Greetings,
I'm going to the Philippines February 2018 for 3 weeks. I'm flexible with the dates. The plan is to go south of Tuguegarao Airport (Toronto to Manila, Manila to Tuguegarao) for a week visiting my girlfriend's family. For the other 2 weeks I want to go diving; I'll be a solo diver and need a buddy.
I'm a working Divemaster in Canada. I dive the Great Lakes and surrounding areas. I've been diving all over the Caribbean (Cuba, Jamaica, St. Thomas, Dominica, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, Curacao, Bonaire, Aruba, Grenada, Barbados, BVI) and Mexico (Playa del Carmen and Tulum).
There are still a lot of places to go diving in the Caribbean but I'm thinking I want to start venturing out to Asia-Pacific. I'm not interested in wreck diving. If I'm going to the other side of the planet I want to see things I cannot see at home (marine life).
Since my dates are flexible I'm thinking I'll find a dive location (or two) and work the rest of my trip around that. From Tuguegarao I can fly to Cebu, Davao or Manila.
Thanks,
Darrell
I'm going to the Philippines February 2018 for 3 weeks. I'm flexible with the dates. The plan is to go south of Tuguegarao Airport (Toronto to Manila, Manila to Tuguegarao) for a week visiting my girlfriend's family. For the other 2 weeks I want to go diving; I'll be a solo diver and need a buddy.
I'm a working Divemaster in Canada. I dive the Great Lakes and surrounding areas. I've been diving all over the Caribbean (Cuba, Jamaica, St. Thomas, Dominica, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, Curacao, Bonaire, Aruba, Grenada, Barbados, BVI) and Mexico (Playa del Carmen and Tulum).
There are still a lot of places to go diving in the Caribbean but I'm thinking I want to start venturing out to Asia-Pacific. I'm not interested in wreck diving. If I'm going to the other side of the planet I want to see things I cannot see at home (marine life).
Since my dates are flexible I'm thinking I'll find a dive location (or two) and work the rest of my trip around that. From Tuguegarao I can fly to Cebu, Davao or Manila.
- I don't like heat. So 20C is nice, I can do 25C with a fan. Anything warmer and I need air conditioning. I was going to go in April but just realized it is cooler in February.
- I've never been to Asia and a little worried about finding my way around. So transfer from the airport to the resort would be nice.
- I'll probably bring all my own gear. So 54 year old guy trying to haul around my stuff.
- I'm good with a lot of food but not wild about filipino food. So some alternate choices would be nice.
- I'm not penny-pinching but I'm not rich. I'm willing to pay a little more if someone takes care of everything but flights (all transfers to dive site, tanks/weights, boats, etc.).
Thanks,
Darrell