Danjugan Series 2 (Danjugan Island Marine Reserve & Wildlife Sanctuary is a privately-owned island under barangay Bulata in Cauayan Negros Occidental. It is open to those who pass the application process to experience conservation work for species and habitats.) WEST VIEW. A view deck at … Continue reading Incidental Marine Life Lessons
Danjugan Series 1 (Danjugan Island Marine Reserve & Wildlife Sanctuary is a privately-owned island under barangay Bulata in Cauayan Negros Occidental. It is open to those who pass the application process to experience conservation work for species and habitats. While it has board and lodging … Continue reading Meeting the Tabon bird
THERE’S a big advantage when you happen to be the only diver who is a journalist in Davao City. You get invited to an all-expenses paid unlimited dive break in Sarangani Province for their Dive Safari over the long Labor Day weekend. That was how … Continue reading Dive Sarangani!
Seeing Coron again after more than a decade and this time, having the chance to dive two wrecks, I couldn't help but wonder... how did the place look like during World War II? It must have been barely touched. There must have been very few … Continue reading Diving Coron: Lusong Gun Boat and Sangat Sub Chaser
I've been wanting to write again, revive the blog that last saw light after typhoon Pablo. But the urge to tell personal stories isn't just there. What could possibly revive it? Now I know. Diving a wreck. As divers know, there is a different thrill … Continue reading Wrecks
It was our first morning in Liloan, Cebu. I haven’t quite shed off the weariness of regular work, and so was not willing to wake up by sunrise to greet the morning hello, despite the encouragement of the caretaker outside our room the day before. … Continue reading A good morning
We're still underwater, from my collection of years ago. Since we've already tackled "connections", here are some of those photos I most treasure because of the subjects' seeming willingness to have their portraits taken. It's a joy to establish such connection with creatures in the … Continue reading Portraiture… of the underwater kind
I’m not into the occult nor into elementals. I cringe at those who dress up like gypsies and dance under the full moon. I just instinctively know that we, humans, are just sharing this world with everyone else and all it needs is for someone … Continue reading Conversation series: Curious cowfish
Underwater critters make the best camouflage, and had it not for that strange feeling that something was watching you, this cuttlefish of Kaputian Beach in the Island Garden City of Samal would have gone unnoticed. It’s one of those times when you stop and stare, … Continue reading Conversation series: Cuttlefish plays seaweed
It was one of those dives that teach you to be mindful of everything around you even if you’re supposed to be doing something else… like deflating your BCD to descend to the oceanfloor. My buddy Peewee was already down there and videoing something, which … Continue reading Flying gurnard it’s called, awesome I call it
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