Creatures from the Deep

We returned to the Philippines in April for an incredible diving trip with some good friends. We visited Dauin for fabulous muck diving, Malapascua for the thresher sharks and Moalboal for the sardines.

Underwater gallery from the Philippines

Gallery of underwater photos from our amazing time in Malapascua, Dauin and Moalboal in the Philippines

Dauin & Anilao – some additional photos

Here are some additional photos from our dives around Dauin and Anilao (see Muck and Ani-wow for the other photos). WARNING – there are a lot of photos. Dauin / Apo Island       Anilao                      

Ani-wow!

The final diving spot Anne and I were visiting was Anilao, a world famous muck diving area about 100kms south of Manila, near the city of Batangas (see the previous post ‘Muck’ for more details on muck diving). This time we decided to skip the pre-organised transfers from Manila Airport and to rather travel a……

Muck

Guest blogged by Anne   Dauin is a village about 15km south of Dumaguete famous for its muck diving. Most tropical diving involves diving sites which are covered by coral; muck diving, however, involves diving areas with sandy or rocky bottoms. All sorts of weird and wonderful creatures live in the sand and creatures tend……

That’s it, we’re never coming home!

After leaving Palau we had another marathon trip to get to Malapascua in the Philippines. Our flight was due to leave at 00:20, so we went straight to the airport the previous evening. As it wasn’t full, it managed to leave about an hour earlier, and so we arrived in Guam an hour early at……