Juanita Pienaar
Juanita Pienaar is a citizen of the world, recently settled back down in her home country, South Africa, after spending time traveling and living in Asia and Africa. She has a passionate love affair with the ocean and loves to share that passion by teaching scuba diving. She is a yoga teacher and has recently discovered the joy and freedom of wearing yoga pants ‘out-and-about’. Juanita loses herself in the written and spoken word and is currently working on her first autobiographical novel, telling tales from the perspective of an expat-local.
Art in Ulaanbaatar: The Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts
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Mongolia’s capital may not be known for its art, but the Zanabazar is an eye-opening must-see for any art lovers traveling through Ulaanbataar.
Tanks and Zeroes: Wreck Diving in Papua New Guinea
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There’s no doubt that PNG is one of the most exotic destinations in Asia, but things get even more exciting under the waves; diving in Papua New Guinea is a WWII adventure in one of Asia’s lesser traveled destinations.
Chinsen: Diving Japan’s Atami Wreck off the Izu Peninsula.
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Check out the luxury onsens and ryokans on the Izu Peninsula, but there is a little surprise under the waves: Chinsen, a 120-meter cargo vessel 30 meters below the surface well worth the effort for experienced divers.
Diving Barracuda Lake in the Philippines
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Writer and diver Juanita Pienaar travels to Coron to experience the the strange rock formations and otherworldly thermocline of Barracuda Lake in the Philippines.