Panglao

Thanks for your emails.

Well few more days were spent tanning and diving in Boracay....the island got a little quieter after the chinese new year and we made nice friends at the dive shop. They took us out drinking a couple of evenings, watching some bob marley wannabe on the beach and drinking the very cheap local beer (about 60p a bottle- and only 100 calories to boot!!!).

The dives were very enjoyable, I ended up doing 4 altogether, didnt see any sharks (again!), but the corals and the sites are great. The last one I did was a fake wreck (as the dive shop sunk it on purpose as a site), which was a new experience. I have definitely got the bug and I am thinking about a few more qualifications when I hit Thailand again. If I get to dive master I can pretty much dive anywhere in the world for free.....sounds great!

We have now reached Panglao, which is an island off Bohol. Its got a nice beach, and is much less developed than Boracay (in a good way), and much cheaper. Yesterday we visited the famous chocolate hills, however they were green after several weeks of rain here!! A little disapointing, but nothing photoshop wont fix in the photo editing!

Today I have been....diving....(surprise!). Saw some turtles, barracuda, cuttlefish, frog fish, shrimps, lobsters, eels, trigger fish......the list was long...it was a great place to dive.

Tomorrow we are up at 5.30am for dolphin watching at sunrise- thats if I can drag sally from her bed.

Hope everyone is well, Sally and I have been laughing about the snow as we top up the tans and reach for another pina colada!!

Lots of love
Hayley and Sally.