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Apo Island Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Apo Island, Philippines
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Snorkeling in Apo Island
... . Ei voitu vastustaa kiusausta lahtea katsastamaan Siquijorin etelapuolella sijaitsevaa Apo Islandia mahdollisuuden siihen ilmestyttya . Apo Island on listattu kirjaan '101 paikkaa jossa kayda ennen kuolemaasi' ja se tunnetaankin ihanteellisena sukellus ...
PDM Conference and Island Hopping in the Visayas
... . Plus the waterfall we hiked to was incredible!! (Check out the pictures) On Saturday we took a rocky Banka Boat over to Apo Island about an hour south of Dumaguete. Apo Island truly was island paradise!! White sand beaches, our rooms had huge doors ...
Apo Island
... thing with our equipent of 10 tanks and a load of other stuff and along with the dive aster and 2 boat men went out to Apo Island. Apo Island is a lovely Island and people come out here to stay on the resorts -as well as the really cool diving. We ...
Turtle Haven
Stayed on a tiny island that we walked across in 1/2 an hour. 750 very friendly inhabitants. Went diving and got up close and personal with a huge Green Turtle. No touching ...
Under the Sea
There r only 2 places to stay on Apo Island, one is well out of our price range and when we phoned the other (Liberty's) they only had a "deluxe room" avaliable. We decided it was time for a splurge and set off for Apo the next morning, we booked a boat ...
Entry 3
... any money. I can't even imagine living like that. p.s. i'll fill in more details later, but we just got to Dumaguete from Apo Island and I got to go scuba diving there and it was amazing, probably the coolest thing ever. I can't even believe I got to ...
leaving Apo Island
... be following him. But we still did the hike anyway, which was mostly up and down stairs to the other side of the island. I thought the whole thing was pretty pointless because there wasn't much to see and no one brought water and we knew that Jonathan ...
Diving Apo Island
Another dive day with Cathy and Marjos. Sara's ear played up, so she skipped the second dive. Had dinner with the French and the rest of the ...
In A Hard Rain Fell
... for the island because the brackish water in our wash basins comes from catchment. Most people in the group purchased sarongs or Apo Island t-shirts from the ladies who sell them from last plastic trashbags. I wish I had found out where they ...
May 25 - 26 Thursday/Fri
Today on Apo I went on my first dive in the Philippines. It was amaaaaazing. I loved every second of it, we went down to the most amazing coral reefs that i ever could have imagined and dropped down this big cliff and saw big schools of fish and a big ...
A dog's life
... nbsp; Then suddenly we saw some dolphins. Fucking dolphins! Fucking loads of them! Around our fucking boat! I was chuffed. Apo Island is the perfect getaway with only a few hours of electricity a day, and after 10 minutes of arriving we ...
Apo Beauty
... the northern tip of the island back to the beach in front of the dive shop/resort, which was about 1/4 of the way around the island. Very tiring. I had a mango shake, coffee & toast for an energy boost. I did a 2nd snorkel at ...
Diving Apo Island
... a dive on the opposite side of the Island. We had to put our dive gear in small carts and pull it across the island, but it wasn't bad at all as the island is very flat and they have a new concrete path across the island. Relaxed the rest of the ...
First dive in the Philippines
Went for 2 fun dives at Apo Island - best dive i have ever done so far! saw some turtles and beautiful coral ...
Att vara turist bland de fattiga.
... över havet. Det blåser mycket idag, vågorna slår hårt mot stranden. Och det är mulet. Men varmt. Idag ska vi lämna Apo Island, denna lilla fantastiska ö som inte har annat är Nu. Den här ön har verkligen berört mig. Människorna som bor här, ...
Arriving at Apo Island
Got up and has some breakfast. Caught a bus to Malaptay, were the boats to Apo Island leave. Waited for "Chester", out boat man to arrive. Whilst waiting we were offered a trip over for 1000 PHP! The trip over took only 20 minutes, as the sea was ...
Diving Apo Island
Went up early and did a dive with Cathy. After lunch her Dutch friend Marjos arrived, also a DM. She was quite amusing, a medical doctor on some sort of sabbatical trip. Had a second dive after lunch. Had dinner with the French and our new ...
Diving Apo - and my birthday
My 31:st Birthday. I could hardly think of many better ways to spend it than diving on Apo Island. At breakfast Paul & Liberty's daughter, Hanna, gave me a gift, sea shells wrapped in paper. Skin lotion had been used instead of glue... Did ...
APO ISLAND
... a lot of sunscreen and be prepared to get wet, also according to conditions the cruising could be a little or very rough. The island is only 3 km around, less than 500 people live there, only 2 resorts, limited water and electricity only from 6 PM till ...
Darling it's better, down where it's wetter...
... were the various cleaners, boatmen, dive shop helpers and sarong sellers (some of whom could definitely eat an apple through a tennis racket!). Apo Island is how we imagine PhiPhi in Thailand was about 20 years ago: 1 or 2 locals setting up rooms to rent ...
When Will I See Apo Again?
... Beach on Negros Island. Meghan exchanged JMU & Apo t-shirts with Mario [now runs the shop & is Mayor of Apo Island], and I took pictures with Drexil & Sydney, the dive masters. It seemed more emotional this time, though I didn't ...
Apo Island Day 1
... toilet, no seat of course. It was gross and hilarious. We loaded out stuff onto 3 small boats and rode 8km across to Apo Island. It was slow, wet and choppy. Johnathan, JB, Justin & I definitely got soaked on our banca ride. ...
First real day on Apo Island
I woke up extremely early because the sun was shining bright through the open windows. It seemed that I got about 15 bug bites throughout the night, which was pretty annoying, but there was nothing I could do about it at that point, especially ...
plane ride
... because I did not know what the water would be like at night. But we could see a row of lights in the distance, which was Apo Island. The hotel was right on the beach and was 10,000 times better than any hotel we have stayed at thus far. When we got ...
2nd try to Apo Island
... you to Apo Island, Siquijor Island and ends in the Dauin area with all food included and boat accommodation. Snorkeling around Apo Island was great. I had 3 snorkeling. We ened the first day in the Apo treking to front and the back of the island ...
DIVING IN APO!
... for 3 years, but not a full Dive Master yet. Two sisters, married, older and moved off Apo. He has not been outside the Philippines. He said he thought supplies for the restaurant and local store arrive approximately once per week. I ...
Entry 4
... a little celebretory dance, it was funny, i'm glad she appreciated that we were deeper as well. The one thing i didn't like about Apo Island was the hike on the last day. We were extremely rushed and didn't know where we were going because Johnathon ran ...
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