Tag: Calamian Islands
Diving the Wrecks
July 17, 2008 Christina, Alexandra and I spent the day diving on Japanese World War II wrecks. It was tremendous. Unfortunately, someone failed to get us underwater cameras, so we have no photos. As the U.S. Navy prepared for the liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese, one mapping officer noticed that some of the […]
Posted: August 30th, 2008 under Calamian Islands, Family, Philippines, Vacation.
Tags: Alexandra, Aliciya, Calamian Islands, Christina, Diving, Larry, Tatyana, Vacation, William
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On the Beach at Malcapuya Island
July 16, 2008 We spent the next day at the beach. We hired a boat at Dive Link to take us to Malcapuya Island, about 40 minutes by banca. Malcapuya Island has two nice white sandy beaches which we roamed and played on all day long. It was beautiful. Although the front beach was nice, […]
Posted: August 25th, 2008 under Calamian Islands, Family, Philippines, Vacation.
Tags: Beach, Calamian Islands, Family, Philippines, Vacation
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Snorkeling and Soaking
July 15, 2008 Our second day of explorations in the Calamians took us to a protected zone for snorkeling and then to the hot springs on Busuanga Island. First, we went to the Siete Pecados, or Siete Picados (perhaps the Filipino version of the Spanish Siete Pecados, which means Seven Sins). Everybody had a good […]
Posted: August 21st, 2008 under Calamian Islands, Family, Philippines, Vacation.
Tags: Calamian Islands, Family, Philippines, Vacation
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