Just DON'T take travelers checks. )
I didn't think you could still BUY traveler's checks anymore. Nobody takes them in any of the places I have been recently, and ATM's have pretty much driven them under, IMHO. Woody
---------- Post added March 26th, 2014 at 01:20 AM ----------
We are staying at El Galleon right now and have been using Asia Divers for our diving, with absolutely no complaints. At least, not about the operation. The weather has been pretty marginal, as a pacific depression blew through north of us during the past few days, and we had a LOT of rain and high winds, which tends to make diving from those bancas rather challenging. But, it seems to have cleared, and now the sun is out and the winds have died down pretty much, and I am sitting here looking out across the Batangas channel toward Luzon in the distance. The diving has been outstanding, and we saw cuttlefish, sea snakes, a big turtle, and much more on our two dives this morning, including an electric flashing clam sitting in a hole in the reef. I have to say, currents really haven't been much of a problem, at least not at depth. We had a surface current the other day which was so bad it snatched me as soon as I backrolled in, and swept me away from the boat so fast that they had to swing the banca around and come back after me just to hand me my camera! No problems after that, though, and it was very nice on the bottom. My cameras are starting to overheat from all the pictures we are taking, both above water and below. I will be posting one of my insanely exhaustive trip reports when we get back, but until then, I wish you luck with your search for arrangements. You can hardly go wrong with Asia Divers, as they are the biggest operation down here, and they really have the whole thing down cold. But, as others have said, there are many others to choose from. We used Susan at Island Dreams Travel for our non-airline arrangements, and she got us a better deal with El Galleon/Asia Divers that I could get on my own. C'mon down! You will love it here.
So long from Woody in paradise! (sort of)
