Dive Log - Palau

Below is a collection of dive logs from some of the dive sites that we visited during our time in Palau. To start off with, the area is a marine national park and the waterways, sea life and environment are protected here such that removal of any specimen or artefact is prohibited, as is damaging any of the reefs. The protection mantra is repeated at the tour...

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Palau, Perfection Protected

A place of mixed origins set in an isolated island group many days sail from any other inhabited land. It has postcard sand islands with palm trees atop, ringed by lush reef networks that step between microscopic fluro aquatic fish, seascapes of coral beds and give way to deep seas abundant with shark, rays and turtle populations. One tree island The native people...

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The Philippine Trench

Day 1  A tense trip through hard-to-see reef sections bordering both sides of the passage leading out of the Philippine archipelago started off the morning, compounded by the 30-35kt winds we were experiencing on the beam. This area is world famous for surf breaks and people fly in from around the world to surf breaks at 'cloud 9' and 'Tuason Point'. This was the opposing...

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Bibles, Beer and Basketball

We had learnt during our short 6 week stay in the Philippines that the three B’s were the heart and soul of the people. The population was profoundly Catholic attending church, listening to Christian music, adoring their saints and covering their tricycles in biblical names like Saint James or Christobel as if they were another family member. On the jeepney trip in Palawan...

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