Malapascua Dive Trip
April and May passed like a breeze and due to overwhelming workload and social commitments, it has been a while since I really wrote anything. Here’s a long overdue post of my dive trip.
Although we didn’t have the best weather at Malapascua, I thought we had a pretty good break. Since electricity is only available after 6pm and entertainment is almost like miraculously dead, I took the liberty to indulge in at least 10 hours of sleep every day. Awesome! But sadly, the dives were quite crap. Perhaps it was the weather, the whole infrastructure of the island, or the fishes were on strike. We didn’t manage to catch the thresher sharks but there were a few first-times for me. The manta ray, banded sea snake, frog fish, harlequin shrimp and seeing how a juvenile cuttlefish released its ink and camouflaged itself to the different surroundings when provoked. We’ve also finally found out the name of those fish that we first saw at Dayang. I was really expecting some interesting names since they all swim in a synchronized manner with their heads pointing downwards but it actually turned out to be just shrimpfish. Maybe god was fair because we caught the same manta twice in a close distance while waiting for the sharks. Here’s a 6 seconds video footage of the graceful creature.
Filipinos are generally friendly, sensitive and boy, they love to sing. We had the privilege to speak to the owner on some investment opportunities and it was really cool because I never had the thought of investing in a private resort/dive shop for the later years. Imagine how awesome it is to have a private bungalow or cottage on another island. Here are a few shots of our resort overlooking the sea – sunny, sunrise and sunset.
On a less exciting note, I would really like to thank all my friends and family for their birthday wishes and stuff, especially baby for the very expensive gift that she got for me. My brother got me a “Diving the World” book and it’s almost like the Lonely Planet for divers. Damn cool. Actually, this year felt a lot less like a birthday and it’s good because I wouldn’t be reminded of the harsh reality of being quarter of a century old. It feels quite different now from when I just got out of school.
Can’t believe July is around the corner. That also means next coming up will be our wedding photoshoot and food tasting session. Gonna be busy like a bee.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:40 am
I got a few Filipinos friends and they love to sing!
June 12th, 2008 at 11:34 am
shit~ i think i’m scare of fish and seashell creatures. how to dive?
June 13th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
sleepy -> can one la.. u’ll start to like them when you know how to dive.
June 14th, 2008 at 3:28 am
gt ur assurance i can fang xing liao… phew~ :p
June 14th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Xin used to hate fish but just look at her now. Hahah.