Last month we spent two weeks travelling in the Philippines. First we flew from Seoul to Manila, then travelled to a resort on the north coast of the island of Mindoro called Puerto Galera for a few days.
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| Jeepneys are a typical Filipino mode of transport |
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| Mindoro landscape |
We then headed to a small island called Pandan off the west coast of Mindoro for more diving.
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| en route for Pandan island |
After a few days we crossed the Mindoro strait and stayed on Dimakya island, near
Busuanga in Northern
Palawan. It was mainly a scuba diving trip and while diving we saw a shark, turtles, and sea snakes (one was more than 2m long). Afterwards, we were told that the sea-snakes are 17 times more venomous than cobras ... (but they can't open their jaws wide enough to bite humans apparently). We also did a great wreck dive on a big Japanese warship sunk since 1944 - very atmospheric.
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| noisy bats on Dimakya island! |
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| our bungalow |
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| one-month-old turtles ready to be set free |
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| mangrove |
At the end we headed back to Manila for a short while before flying back to Seoul.
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Intramuros in old Manila
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