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Travel Blogs from Malapascua
Malapascua - Advanced Diving & Thresher Sharks!
We arrived at 7:30AM in Cebu and hopped in some Vans that took us to a mini port, where we all hopped on a small boat that took us to Malapascua island. We arrived at the private beach for our resort, Bantigue Cove, and I can't describe it in any way, other than perfect. It was one of those times, where we can see it from the boat, and I'm wishing …
Diving Holiday - Malapascua
This island is located in the northen part of Cebu (Central Visayas); a beautiful small island with white sand beaches and very nice diving locations (where you can see reef and thresher sharks, mantas, mandarine fishes, etc). We've stayed in the north part which is far from the music bars and many resorts in the main beach. A quiet place with its …
Banafee Goodness And Beach Laziness
... it is incredibly beautiful and the sunshine and sea air are wonderful. Another day of this will be worth the race against time. Decision made, we book another night and wake early to get the most from our last full, sunshine filled day in the Philippines. It rains. And rains. And rains. Bloody hell.
We chill out in the room and wait for the rain to ease. It gets harder. Uh oh. There isn't much to do on a tiny beach island when ...
Malapascua
... eyes, and their long disproportionate tail fin. As everyone was looking in the direction of the Thresher shark, Rochelle spotted a passing Devil Ray to our right and pointed it out to the rest of our group. It was a bonus to see this magnificent sea creature that resembles a small Manta ray, as it appears to fly effortlessly thru the water.
Our local guide JoJo decided it was best to move on in search of another shark with less divers around. So we swam back the way we came ...
Finding threshers
... and restaurants. Just behind this beach is the village where all the locals live - and several other smaller resorts, where I will be for the next few days.
The rest of the day I spent lazing in the pool and organising some diving for tomorrow
Monday 14 May 2012
No chance of a lie in while on holiday! Up at 4.20am this morning. I was actually awake a lot earlier than that - one downside of living within the village is the ...