Weekend of diving with: Yvonne Spanky Tammy Lisa Mike Analu Markus Elaine Chuckles Trip cost $370 for transportation, meals and accommodation; $20/day for gear rental (discounted from $40 as didn't need to borrow mask and fins). Did 4 dives on Saturday. Got to use my brand spanking new dive computer... Loved it!! Night dive was really good but unfortunately, I got stung by jellyfish and had to cut the dive short as the pain was unbearable! To make it ...

The trip was off to an interesting start

Flew to Cebu shortly after midnight then took another flight to Caticlan a couple of hours after arriving in cebu. 5 minutes on a tricycle, 10 mins on a boat and another 30 minutes on another tricycle (P300 later), we finally arrived in alta vista Boracay. After a buffet brunch, tool the free shuttle bus to station 2, grabbed some supplies (breakfast and water) then went back to hotel. Then took the shuttle bus back to station 2 and met up with the team on the ...

SURABAYA TO CEMORO LAWANG: With the help of Dion, Chuckles' brother, we rented a car in Surabaya and drove to Mt. Bromo. With a bit of getting lost at the beginning, we arrived at our hotel in Cemoro Lawang 5.5 hours later... 2.5 hours longer than expected thanks to some pretty bad traffic. SPECIAL TREATMENT: We waited for Vimal who was making her way from jogjakarta before getting dinner. We were told by the hotel receptionist that some warungs (local restau...

5 dives... 5 great dives. In this dive trip... 1. I experienced one of if not the craziest current ever... Strong and constantly changing... Left to right... Up/down. 2. Saw a magnificent underwater garden - loads and loads of tropical fish living by a wall of pink and blue soft fan corals and hard dark green corals. 3. Found an octopus, crocodile fish and a banded pipe fish by myself. 4. Interacted with lots of morray eels and ribbon eels (which I mistaken...