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Hi all!
I'm a Filipina who has been living in the US for some years now for graduate school, and I want to take my boyfriend to the Philippines for a post-graduation diving trip in late May / early June. We are both Open Water certified - I'm a novice diver with around 30 dives and he just recently got certified last summer (and has only gone on one trip since). I grew up in the Philippines, but snorkeled at so many beautiful places that my family just never felt like getting dive certified was necessary while I was a kid hahaha!
Besides visiting family and friends in Manila we are looking for a place to spend around 4-5 days diving on this trip. We are going to wait a few years before getting AOW / doing Tubbataha or Malapascua. Right now we mainly want to see some great coral and schools of fish (+ turtles if possible), and I want the boyfriend to have a nice low-stress high-reward trip. We're willing to travel a bunch and I have been mainly interested in Puerto Galera / Verde Island as well as Southern Leyte (Sogod etc). Would people like to throw in their vote for either of these places, or for a different one? I speak Tagalog and we don't have to have a ton of stuff to do topside, although great places to eat some fresh seafood and other Filipino food is a must! Some relaxing by the beach would be nice.
Thanks and have a great holiday season!
EDIT: Put in my new top 3 now, let me know your thoughts!
I'm a Filipina who has been living in the US for some years now for graduate school, and I want to take my boyfriend to the Philippines for a post-graduation diving trip in late May / early June. We are both Open Water certified - I'm a novice diver with around 30 dives and he just recently got certified last summer (and has only gone on one trip since). I grew up in the Philippines, but snorkeled at so many beautiful places that my family just never felt like getting dive certified was necessary while I was a kid hahaha!
Besides visiting family and friends in Manila we are looking for a place to spend around 4-5 days diving on this trip. We are going to wait a few years before getting AOW / doing Tubbataha or Malapascua. Right now we mainly want to see some great coral and schools of fish (+ turtles if possible), and I want the boyfriend to have a nice low-stress high-reward trip. We're willing to travel a bunch and I have been mainly interested in Puerto Galera / Verde Island as well as Southern Leyte (Sogod etc). Would people like to throw in their vote for either of these places, or for a different one? I speak Tagalog and we don't have to have a ton of stuff to do topside, although great places to eat some fresh seafood and other Filipino food is a must! Some relaxing by the beach would be nice.
Thanks and have a great holiday season!
EDIT: Put in my new top 3 now, let me know your thoughts!
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