Saturday, February 17, 2007

Dive Guiuan

Photo by Joy Go Guiuan is a quaint town located on the southern part of Samar Island bounded by the historic Leyte Gulf and the Pacific Ocean. Although surrounded by water and known as one of the oldest exporter of aquarium fishes, scuba diving in Guiuan is still in an off the beaten path.
I was lucky to visit this town several times through the invitation of my dive buddies - Kevin & Joy Go - owner of the world-class tropical hide-away resort in Calicoan Island, The Surf Camp and the luxury yacht cum diveboat, Nauticat.
Everytime we fly there, i am always Capt. Kevin's co-pilot on either of their Cessna 182 (RP-C1828) and Cessna 206 (RP-C1996).
On board the Nauticat, i was able to explore Leyte Gulf's Baul, Binabasalan and Pearl islands.
More exploratory dives are on schedule and hoping to finally visit the Blue Hole of Suluan Island and see the prized golden cowries of Calicoan Island.

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Dive Apo Island

Last weekend our dive group - Me, Paolo, Joy & Kevin, Barbi, Fred and Eric went on a road trip to Negros via the thrilling Bato-Tampi-Bato barge ride at the TaƱon Strait. We stayed overnight at Coco Grande Hotel in Dumaguete City.
The next morning we checked-in at Bahura Resort & Spa and took our boat ride - right away to visit Apo Island's Mamsa and Rock Points. We also visited the famed DuCoMi Pier to do some forest trekking / critter hunting underwater!
The next day - joined by Ana, Jeneen & Kim - we checked out Dauin's best dive sites (Car Wreck, El Dorado and Masaplod).