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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…
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August 8th
Day Trip to Kalanggaman Island We ended up deciding to take a day trip from one of the guys walking around selling trips. I’m so glad we did because it is still one of the prettiest island I have every been to. No on lives on it and it is privately owned so you have to pay for admission to get on the island, but it is so relaxing and peaceful. You can walk around the whole island in about 20min. The water is so clear. Great place to snorkel. It is about an hour boat ride from Malapascua Island. The four of us decided to snorkel. Albin and Johan swam…
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August 6th Philippines
August 6th Boat Ride from Maya to Malapascua Island We ate breakfast and chatted with the most adorable Philippino ladies that ran the D&N Lodge. Albin shorta looks like Thor, so when the host that is in the picture above first saw him she squealed and put her hand over her mouth in excitement. It was adorable. She explained to us that Thor is her grandson’s favorite character. So of course, she had to take a picture with him to show him later. She was so kind and told us how much we should pay for the boat ride and she let me eat all the bananas I wanted. I…
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A Month In The Philippines
One Month In The Philippines A Month Backpacking! –Day By Day Journal– August 4th- May 1st August 4th FLY TO CEBU I had to land in Manila for a connecting flight to Cebu. I didn’t like it at all. It was shady. One worker keep trying to get all my information while another worker was yelling at me to keep moving. Don’t tell anyone your information. They don’t need to know unless they are a window. I landed in Cebu an hour before my two new friends Rebecca and Johan. I was so happy to see them. This is the first time going to a third world country and everyone…
