Dreamwave Hotel Puerto Galera

... peces de colores, muchos de los cuales salen en la pelicula de Buscando a Nemo: habia Nemos, Doris, peces angel, peces globo, estrellas de mar, corales "escuela" con pececillos diminutos... hasta un par de tortugas marinas!!! Eso si, por aqui no hay tiburones, asi que estamos a salvo. Me gustaria quizas bajarme un programa (si existe) para ir marcando las especies que voy viendo y donde. Si no existe, alguien deberia inventarlo. <br><br>El agua aqui esta clarisima ...

... Coca-Cola que hace de carrete. Por otra, cada cinco minutos tienes a un vendedor ambulante intentando venderte collares de coral o perlas, camisetas, pantalones, relojes, camaras, fruta... y a veces se hace un poco agobiante. Tus respuestas pronto pasan del "No, gracias, quizas luego", a un simple "No" o una mirada esquiva. Al cabo de unos dias, sin embargo, ya todos te conocen (no importa si tu no los conoces a ellos) y paran de darte la paliza. <br><br>Cuando los ...

... would only be a couple of hundred and all I had was 300 I could pay. That was apparently enough because they took it and sent me on my way.<br> One thing I will say though, the Doctor seemed very efficient so am glad to see that they are not so driven by making money as much as helping people. Otherwise the locals would have to travel a long distance to get any medical help. <br><br>One other ...

... to and telling us that we needed to hurry because the boat was ready to leave. We quickly said good-bye to Fher who looked concerned about leaving us in the hands of the porters. Then we were whisked away and helped to purchase tickets from one of the many ferry line offices. Father and Son Lines had a ferry scheduled for Sabang at 9:30 so that's where we went. Next the porter helped ...

... trevallies, etc. etc. Yes my dear friends from frogfish to sharks you name it its here. And do not waste your time, SEA RIDERS in Small La Laguna is the place to do it with, small Filipino operation that will cater to your every wish , in a safe and fun way, plus he is by far the lowest priced, and if your dive master is Mark or Rico you will not miss one single animal . Now it is time to move on before I get to stuck in Puerto,so if all goes well tomorrow to Manila ...

... huone?! Mut se oli vaikeeta, kaikki rantahotlat oli ihan ylibuukattu ja hinnat oli jarjettomia, kyseltiin muutamasta vahan kauempaakin mut sama juttu. Lopulta taysin uitettuina koirina ja masentuneena tilanteesta meian piti menna pakkaamaan ja jatkaa matkaa. Hatasuunnitelma oli kokeilla Sabangia mita LP-kirja lynkkaa rajusti... ei kuulostanu hirveen houkuttavalta. Kun me kaveltiin ettimaan tricyclea Sabangia kohti meille suorastaan sateli tarjouksia huoneista ...

... of giving a massage without dropping dead, so hope she is ok?!?!?! Back for last bit of typing, before showering, and then off to internet to mail Nonny happy birthday. Back to bungalow and round for dinner and few games of cards. Eric got back around 8.30 and had a great day, looking a little worse for wear! So off to bed around 10.30, was absolutely shattered. 26/02/08 Erics last day! Same same kinda day, but then in the evening Eric and I went for drinks at the ladyboy ...

... cockroach who lived in the shared bathroom, which was little surprise but to be expected. when we awoke the next morning very early, a little jetlagged (which surprisingly enough we are both back to normal sleeping patterns already. we grabbed a cab and actually saw were we stayed super sketchy and beat up part of town but hey you can't complain for 12 bucks a night in Manila were hotels are sort of expensive. Anyway we took a cab from there and hopped on a bus and were on our way to ...

Puerto Galera and the island of Mindoro is a diving mecca. We went there for a weekend getaway courtesy of the embassy. It was our first time out of Manila and we were very excited. I left work at 2pm to commence our drive south of Manila to a beach in Batangas. What we hadn't realised is that the trip across the passage was at is wildest at low tide and we had managed to travel not only at low tide but with a bit of wind up as well. On ...

... waves were so high that the boat rocked violently (but one of the passengers said that it was 'normal' when the other passengers started to panic). It was a wet and wild boat ride, literally. Pictures? I was too scared and nauseated to take one. Anway, the situation improved halfway through the trip. Some passengers even saw dolphins.