is spiritual and, at the same time festive. The streets and ghats are chaotic. The sounds and smells overwhelm the senses. Yet, in spite of the masses of people, there are moments of solitude, aloneness.
Shrimpers and most watermen, for that matter, are a tenacious, hardy bunch. For many, it has been a family way of life for generations. Salt water runs in their veins and thoughts leaving…
Two boys enjoy a little idle time drifting near their floating village in Vietnam's serene Halong Bay, at the edge of the South China Sea. Life here is not as…
Sometimes life at the water's edge is like living in a mirror. As clouds flow across the sky they drift along the still waters below, perfectly choreographed, celebrating the day.…