Election Day…Worlds Apart
May 7, 2013: It’s election time. Both here in the Philippines and back home in British Columbia. In both places, people will be heading to the polls next week to decide who […]
Homeward Bound (Day 10)
April 15, 2013: It actually rained on us for a few hours last night; our only rain since we left Subic Bay on March 22nd. It meant a mad scramble […]
Never Give Up, Never Surrender (Day 9)
April 14, 2013: At 04:50, in the dark, with the depth sounder reading just 5’9″ of water beneath our keel, we departed from North Pandan Island and started to make […]
To North Pandan Island (Day 8)
April 13, 2013: After a bit of route planning, we decided on a three-day passage back to Subic with overnight stops along the way. Our destination for today? North Pandan […]
Overland to Coron (Day 7)
April 12, 2013: Off the southern coast of Busuanga Island is one of the jewels of Northern Palawan. Coron Island. We’d heard so many good things about it, that we […]
Down and Up (Day 6)
April 11, 2013: Today started off with a dive down to the house reef at Club Paradise and ended off with a climb up to Hunter’s Peak behind El Rio […]
Dugong Hunting (Day 5)
April 10, 2013: We changed our plans once again last night. Originally we were booked to go on an all-day tour to Coron Island. But then we learned that there […]
Diving Into History (Day 4)
April 9, 2013: Going diving today on the wreck of a Japanese freighter from World War Two. We may have been just a little excited. Up early. Breakfast gobbled down. […]
A Relaxing Day? (Day 3)
April 9, 2013: Today was a rest day. We got to sleep in until almost seven! The interesting thing about “relaxation” is that everybody has a different interpretation of what […]
Changing Plans on the Fly (Day 2)
April 7, 2013: Another early morning. We were up and underway by 03:30. Who’s bright idea was this anyway? It certainly wasn’t mine! Once again it was calm and […]
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