Water is not only for fish :)

Hey all! Thanks for visiting again :D Enjoy the read, unfortunately not so many different pictures this time, but still have fun with the images!

Ow, how fun is it in and on the water! We finally did some surfing in San Juan, La Union. Both locals and visitors alike were waiting for ages for the surf to come. El Nino is not only causing a lot of drought, but is also no friend of waves, so when it was on everybody had a great time and shared the fun, three hoorays for the good vibes! We were at Majestics, Catanduanes as well, but the surf was too rough, had to be content with Dutch weather!! Not yet, not yet!!

Marlies and I went up for our Advanced Open Water course in Mindoro to improve our underwater skills, we saw rock fish, frog fish, really teeny weeny sea horses, tons of butterfly fish, a stargazer, lion fish, ghost fish, trumpet fish and lots more we couldn't identify. The course we finished with a penetration of a wreck at 30 meters below sea level. Yes, that's what you do with wrecks and no it's not my choice of words.

We also did some unplanned wake boarding. Who would says that hanging on on a rope and falling on water could leave one with a painful neck, sore muscles and wanting for more? Respect for you guys and girls! Unfortunately I'm more injured than I thought, there is definitely something wrong with my shoulder, neck, arm and wrist, the pain kinda keeps me awake at night, I really need to have looked at :(

With the wake boarding adventure finished, we payed a visit to the gentle giants of Donsol, the whale shark. They are the biggest fish in the world, have a huge mouth which they only use for plankton, but that doesn't mean a careless diver can't enter the mouth...... The biggest one we saw was around 9 meters in length, there were sightings of 12 meters sharks, but not where we were... come to think of it, how do you not spot a 12 meter long fish, they should be easily spotted, right? But then again the sea is big.....We planned to swim with manta rays, but unfortunately the dive shop was a not well organized and there was a diver lady who kept on b*tch!ng about not wanting to dive with beginners who can't handle the current, the negative vibes were not a fun way to start a day of diving, so we canceled it. We had to be content with watching whale sharks again and again...oh, the agony ;) The result is a grand total of 19 sharks in three days!!

Where to next? Supposedly the Visayas is a marine sanctuary and the biodiversity underwater is... very diverse, as explorers we probably want to confirm that. More underwater love to come then, which reminds me of this song!! See you the next time!!