Monday, November 25, 2013
We woke up around 6 a.m. this morning and checked e-mail and text messages and then headed to the restaurant for breakfast. Eric decided to order Belgian pancakes and I ordered mango pancakes. They were good but way too much for one person to eat. Next time we will order just one plate.
After breakfast we got all our camera gear together and headed out for two morning dives about 9 a.m. Our first dive we went to Pescador Island. It was a very nice dive with lots of colorful coral and fish all the way around. It was a drift dive but there was very little current which made it nice for photography and video. After we got out we then motored to the next dive site which was where the sardines had moved to. They are actually now right in front of one of the resorts down the beach a couple miles.
It was amazing to see so many sardines so close to the shore. The groups were so big they actually blocked out the sunlight and there was no way I could possibly get all of them in one frame. After we got our fill of sardines and other critters we got back on the boat and made the short trip back to our resort, the Asian-Belgian Dive resort.
We got somewhat rinsed off and made our way back to the restaurant to have our lunch. At breakfast time I had gone ahead and ordered our lunch for around 1 o’clock when we got back. That way we would not have to wait so long for our food. It does take them a while to prepare meals here, but then again they cook everything from scratch and they have a very extensive menu compared to most places. So far everything we have had has been very good. Both days so far I have had the chicken sandwich. They obviously bake their own Belgian bread also, which is very good.
After lunch we got the camera equipment ready to go out again at 2:30 p.m. This time we had a full boat with an Australian family doing their open water diver course and another person in addition to Eric and me. We got to go off on our own with our dive guide, Albert. He pretty much lets us do what we want and just hangs back and watches, which is nice. As anyone that has dove with us know, we like to poke along and stick our head in every hole we find.
The visibility on this dive was not so good, but we were looking for small stuff anyway. We found a ton of clownfish of all types and colors, including the famous Nemo (ocellaris clownfish). This dive was fairly shallow so we were out for about an hour. After everyone made it back on the boat we headed back to the resort.
After we got all our gear rinsed and hung up we went back to our room and took a shower so we could head back to the restaurant to get some dinner and check e-mails and of course type up the all-important blog. I think so far I have had a mango juice/shake with every meal since I got here. I also had another tomato salad for dinner and Eric ordered the vegetarian Bolognese again.
The weather so far has been beautiful. This morning the ocean in front of the resort was like glass. There were a few clouds around today, but it was sunny all day with very little wind. Another beautiful day in the Philippines.
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