December 01, 2014

Travel Review: Deep Blue Adventures and Atlantis Resort, Puerto Galera, Philippines

December 01, 2014/ Meghan Oaks

Over the past week or so, we've told you all about the diving we did in the Philippines and some of the stuff we did outside of the water. One of the things we haven't talked much about is the place we stayed, and who coordinated it all for us.

Back in the US, we met Cheryl Patterson who owns Deep Blue Adventures through friends of ours (she's a hoot by the way!). They focus solely on dive travel so when we decided we wanted to take a dive trip this fall, naturally, we contacted her. Our agent was Terri and

November 24, 2014

Muck Diving in the Philippines

November 24, 2014/ Meghan Oaks

Last week we talked about the reef diving we did in the Philippines. Today, we are talking about the other type of diving: muck diving. This isn't the kind of muck that is found in inland lakes, the kind that you sink ankle deep into when you step into it, and goes 'sluuuurp' when you pull your foot out (or, would, if it wasn't underwater). This muck is more or less sand, and isn't ''mucky'' at all. When I heard muck diving, I was just a little grossed out (see my description of what I though muck meant above), and I thought there wouldn't be much to see. Boy was I wrong. I had NO idea that we would see that much stuff diving over sand.

November 21, 2014

Reef Diving in the Philippines

November 21, 2014/ Meghan Oaks

Last week, we spent an amazing week in the Philippines diving our tushes off. We ended up doing 29 dives in 6.5 days - 4 or 5 dives each day. Diving is relaxing, but tiring, even if you are breathing nitrox. And after a while, they all tend to run together a little bit. Not that that's a bad thing, but that just means I can't remember if I saw that awesome nudibranch on my 5th dive or 20th dive, so a dive-by-dive breakdown isn't really possible. That being said, there are two main types of diving that we did in the Philippines - reef diving and muck diving. Today, we are talking about reef diving.