Mission manta

THE BEAUTY WITH snorkelling or diving is that it transports you away from the rat race of modern life into an alien world, far detached from our own. With that first dip beneath the surface, the stres

"FAKARAVA’S SOUTH PASS IS MORE than a name on a map. Divers speak of it like a rite of passage. In this remote corridor, the current runs wild and the sharks run the show. Welcome to French Polynesia’

WITH a surname like ‘Aventurier’ (which means ‘Adventurer’), it was destined that Marianne would live quite an exciting life. And she’s definitely lived up to that. Marianne is relatively new to under

I WOULD ARGUE that one of the joys of this hobby is encountering people who are as passionate about aquaria, fishes and nature in general as myself. I find it quite wonderful to get into conversation

AUGUST has thrown up a number of stories ...

Rosie Paterson journeys to Soneva Secret, a new resort in a remote part of the Maldives, which is proving that size rarely correlates to ambition