Planning 2 weeks in Puerto Galera and maybe nearby locations

[living4experiences]

It doesn't sound like you're much of an advance planner, so you run the risk of low availability at hotels and higher airfares, especially going to such a faraway location. If you have two weeks, you'll need to factor in two days of travel each way for flights, delays, jet lag, depending on where you're flying from, so that leaves you with potentially 10 days of diving. If you go to two locations, you'll lose another day of travel to the next location.

I'm not a fan of muck diving, so those locations, like Anilao, don't appeal to me. I'll be at El Galleon in Puerto Galera March 20-30, and I made my arrangements eight months ago when El Galleon had some dive-and-stay specials. I am not doing the self-transfer by car, ferry, tuk-tuk and whatever else it takes on my own. I'm doing a private transfer. So, if you end up going during those dates, maybe we can share a private transfer. It is quite a bit more than the do-it-yourself method, but for me, it's worth the hassle-free experience of having someone drive me and lead me around in a country I've never visited.

Edit: There was an airfare sale a couple of days ago to Manila from San Francisco and Vancouver on Hawaiian, Air Canada, China Airlines, JAL, Korean and United. Here are the listed fares for round trip, nonstop:

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Atlanta (ATL) - $830
Burbank (BUR) - $858
Calgary (YYC) - $866
Detroit (DTW) - $826
Edmonton (YEG) - $847
Honolulu (HNL) - $803
Kona (KOA) - $876
Los Angeles (LAX) - $758
Minneapolis (MSP) - $826
Montreal (YUL) - $746
Ontario (ONT) - $803
Ottawa (YOW) - $761
Salt Lake City (SLC) - $826
San Francisco (SFO) - $890*
Santa Ana (SNA) - $858
Seattle (SEA) - $776
Toronto (YYZ) - $741
Vancouver (YVR) - $867*
Victoria (YYJ) - $840

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[Micko1974]

This is exactly what I'd want - even 1 trip where I could work in with another group is fine.

Verde is well worth it. The reefs there are very nice.