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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 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 10th Philippines
Panic Attack 2nd day of Open Water Scuba Diving Lessons I wasn’t as nervous going to class today, but when I got there Dor had to leave to take care of a babysitting situation for his kids so he had me listen to another instructor for the class part. Umm… He didn’t teach like Dor. He talked a lot faster and as he was explaining what were would have to do in water I was slowing building a panic attack. It seemed like a lot. He talked about taking off my mask under water and gear and then putting it all back on under water. He also talked about taking…
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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…
