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Philippine Paradise Divers7,107 Islands of Diving Heaven (yes, we counted). The meeting place for those interested in some of the best diving in the world - the Philippines.
we were eaten alive, (I slept in an inch of deet) but still had 1000, bites by the end of the night, and after 4 nights I had had it, and was marked from head to toe. The people who stayed at the resorts had no bites.... I'm thinking the mattress had bed bugs as well.
I feel so sorry for you that you had this bad experience.
We often camp out on a beach and live far better than what you describe (nice tent, bbq, shower, no bugs).
Why did you choose to stay there in the first place??? Was it price or by referral?
... I'm thinking the mattress had bed bugs as well. ...
oh man, I hate bedbugs. I stayed at Travelers Inn Makati (manila) my first 2 nights recently and got 4 bites in a row on my arm (left 2nd morning for a better place). That was almost 3 weeks ago and they're just now finally healing.
Agreed the rest of your desc was horrible, that bedbug part makes me want to scratch just thinking about it.
You are right to wonder why we stayed there for 4 nights, we were unfortunately with a group of friends (who had better accomodations, some of their rooms were very nice) and were hoping it would get better. It was cheap, so I should have known.
In Southern Leyte we did get to swim (snorkel) with the whale share, we saw 3 of them. It was truly beautiful, underwater. That's the real reason we went there, so to bail, due to bugs, wasn't an option.
Had I known it was rustic, I would have been better prepared, I just heard the word resort and believed it as a resort. Live and learn. Leyte is still a great dive spot, just not necessarily Gunters.
Gunters place has a bit of a beach in front of it. It seems to be a nice enough place with a pleasant grounds, and the cottages looked comfortable to me. Bummer the bad experience for the above poster.
Perhaps they were overbooked and didn't handle it well - but it would be good to hear the other side of the story. There is a mangrove nursery between the dive shop and the mainland so it is likely that mosquitoes will be bad if there were no screens on the windows at the place that you stayed by the highway.
I know that Gunter and his wife put a lot of work and years into pioneering the diving in Southern Leyte and limasawa, and hate to see his operation get slammed on a highly read forum without any rebuttal.
Has anyone else dove from Gunters that would care to share their experience?
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