Tuesday, September 30, 2008

The Philippines

Manila and El Nido Part 2...

An early start revealed a change in the weather and our tour would be blessed with this fine weather for the duration. We contemplated a change of tour in the morning but ended up on a small boat ourselves with the tour leader for the day. What followed was a great selection of lagoons, snorkeling trips, beaches and good times. I have not snorkeled a lot and never anywhere remotely tropical so it was quite fascinating seeing coral and brightly coloured fish including little nemo fish. Sunday would also see a dramatic improvement in Jack's diving ability - this following some instruction by our Irish fellow travelers and a question by a particular, slightly sleep deprived, American friend as to where we could possibly be from that we had never learned to dive properly.
It was a great tour in any case and definitive of many of the reasons that people come to El Nido. The scenery was amazing and really can only be demonstrated by some photos which I'll try and sort soon along with another post about the rest of the El Nido trip...




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