A Wonderful Journey: Making the 2017 50 Best Dives Guide Book for The Philippines

Tim Rock · Issue 99, Nov/Dec 2017 · pp. 77–78

Products mentioned: The 50 Best Dives of the Philippines, The 50 Best Dives of Micronesia, The 50 Best Dives of Indonesia, The 50 Best Dives of Hawaii

Beneath the waves, I was greeted by an immense school of bigeye jacks in shallow water and a sea floor of white, powdery sand. I looked ahead as they surrounded my diving buddy and she disappeared. What great fun as we swam in and out of this amazing schoal shooting both still photos and videos. Then the sea floor below provided yet another surprise. A beautiful green sea turtle. It was so intent on munching sea grass it paid us no attention. I was diving on Dimakya Island off northern Palawan in The Philippines. As the sun started to go down we exited and walked up the beach just in time to see the golden sky fill with thousands of fruit bats. Like a Dracula movie it was. On this day we played with and admired nature above and below the sea. It certainly is, as they say, more fun in the Philippines. I am a lucky guy. I live in Guam. This means I am only a short flight from Manila, the g…