Going to Apo today!

Never quite made it back to comment on the dives last night. Apparently when you are exhausted from about eighteen hour of travel with little sleep, then do two awesome hour long dives, followed up by a ninety minute massage then a huge gourmet dinner and an ice cold beer, you are so tired you fall right asleep. It looks like I finally found the cure for insomnia.

First dive yesterday set a great standard. We dove Dauin North. Dropped down and found a yellow sea horse right under the boat. Ten feet away we came across a mimic octopus. Later in the dive we came across tiny painted frogfish, ghost pipe fish galore, and Jen found a cuttlefish camouflaged against the sand, and our divemaster Wing Wing found a second one hiding behind her (more on Wing in a later post).

Second dive was the Atlantis House Reef. Lots more to see. Lionfish everywhere! Even came across a bunch of juvenille lionfish. A family of remoria were cruising around trying to make everyone think they were sharks. The house reef is a much dive, and then they sunk old tires formed tied together to form an artificial reef. It works really well, the tires are completely covered in marine growth, soft corals, and lots of critters living among them.

Followed that up with ninety minutes of pure relaxation. I wasn't even aware I could bend the way my masseusse kept bending me. Still, I managed to fall asleep during the last five minutes. It was very needed.

Just finishing breakfast now, then we are heading to Apo Island for the day!!! Diving there should be phenomenal. Jen will be bringing the still camera today, so I'll try to post some pictures tonight.

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers reading this.

-Matt