Diving with Giants at Donsol

After another delayed flight with Philippine Airlines (I think they misplaced a plane) I arrived in Legaspi and reached the transport terminal to find a UV Express van service to Donsol. We left at 4pm. It's a good day to travel because the weather is overcast and miserable. I am staying at Woodlands Resort and...

Diving in the Sardine Run at Moalboal

My trip to Moalboal went by in a flash and I seemed to spend most of it underwater. I didn't have any reservations but I headed to MoHo - Moalboal Hostel which was very highly rated! They had a bed available in a really nice dorm for one night so I booked. The common area...

Alona Beach and diving at Balicasag Island

I took a trike from Tagbilaran around sunset and had a great view the whole way! I arrived at Moon Fool's Hostel without a reservation but they had space. A pod in a nicely air-conditioned room cost 625 per night and it seems like a nice place. I made a beeline for Alona Divers dive...

Wreck Diving in Coron

Woohoo! I'm now a PADI qualified Wreck Diver after my time diving in Coron Bay with the World War Two wrecks. They can be sombre places but they are really full of life and are also historically interesting dive sites. I arrived at Reggae Dive Shop in Coron at 7:45am and it was chaos. There...

Anilao – a Scuba Diver’s Macro paradise

There's never a dull moment on my trip in the Philippines, especially when it comes to transportation. I was repeatedly told that to get from Tagaytay to Anilao I needed to get a bus to Nasugbu (Batangas) and then I could get a Jeepney to Anilao and from there a tricycle. Turns out that Nasugbu...

Taganga – gateway to diving in Tayrona National Park

After such a phenomenal time diving in the Galapagos, I genuinely felt a huge amount of trepidation ahead of my next dive - what if diving just wasn't the same now?! Fears were unwarranted - the diving here is great! I went with Oceano Scuba, a German-owned 5-star PADI dive centre that has been running...