Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Day 3 - Boracay


Blue Sky, Wind, Turquoise Sea, Sun...
The World is just Awesome!



On the way to diving @ Yapak

The previous day, I did my first Wreck Diving. Unfortunately, the underwater camera was not working. The experience of going into the engine compartment of the ship and saw a school of stationary fishes was unforgettable and amazing. I was satisfied with my buoyancy control.

Yapak was meant for experienced and advance divers only. After assessing our diving abilities during the wreck dive, the dive-master felt that we were able to do the deep dive @ Yapak. I was naturally excited and feeling abit apprehensive to do my First deep dive.



Flying like Superman 
(just a bit slower than Superman)
Freedom!!!




Under a hanging wall... around 43m deep. My deepest dive ever - more than 10 storeys deep.
In terms of fishes, Yapak was not very good, but in terms of underwater terrain, it is really beautiful to see huge wall and cliff. Most of the time we were diving around the fringe of the cliff (35m deep) and the maximum depth of Yapak is around 70m. I felt so small and insignificant - always in awe of Mother Nature.



First time seeing a Shark (White-tip - around 1m long)



The World is just Awesome!




Storm at a distant
We were extremely lucky to have good sunny weather for the 3 days we spent in Boracay. It was the low season as it was the start of the monsoon season, and the weather forecast was stormy for the 3 days. It was good paying for low season hotel rates and enjoying the peak season weather. I was mentally prepared to be stuck in the hotel reading my books - luckily, it did not happen.



Long Stretch of White Sandy Beach




SM's jumping shot is Perfect!



Yogo Tree
Happiness!




(Taken by SM)

We spent the later afternoon having a message (S$10 per hour) along the beach. 
Happiness is having a good massage by the beach, enjoying the warm sea breeze, listening to the waves, and doozing off to sleep during the massage. Shiok Ah!!!



Bottomless Coke?
=> Free Flow

We were not impressed by the service provided at Shakey's Pizza. The service was slow, wet paper was placed on SM's tray and I had to remind the waitresses constantly to refill my "bottomless" glass. 10% service charge was included in our bill. We felt that the service was not up to standard. Hence, I decided not to tip and took everything including the coins. A waitress was waiting patiently, then she flipped open at the bill holder , saw no tip, and her remark was an arrogant "Okay". She left the bill holder on the table and turned away. I am seriously not impressed by the service standard in Philippines. 




Instead of listening to a live-band by the beach (what we did the previous night), we just chilled out by the beach and saw this:

A display of Nature's Power.
There was a non-stop lightning display for more than 1 hour. I have never seen anything like this before. It should be quite far away as we did not hear any thunder. What a great experience to listen to the live rock music and watching the lightning display. The good experiences are always unexpected. 

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