What a hard life huh? I had an absolutely amazing day trip to Apo Island last Wednesday. I completed three dives altogether. I was lucky enough to spot some rarities such as the Humphead Parrot Fish, and numerous sea turtles. I came face to face with a resting turtle, that was chilling on the bottom amongst the coral. Normally they swim away when you approach them, but this particular dude was just like "Duude, I'm beautiful, so I'm gonna flake out here and let you stare and revel in my awesomeness..." - which I totally did. I hovered for about three minutes in front of him, just staring into his massive turtley eyes, no more than two metres from his gorgeous face. Unfortunately I don't have any underwater photos as of yet, but my lovely new Chinese friends took many photos of the day, including underwater. I just have to wait until they send me them.
After a wonderful day diving at Apo Island, the divemaster Jonathan, and instructor Berlinda, joined me for a dip in the pool back at the resort. By this time we were ready for dinner and bed, but ended up stuffing our faces and over indulging on cocktails during happy hour. It was a very merry end to a very merry day - the best day I've had yet. Hopefully there'll be many more to come.
Finally, I was extremely lucky to be invited to a Filipino village birthday party. Filipinos definitely know how to throw a good birthday bash. I was expecting to take a bottle of something and turn up to a small event. When I arrived, it was huge. Food all set out along the street, cakes, free drinks and people, people everywhere. It was fantastic to mingle with the locals in such a traditional way. I stuffed my face that night. Everyone simply helped themselves to all the food. On top of everything, it was proper restaurant quality and very well prepared. I met so many new friends in one night too. I don't have any photos of this event (my camera battery is now dead, and my charger is in my suitcase... which still hasn't arrived yet, muaha...) However, I do have an amusing video on my iPad of me being serenaded by a singing, ukulele playing dude. I'll upload it once I've figured out how to work the blasted thing.
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