(This article was first published inmy column at Sun.Star Davao on February 10, 2019. [https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1786948/Davao/Opinion/Estremera-Nothing-wrong]. But to make it more fun for this blog, I’m posting here some file photos of my adventures and misadventures). Whitewater kayaking on Davao River when the Davao Crocodile Park … Continue reading Nothing wrong
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
For avid divers, going for two and a half months without a dive is a long dry spell. But it happens because there is work, there is the inavailability of dive buddies, and there are travels where diving is not possible. And thus, when the … Continue reading After the long dry spell…
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
What will you do if the current was too strong such that it looked like there was a sand storm at the bottom? You simple fin back toward the beach and converse with a blenny. Yes, converse. And yes, a blenny. A fish. Hey, there. … Continue reading Conversation series: Imaginary monologue
The devil stinger fish wasn’t named such for nothing. Known also as demon stinger (Inimicus didactylus), it is related to the venomous stonefish. It is covered with venomous spines, but most of all, it is plain ugly. I usually see them black with yellowish, “snake-y” … Continue reading The devil
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