Travel

Thailand - Divestyle Magazine

Lesley Rochat — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:11:08 +0000

Main feature article. Text and photographs: Lesley Rochat.

"Skinny-dipping with strangers at midnight is only done on a New Year's Eve celebration in Thailand when one has had a fair amount of Singha beer."

Blue Water Red Sea - Africa Geographic Magazine

Lesley Rochat — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:47:44 +0000

Main feature article. Text and photographs: Lesley Rochat.

"I watched with fascination the flashing lights ahead of me. Except for our torches, which cast a narrow corridor of light along our path, darkness enveloped us and I mimed to my buddy Neil, to switch his torch off."

Red Sea, Bliss in the Deep South - Divestyle Magazine

Lesley Rochat — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:10:22 +0000

Main feature article. Text and photographs: Lesley Rochat.

Gripped with anticipation, we glided over the silky, indigo-blue sea towards the school of dolphins.

Destination Mauritius - Out There Magazine

Lesley Rochat — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:32:28 +0000

Main feature article. Text and photographs: Lesley Rochat.

Despite its accessibility from SA, Mauritius is not for the adventure-hearted, right?

Splendour Beneath Pemba Island - Divestyle Magazine

Lesley Rochat — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:26:37 +0000

Text and photographs by Lesley Rochat.

The school of hammerhead sharks could be anywhere so pay attention.

Sea and Sand - Out There Magazine

Lesley Rochat — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:10:43 +0000

Main feature article. Text and photographs: Lesley Rochat.

The Red sea and its desert shores offer innumerable options to those with a love of antiquity and a passion for adventure.

Mauritius: Get an Eyeful - Divestyle Magazine

Lesley Rochat — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:04:28 +0000

Main feature article. Text and photographs: Lesley Rochat.

So you thought Mauritius was all palm trees and resort-style diving?

The Magnificent Brothers - Divestyle Magazine

Lesley Rochat — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:33:53 +0000

Main feature article. Text and photographs: Lesley Rochat.

The Magnificent Brothers. Anything that pegs itself as the 'ultimate' is surely setting itself up for disappointment, not these Brothers... By Lesley Rochat.

Diving the Red Sea - Getaway Magazine

Lesley Rochat — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:20:39 +0000

Cover and main feature article. Text and photographs: Lesley Rochat.

From the depths of the Red Sea's infamous Blue Hole to the top of Mount Sinai, and 3750 steps back down I exlpored Egypt for a cover feature article for Getaway magazine. I was part of a documentary film crew that journeyed to unusual dive and desert locations on Egypt's Sinai Peninsular.

"Transfixed, I felt the spirit of the ancient, biblical desert and could almost hear the hot wind whisper the secrets of the sands. At once I understood why pilgrims who reached the Sinai in centuries past declared it to be their nearest encounter with God."

Diving Malasia - Getaway Magazine

Lesley Rochat — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:22:14 +0000

Main feature article. Text and photographs: Lesley Rochat.

The islands off the main land of Malaysia offer a world of exotic names, luminescent fishes and underwater jewels. Lured by the adventures of Jacques Cousteau, I packed my wetsuit and travelled to four different islands where I learned to muck dive for this main feature article for Getaway Magazine.

"...a tropical paradise where nature has, over aeons, meticulously woven a colourful and complex tapestry…blinding white beaches sprinkled with tropical trees that bow down to a dazzling turquoise sea.”