Anilao Scuba Diving

Anilao is amazing!

It's still one of the best scuba diving spots in the Philippines.

Rich in Floral and fauna plus lots of fish

Lots of fish means lots of fishermen
lots of fishermen means lots of illegal fishermen
illegal fishermen means dynamite fishing :(

at one point in our dive we heard a very LOUD noise and we got scared for a while,
then after the sound it seemed that the ground (underwater) shook.

The fishes all swam away
Though we know it came from a place far away, still...
We knew it was dynamite...
Some people really don't care, it's really sad.

This is the crew, yes am the only girl, which is often the case anyway so i don't really mind.




i had to carry this stone for a while because i had trouble going to neutral buoyancy because i didn't realize the weights are in pounds (lbs) here and i was used to kilos, so i went down with almost half. This is the second time in my entire diving career that i need to carry around a stone to keep me from shooting up the surface. it's really funny, some of the divers don't get this - so they think am like reef planting or something.


i borrowed Neal's fins and gawd are they hard to use -
split fins are the worst, but i got a hang of it after a while.


Erwin my Boyfriend took a Discovery scuba course that day. And isn't he lucky that the sea floor is full of corals the DM had to carry him by his tank and hover him around like a little baby so he won't hit any coral and harm them plus harm himself too, no effort for him at all.



and he is extra lucky as the school of jackfish decided to grace us. it is an amazing sight especially for someone who is diving for the first time.


i asked neal to take a photo of this nudibranch -
some people don't get it why am so amazed with small creatures underwater.


I LOVE SCUBA DIVING
Photos courtesy of Neal Lim

The Wackiest at Camia 2

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the best and wackiest dive group here goofing around Camia 2 wreck, Which is relatively new and very good intro for those who want to do wreck dive specialty.

Photos were taken by Neal Lim

Thank you!

See Friday here went with us again on the boat. hmm now we're really thinking how we can bring him down with us next time hehe

Vamonos! Vamonos!

A Breather from all the parties, the mayhem, the events that took place over the last month. Me, Carla and Elena went to Palawan for a Photography, Diving, Relaxing and supposedly kiting safari.
















Carla has been around the world taking photos for a living, am glad i met her as i am in dire need of an underwater and landscape photographer, and she did an excellent job indeed, Elena was our model so our trip involved a lot of giggling, pigging out and just plain fun! yippeeee! *Photos are for HUMA ISLAND RESORT that's gonna open soon in Palawan. so watch out!!

check out carla del moral's portfolio here :)


Carla also taught me some cool stuff about kiting, especially techniques on kiting and now she's on a mission to take me diving....again

Though i've tried a couple of times before i really thought diving isn't for me plus all the expenses that this leisure requires... but what the heck! and i did enjoy it a lot.

it sucks going to Palawan and not to dive at all, yah sure island hopping blah blah, but Palawan is a diving mecca and the place has a LOT, 12 in total, Japanese wrecks from world war 2. how cool is that?!

so I did two dives reef + wreck, and the spanyolas did three, i am not yet ready and capable of doing a 40m deep wreck dive for now but i will be back for sure.
i will be concentrating on my diving license with Dane when the wind is gone so i can come back and conquer the 40m deep Olympia Maru Wreck...excited*


Just look at that strong wind, am surely overpowered on my 6m on this wind and going for SUPER big air, i don't know what happened the night before our flight but we went partying at B-side and forgot about bringing our kites...uhhhh ohhhh, and we almost missed our flights too..as you can see in our airport shot (me and elena are in the best state of our lives) it really sucked, feeling the wind that strong and we had no gear...huhuhuhu



o well we had so much fun anyways :)



VAMONOS!!!!