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Cont… Month In The Philippines
Warning: I am still working on this part of the Journal April 16th Flight from Moalboal to Coron We woke up with enough time to pack fast to be ready for our Van to pick us up to take us to the airport. I was so tried and want to see on the van, but there was no way. It started to ran right after we got out of the city. At first it didn’t seem like that much…but then it was flood worthy. The water was to above the knee almost covering the tries. Our driver didn’t seem nervous and drove through it safely. People were pushing their motorcycles …
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April 16th Philippines
Moved to Coron We woke up with enough time to pack fast to be ready for our Van to pick us up to take us to the airport. I was so tried and want to see on the van, but there was no way. It started to ran right after we got out of the city. At first it didn’t seem like that much…but then it was flood worthy. The water was to above the knee almost covering the tries. Our driver didn’t seem nervous and drove through it safely. People were pushing their motorcycles on sidewalks and treading the water. That would be a shitty way to work I…
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August 19th Day Trip
April 19th The Day Trip Turned Into A Nightmare! We bought a day trip to go to some of the places Coron is known for, like Kayangan Lake. The first destinations was Siete Pecados a well known place to snorkel/free-dive with corals and tropical fish. Rebecca stayed on the boat to relax. My tummy was bothering me, but I didn’t want to miss anything so I attempted to free-dive with the boys. I just couldn’t hold my breath so I snorkeled mostly with a lone barracuda swimming around me. I ended up going to the boat feeling pretty tried. The boat then took us to Malwawey Coral Garden. There were…
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April 18 Coron Philippines
April 18th Advanced Certified/Big Red Snapper The first dive of the day we found a big open sandy area at the floor bottom. Rebecca and I had to do bouncy training and navigation. Rebecca and I had to take turns walking on the floor bottom dragging each other and using the compass. That is pretty much all we got to do on that dive for some reason I was getting low on air faster than usual. The second dive of the day was a fun dive on Taiei Maru Ship Wreak. This time we actually got to explore a lot inside of the wreak. It was so cool to see…
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August 14th Philippines
Moalboal Scammed by a Taxi Driver/Horrible Wax (Boys had a better day with Sardines and Turles Sighting) We took our time getting up in the morning. I didn’t like the breakfast at the Emoik Guest House. At breakfast Rebecca and I decided that we would try to find a place to get our legs waxed. We agreed to pay 250p for a bike taxi to take us on a round trip to the city mall. Now that being sad… When we got to the city the taxi drive said “Mall closed for holy week!” before he even turned into the mall parking-lot. He knew it was closed the whole time.…
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August 13th Philipines
Diving with Thresher Sharks! I thought I couldn’t do anything cooler than the day before, but I DID. I woke up at 4am to go to Fun & Sun for a chance to dive with Thresher Sharks and to do my deep dive part of Advanced Lessons. I just had to at least start with my lessons on the island that made it all possible in the first place. The boat arrived at Monod Shoal, also called Shark Point, at sunrise about 6am I think. This dive site is world famous and I get to dive her on my fifth time scuba diving. It is considered a cleaning station for…
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April 12th Philippines
Best Day EVER! Became Open Water Certified! At 8am I had to be at Fun & Sun to do my written test. It was open book, which I was happy about, even though I think I knew almost all the answers. Dor did a great job getting my educated. I was happy to find out I passed! I hate tests. I still had to go one one last dive to complete my certification. So for the fun part of the lessons we took a boat to The Deep Slope. This dive was mostly fun. I didn’t have to do any test underwater, that I remember.When we got to the surface…
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August 15th Philippines
We had to wake up early to go on a day trip to Kawasan Falls. We took a bus to a place where we got a helmet, life jacket and a pair of tennis shoes from a ton of old ones plied on the floor. They had us sign a waver, just saying if anything happens they wont be liable. We then had to pair-up and jump on the back of motorcycles. Three people on a small motorcycle on bad roads is not fun I’ll tell you that. My hip was cramping so bad being smashed between Albin and the driver. The drivers stopped and had us walk a trail…
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August 11th Philippines
Third Day of Open Water/ Breathing Exercise I woke up a lot more excited to go to class. I was even more excited when I learned we were doing our dive part of class at Kalanggaman Island. We did our book part of the lesson on the boat ride there. Dor pause our lessons a little so we could watch dolphins! I was happy he did because I was getting distracted by them. We did our training close to the sandy beach. We finished our training at the prefect time to eat lunch. I sat and ate my lunch with all the dive-masters. I wanted to get to know them…
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August 9th Philippines
First day of Scuba Lessons and Moved to Hiltey’s Hideout The others had to get up at 4am for their dive so I woke up alone and still nervous, but I don’t want to be scare-die cat my whole life so there no way I could cancel. I went to get breakfast at Dano Restaurant as it was right next to the bungalow we were staying at. There was a sign outside with pancakes and bananas so I assumed they would sell pancakes with bananas. NO! It is Asia. Be ready for false advertising. Sadly! Breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs, white bread toast with butter and jam, instant coffee, and…
