One episode of Planet Earth literally changed my life. In September 2006 I was all set to start four years at university in London, but due to some setbacks I could not attend.  With some time and savings at hand I jumped on a plane and headed for the Riviera Maya. With only two weeks notice I had my bags packed, my C-Card ready and my guidebook leading the way. I didn´t know a soul and not a word of spanish. All I wanted to do was dive these cenotes.

I literally spent two weeks diving cenotes. The light of Chac Mool, the formations of Dos Ojos, the mystery of Angelita and the halocline of Tajmaha - I couldn´t get enough.

The day I arrived home in London it was raining. Not that you don´t become accustomed to it, but on that particular day it was just enough to tip the scales. I knew I was going back.

Three months later I arrived on New Year´s Eve. I had no set plan, except that I wanted to cave dive and learn as much as I could about this area. A few months later, completely hooked on diving , Mexico and its cenotes I decided to stay for a while longer.

After a fortune spent on my IDC and far too many hours in the pool, I started work as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor at one of the resorts. While clocking dives and fighting off ear infections my desire to cave dive became stronger and stronger. One thing led to another and I met Pietro, a cave diver, then working at ProTec. His photographs of the caves drew me in, feeding my appetite for the caves.

He took me to cenotes I had never even heard of. I wasn´t certified to cave dive then so it was just the frustration I needed to start my courses. After I got my cavern certification, I later completed my Intro to Cave course with Pietro. The myth is true - your partner will always be your most difficult student and your worst nightmare in teaching. It took us a bit longer but I got me certification. And off we went cave diving!

I often wondered if I would panic or feel some kind of claustrophobia inside the cave, but still now I have never felt anything remotely like that.  Many people, non-divers normally, ask me why I like to cave dive so much. The answers lie in defying the laws that limit our abilities.

I completed my Full Cave course in 2008, diving as often as life and work permits. In between the diving, Pietro and I started a company, working in cavern and cave diving tours, instructing Open Water courses, teaching Cave Diving, making underwater videos and focussing as much time and effort as possible, filming cave dives.  I have learnt not only to dive in difficult and almost-impossible places but to manage cumbersome lighting and video equipment. The challenge continues as we venture deeper and further - diving, filming and sharing this place with the world.