Category Archives: Trip Report

First Morning at Alona Golden Palm Resort

Beautiful morning here at Golden Palm’s Resort Bohol. Power outage during the night, but caused no problems. Most likely there is back up generator here, but it has not been turned on yet. Fine by me as I am enjoying … Continue reading

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Trudis Place Panglao for Dinner

Decided to eat dinner at Trudi’s Place, as is close and has nice view of the sea. A whole fried fish, brocoli and shrimp, rice and iced tea hit the spot. Always nice to hear water splashing and kids laughing … Continue reading

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Kalipayan for Second Dive

Second dive was at Kalipayan. Nice wall down to about 30 meters. Saw the largest trigger fish I have ever seen, and I have seen many! Today was VIP diving, as I was the lone diver. Tomorrow we go as … Continue reading

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First Dive Alona Divers Bohol

First dive with Alona Divers was fantastic. Dive site was Arco. Nice wall down to 30 meters. No other divers were on the trip, thus just me and the dive master. Saw large angler fish (frog fish), octopus, moray eels, … Continue reading

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Alona Golden Palm First Impression

Alona Golden Palm is a fantastic choice on first impression. Started with a pleasant discussion with the owners, Tata and Barry over a fresh cup of pressed coffee. Now waiting for breakfast by the pool before heading down to the … Continue reading

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Morning Departure to Bohol

Morning goes as planned. Flagged taxi exactly at 6am. In line for bag check and direct to gate and now on plane for Taglibaran. A driver will be waiting there to transfer us the 30 minute trip to Panglao Island. … Continue reading

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Bohol Trip Preparation and Live Bloggin

All packed and headed to Bohol tomorrow for 4 nights and 5 days of scuba diving and relaxing. We will be staying at the Alona Golden Palm Resort and doing our scuba diving at Alona Divers. Tata at Alona Golden … Continue reading

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Holiday Weekend in Dumaguete City

Dumaguete City has been on my list of places to visit for some time. When it was announced that our office would be closed on Friday, July 2nd for Pasig Day, I knew this was my chance. Dumaguete is the … Continue reading

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Anilao Batangas Weekend from Manila

Anilao is a unique area on the coast of Batangas. It takes about 2 hours to drive there from Manila, and is a favorite weekend scuba diving spot for the divers in Manila. We popped down in April to get … Continue reading

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Caramoan Islands in Camarines Sur Province of Bicol

Spent a long weekend at Caramoan Islands in Camarines Norte in the Province of Bohol during November 2009. Bit of a trip, with a flight to Naga City from Manila.  Then an hour or two drive to pier for another … Continue reading

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