Scuba Diving, Philippines, May 1998

My first time ever to go scuba diving!!!!

But first I had to tackle Manila! Especially nice, when they ask you at the hotel entrance to leave your firearms at reception. Welcome!

From Manila I took a plane to Palawan, that's southwest, towards Borneo - an hour's flight. From the capital, Porto Princessa, it was a 4-hour ride by jeep to the north end of the island. Although the most common means of travel is this thing, called jeepney:

After another hour by boat I ended up on this tiny island, Coco Loco. Reed-hut at the beach, open air shower with seawater, you could walk around the island in 15 minutes, I kid you not.... Paradise!

Least, but not last, the scuba diving was good, too.....