A Visit to Taal Heritage Town

I had no dives scheduled today so decided to go into town to get supplies for the weekend. After running my errands and grabbing lunch, I thought of driving through Taal town before heading back to the resort. Taal is a National Historic Landmark, famous for its old ancestral houses. Founded in 1572, it still has the air of an old colonial...

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Someone tried to build an island on top of a dive site!!!

While having lunch w some diver friends last March 10, we were told that a certain lawyer was trying to reclaim some land in the vicinity of the Ligpo Island, which is a popular diving area. He was going to do this by pouring gravel, broken coral and rocks onto the shallow portions of the reef to extend the small parcel of land that he owned....

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Day 1 of my Holy Week workweek

It's good to be back at the office. I didn't even get to go into the ocean today though. I was busy teaching a dive class in the pool all day!! Tomorrow we dive. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneLocation:San Luis,Philippin...

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A New App

Found a cool new app on the App Store that allows me to post to my blog from my phone. I will be able to update my blog on the go! And it's so much easier than using my desktop! So this is my first update. Let's see how I can make full use of this. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneLocation:Poblacion,Philippin...

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