About Liquidtravel

Layne Hedrick is a professional underwater archaeologist, travel writer & photographer and technical scuba instructor based in Austin, Texas. He graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Nautical Archaeology and spent many years as a shipwreck archaeologist traveling the world working on various excavations.

Over the past 9 years, Layne has developed an ability to explain the world in a rare form. His use of the written word has given him the ability to explain his experiences in a way that few others have the ability to do. Layne has a writing style that leaves the reader wanting to buy a ticket and travel abroad.

Although his roots are firmly placed in the dry Texas Panhandle, he has continued to move south to get closer to water so he can continue to experience his true desire which is to be underwater. It is that versatility that has enabled him to combine his love of photography with his love of travel and scuba diving to create Liquidtravel; an online travel community and to offer adventure travel.

Travel writing is not a new passion for him however. Layne says "when I first started travelling, I loved to share my adventures with friends and family so I used blogs to keep in touch and everything grew from there." But it wasn't until reading about Maarten Troost's experiences in The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific that Layne decided to make travel writing a large part of his life's dream.

For the next several years life took him through many parts of the world, from the U.S. to Madagascar, Turkey, all over Europe and Central and South America, places where he recorded his thoughts both on paper and film. "I always knew it was a matter of time until I started to write professionally, because wherever I traveled my first action was to record my impressions for my blog. All the different sights, sounds and smells influenced the writer I am today." Moreover, travelling has made him aware of the importance of getting to know our surroundings to better understand our place in the world.

Liquidtravel's Pages

• Liquidtravel - The online travel resources for the adventurous traveler
• Liquidtravel Photography

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