20090415 - tioman island

It's been 2 years since my last dive trip to the Philippines. As this group consists of beginner divers and serious photokakis, this is meant to be a very easy and leisurely 5 day 4 night dive trip with plenty of photo opportunities.

Salang Jetty

Dive instructors, Junie and Ita conducting refresher briefing before entering water.

local kids we met under the jetty

20090416 - yes ! beautiful sunset as per ordered...thank you !

20090418 - another spectacular going down. Repeat order ...mucho gracias !!

20090418 - at 7.30 am, I missed the first ray of lights as I was late waking up ( a constant problem with me !). But luckily the sun wasn't very strong yet. Just a tinge of pink and yellow to give warmth to the morning blue skies.

A note of warning - these pictures (both sunset and sunrise) came with a price. Standing on the beach, stationary even for minutes, my beautiful legs became scrumptious meals to the %#&*ing hundreds of sandflies. And I was thereafter scratching and scratching for the next couple of weeks !!

20090419-silhouette of Tioman in the horizon as we left the island.