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CORALREPUBLIC Philippines
January 2004
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Trip
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30 December 2003
– 9 January 2004 |
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Boat
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Split stay at the
Sunsplash Resort in Malapascua and then at the Love’s Lodge Resort (no longer
open) in Moalboal, |
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Photo-friendly?: |
Yes. Very. |
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Number
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Diving
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Clear most of the
time, air temp quite Ok. The Christmas period is not necessarily the best for
visibility around the Visayas and we had murky waters in Malapascua, somewhat
better in Moalboal, especially around Pescador Island. Water temperatures
around 25- |
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Comments: |
We started with a
stopover in Singapore, where we had a great new year’s eve party in the
streets and drank champagne-flavoured beer! We stayed at a nice and very
reasonable priced hotel, Albert Court, which I recommend for stopovers. This was my first
trip to the Philippines and I fell in love with the place right away, even if
we did not see the thresher sharks in Malapascua, which was our main
interest. We loved the service, the efficient yet easy going, flexible
organisation of everything by Sea Explorers and the great friendliness of the
staff. If you check the other galleries you will easily see that this
destination became my favourite with lots of returns. This was my first
shoot with an upgraded Olympus C-5050Z. Still no external strobe. |
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