Theres been another crash by Zest Air at the Caticlan airport that serves as entrance to Boracay. Although no-one was hurt this time, its a troubeling trend for the airliner.
In the January 2009 crash, (truly a crash), they painted over all the Zest Air markings and colors within hours of impact. Seems that almost all [...]
A few days ago, a dive instructor asked why I’ve only gone diving with Blue Mango during my two years on Boracay: They treat me like a family friend, not like a customer. Simple as that.
Went on a excellent dive at Friday’s Rock with a young Australian couple, Dustin, and myself. We back-rolled down the [...]
I had a local recently tell me that a certain girl was the “muse” for a Boracay basketball team. Huh? She kept talking: “you know muse? Angel, she’s their angel”. I started to explain that a muse was a source of creative inspiration, not an angel or spirit, but she cut me off to insist [...]
Sometimes, you just get distracted on a familiar dive and end up following the group, not giving a damn whats around you. It’s easy to do when you’re weightless. I remembered this picture and tried thinking of a good caption for it….. yup, that’s my random thoughts.
Went diving yesterday to Crocodile on the south-east side of Boracay in the morning. It was pretty good but cloudy so the colors weren’t out. Dropped on buoy, went down and out on the wall, wall back, up, and kicked around in the shallows at 10 meters. Next dive was to Camia II in the [...]
Ive mentioned that a person can find a counterfeit version of everything here in the Philippines. That includes brand name soap. It will still have detergent properties, but only because of a cheap glycerin mixture.
How do you test for fake soap? Depending on how nasty your body is, use a bar of brand name bath [...]
Is diving a sport?
Although diving is considered a sport, perhaps we should not think of it any more sporting than beach swimming. It’s a non-competitive hobby that doesn’t even require general good health. Of course, give a person enough boredom and they can turn anything into a competitive sport… like fishing.
Competitive sports are an objective, [...]
The internet connection at home has been sketchy for a few weeks. Seems be a guaranteed outage if it rains or the wind blows or, like today, no reason whatsoever. We’ve been having sporadic brownouts and rain every day for a few weeks now. Don’t know if thats causing it – my bet is the [...]
The single most annoying part of diving has got to be the buddy system. How can you enjoy diving if you’re constantly checking on your buddy and staying close, never stopping when you want or having to stop when they do? Really, I dislike it. I want to go look over there, or around here, [...]
Went diving yesterday after a few months off – and now, I hurt. Thankfully the water was nice and cool with overhead cloudiness. I really do know better, but of course failed to use sunblock.
It was a double dive with Blue Mango’s new instructor, Tom (UK). He’s spent the last 8 months with the Shangri [...]
Yesterday was my first time eating crab and I definitely don’t like it. Apparently everyone else likes it for the same reason I don’t, that fatty tissue that makes up 90% of its meat.
Don’t get me wrong, the cooks at Cocolocos are some of the best around so I have no doubt it was cooked [...]
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