Tony Buxton

A Charmed Life in Ceylon 1953-1963 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Born in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1931, during the days of the British colonials and then living his childhood in England, Tony Buxton returned there to hopefully take over his family's commodities business. Not the typical colonial type, who was expected to segregate himself from the "natives" Tony went against the rules and preferred the company of the Ceylonese. This resulted in him making many friends, including well-known politicians. He soon found he had a passion for the ocean and diving. Giving up his job, he made a meagre living spearing fish, catching lobsters and live tropical fish for aquariums. He eventually offered his services as a guide to the underwater world. This brought him many wealthy and famous customers from all over. They invited them to their homes, where he experienced a life style he hardly knew existed . These vacations could not have been any more adventurous. He enjoyed the best hotels and entertainment and drove around in his friends Masarati wining and dining with some of the most prominent influential colourful people in Europe.

Reading about the adventures of this bold and goodhearted man, makes one want to emulate him. An unusual life indeed, with twists and turns that were never premeditated.

"A Charmed Life" in Ceylon" takes the reader on a stunning journey across the marvels of Tony's lifestyle

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tony Buxton
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781386155386
• Artikelnr.: 54874507

Autorenporträt

Tony Buxton was born in 1931 in Sri Lanka. He went back to England during the war and eventually returned to Sri Lanka in the early 50s. There he developed a passion for exploring underwater, before the event of SCUBA. He made a living spear fishing as well as being an underwater guide, during which time many rich and famous people, including local politicians used his services. He was the first person to dive in the Maldives and southern India. He won the Ceylon National spear fishing Championships in 1959, and then went on to the world Championships in Malta where he came first on the British team. After the event, he was invited by Jaques Cousteau to meet him in Monaco, and some years later Cousteau invited him to join him on an expedition to the Indian Ocean.

Leaving Sri Lanka in 1963, he went to Thailand where he was the first person to dive there, and he founded the Thailand sub aqua club. In 1965 he was invited by award-winning underwater photographer Ben Crop to star in his film "Challenge of the sea". During the filming, he explored unknown reefs in the Pacific with well-known underwater explorer Jaques Dumas.

Eventually, he moved to Singapore and set up a highly profitable commercial diving venture with Exxon (Esso) underwater cleaning ships. His years of diving to considerable depths without scuba eventually affected his health, and he had to curtail his diving. He took up the sport of polo with the same passion he had for diving. Playing in international tournaments he achieved a Polo handicap of +2 and was eventually invited to play on one of the Malay sultans teams and lived in one of their palaces in Malaysia. After a serious accident playing polo, he retired to Thailand where he lives now.