We have nearly reached the end of our trip to the Philippines, and it has been paradise! We have spent the last 5 days in the calamian islands (busuanga) off the north of Palawan. Primarily it is a dive resort, but we have spent 2 days hopping around the hundreds of islands that are scattered all around. Its largely uninhabited, and quite often we have had whole white powder sand beaches to ourselves. The water is a cool 29 degrees, so we have enjoyed swimming, snorkelling and getting some spray off the boat!
We met a large group of people on Friday, so we were able to take a massive boat out for the day and have some great food and some interesting company.
Yesterday we took a boat out for me to dive the many ship wrecks off the coast. There are 15 Japanese war ships (some cargo, some gunboats, one oil tanker) in total and I got to visit 3. We got to penetrate the ships, going through some tight squeezes and some very dark (well pitch black) hatches! Very spooky indeed, espcially as all you can see are glowing lobster eyes staring at you....! It was great seeing the engine room, swimming out through the propeller shaft, and playing with the guns/canons that are still aboard. The final ship breaks the surface, so Sally was able to snorkel that ship.
Tomorrow we head back to smelly manila to catch our planes out....
I am off to Thailand via Kuala Lumpa to meet with the friends I met in Laos.
Sally is back to work on Friday :-)
Lots of love
Hayleyx
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