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Pier Nirandara

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  • Author. Travel writer, Film Producer and Underwater Photographer, Freelance
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Bangkok, Cape Town, Los Angeles
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Covers:  Adventure, Arctic & Antarctic, culture, diversity & representation, food & cuisine, luxury, marine conservation, scuba diving & ocean sports, solo female travel, sustainability, South Africa, Thailand

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Pier Nirandara’s Biography

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Pier Nirandara is an award-winning author, travel writer, film producer, and underwater photographer. She began her career as Thailand’s youngest English-writing author of three #1 national bestselling novels, multiple graphic novels, and short stories with over 200,000 copies sold in multiple languages.

Since then, she has represented literary clients at ICM Partners, served as Director of Development for International Content at Sony Columbia Pictures, and VP of Film & TV at A-Major Media, Ho…

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To the Thai Woman On the Waterfront - Off Assignment

To the Thai Woman On the Waterfront - Off Assignment

"Your hands touch my bare skin. They press, stroke, rub. "Pressure okay?" you say, the English heavily accent…

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Rolex and National Geographic Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition

Rolex and National Geographic Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition

Rolex and National Geographic have partnered to support a two-year series of scientific studies covering the …

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In South Africa, a monumental sardine migration draws throngs of divers-but leaves locals in the ...

In South Africa, a monumental sardine migration draws throngs of divers-but leaves locals in the ...

In South Africa, an annual sardine migration attracts thousands of divers, but how do you increase local acce…

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To the Young Mom on Flight 1122

To the Young Mom on Flight 1122

Fourteen hours, five passengers, three seats, two longed-for countries, one memorial. Grand Prize Bronze Winn…

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9 Tips on How to Photograph Marine Wildlife

9 Tips on How to Photograph Marine Wildlife

These tips will not only help you grow as a photographer, but they will help you get the shot of your dreams!

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French Polynesia: Selling the seas - Oceanographic

French Polynesia: Selling the seas - Oceanographic

With 4G set to arrive on a small island in French Polynesia, conservationists ask themselves how it will affe…

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The Tiny Thai Island Cultivating a Coral Comeback

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By Pier Nirandara Verified
| Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia Verified
Dr. Sylvia Earle and Titouan Bernicot set up a coral garden in the waters off Koh Mak | Courtesy of Pier Nirandara OCEANOGRAPHER Dr. Sylvia Earle pauses mid-descent, hovering just above the artificial reef. She studies a single piece of coral, then another. Nearby, Titouan Bernicot watches—I sense him grinning through his mask and scuba regulator. “With Sylvia,” he says after we’ve resurfaced, “you stop every fifty centimeters.” We are diving in Thailand, the country where I grew up.
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Freediving with Grandmas in Japan's Kii Peninsula

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By Pier Nirandara Verified
| Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia Verified
Home Destinations Japan Freediving with Grandmas in Japan's Kii Peninsula Photos by Pier Nirandara We dive off Masaki Island, a small islet cradled in Ago Bay on Japan’s Kii Peninsula, part of the Ise-Shima National Park in Mie Prefecture. Known as the birthplace of Japan’s first cultured pearls, it’s also one of the few remaining places where ama—“sea women,” the legendary freediving women of Japan—still dive and harvest seafood by hand.
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A guide to Thailand: ethical escapes that are off the tourist path - Lonely Planet

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| Lonely Planet Verified
By now, the image of Thailand is etched firmly into the global imagination: bright blue waters, majestic golden temples, and iconic silhouettes of longtail boats drifting across sun-drenched coastlines. With the release of Season 3 of HBO’s The White Lotus, shot across the country’s most photogenic corners, Thailand has reentered the international spotlight.
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