Day two in Puerto Princesa is coming to an
end and a lot has happened already. Both days started at 7am with breakfast at
the hotels cozy restaurant. After a few pieces of bread, egg and shrimps, it
was time to head to the diving shop. I thought my vacation was going to start
but unfortunately I got bad news. The diving instructor threw a book in front
of me, smiled and told me to read it all. It doesn’t end there; the course will
have quizzes and a final exam. Are you kidding me? There is nothing else to do
but to start reading.
We took a minibus to the White Beach Reef,
where I was going to have my diving lessons. The course started with a few
exercises like how to use the equipment’s, how to empty the mask under water and
what to do if you are out of air while diving. I didn’t think I was actually
going to dive on the first day, but we did the actual dive twice. The first
dive was a lot of fun. We only went to 12 meters depth, even though I sometimes
went deeper. My dive master, Omar, thought I did great and he let me dive by
myself.
The second day, a young Filipino called Chris was my diving master. We were
diving a bit deeper today, all the way down to 18-20 meters. That was all the
diving for me before the actual exam I will have this Thursday. My mother was
also in the boat today, but since she is taking the Rescue course, she hasn’t
been diving at all. Instead, she was rescuing a short but heavy man from the
water. I must say, if it had been a real situation, the man would have died.
Haha!
Since the first hotel we stayed at was very
cozy, friendly staff but unfortunately too far away from everything, we decided
to change. Just when the guest house started to get really nice, we had to
leave. This morning we got a little visitor. I heard a little girl saying
“Hello” and after that, she stamped in to our room with confidence, took my
phone and started to play with it. A great start on a rainy day. The weather
here has not been the best here in the Philippines. On some islands, there have
even been storm warnings, but on Puerto Princesa, where its mostly cloudy but
still warm. There has been a few moments of sunshine and I have even got sunburnt.
... Hello Hotel Puerto Pension!
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