OK, so we took AirAsia to get to Clarke Field early in the morning. After 4 hour or so, we arrived Clark Diosdado Macapagal International airport and took a taxi to Manila city which is almost 2 hours away. It is really far and because of that, we did not have much time to see Manila in close. On our way to Manila city, we passed through Mt. Pinatubo, an infamous volcano in Philippine which has caused major disaster in the past eruptions. Other than witnessing this amazing volcano, we slept all the way to Manila. The journey was smooth and I'm impressed because they have such a smooth and wide highway road without potholes here and there
When arriving in Manila, we first searched for a hotel and checked-in, could not remember the hotel name though. And later, we hired an MPV and a driver to take us around Manila. We visited Philippine Cultural Centre, Jose Rizal Monument and The Intramuros. I love the environment in Intramuros as it looked a little like Europe in the Medieaval time. By the way, 'intra' means within and 'muros' means wall, so basically it was a visit to check out what they have within the walls. There are a cathedral, a fort, community buildings and several others.
It was really difficult to find halal food in Manila, so we just had our dinner at clean restaurants(clean as in they do not have 'lechon baboi' on display) and requested for dishes without any sort of meat except seafood.
And by the way, pictures taken in Manila were posted here before but for several reason, I have removed it.
The next day, we woke up early to catch flight to Cebu. Our 'el capitan' woke up the earliest and he went to the McDonads and got us Fillet-O-Fish and tea for our breakfast. We departed Cebu from Nino Aquino International airport (it looks more modern and organized than the Clark Field airport). The flight took only 1 hr ++. At Cebu, we were greeted by our dive guides, Windy and Jun Jun and took us to our chalet. We rested and got ourselves ready for diving.
To be frank, I love Cebu underwater a lot, especially at Mactan Island. The beaches are clean and the underwater visibility was superb. Need to reopen my dive log to write some short report here. I managed to take couples of pictures here.
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| Stonefish |
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| Nemo and its home |
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| Pipefish..I think |
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| Chromodoris magnifica |
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| My first encounter with seahare |
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| Obese pufferfish |
