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Decisions, Decisions
... as it may be)? Or do I really test out my budget and make my way to Sipadan, where I know the diving is just unreal? Now I'm not going to lie, but I didn't really put any thought into my next stop until I realized I had only one week left until I was out of Malapascua. This is when I really started to kind of get stressed out because I did not have the slightest idea as to what on earth I was going to do. I started doing piles and piles of ...
Busy Busy Busy!
... for a while they both disappeared, then another shark came in, and to everyones surprise, a second, smaller manta! It's believed that mantas and threshers do not like to share the cleaning station, so generally when one sees the other, they kind of let it be and go find somewhere else, but this dive was different. On 2 different occasions I was able to see both a manta and thresher just by turning my head! There was even one point where a manta and shark were circling in such a ...
My First Shark Bite.........Shot(s)
... however we did see a white-tip reef shark. So we headed back to the safety line. We have to make a 1 minute safety stop at about 12 meters on the line, and during this period we were all looking down, hopeful to spot a manta. Next thing you know, I was getting a rather violent tap on the shoulder and right when I turned around, a massive manta that we estimated between 13-15 feet across was gliding right under us! As soon as we saw ...
Diving with Thresher Sharks
... bells at strategic points in the restaurant for customers to ring to get their servers attention.
While most of the Philippines seems to able bat around 50% in terms of availability of menu items, Malapascua typically hit about 20%. Seriously, Sukhia and I tried to calculate items asked for against those actually available over the course of a few meals and concluded that we usually only got our first choice ...
Matterhorn
... miles from the beach) so we decide to book one of the ones on the front for tomorrow. This will be as close to staying by the beach as we have come to I think.
We eventually find the restaurant we are looking for, off the front and in between all the little huts and villagers is this really fancy dive resort and restaurant. It's really nicely done. Food is expensive but we no longer care, burger, onion rings and chips. Just what our hangover ...
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