Qualified Scuba Divers!

Last day of our PADI Open Water qualification today. Only one final dive to go. We had our briefing with our instructor Mehdi, and then hit the water. The visibility had cleared up immensely since yesterday. We played around a bit, practicing our buoyancy control with Yoda imitations. We also completed our underwater compass navigation and the last few skills we needed to check off.

Then it was off to explore in the much improved water quality. It was the same dive site we went to yesterday, but it was amazing how different 24 hours can make. Mehdi brought his GoPro along so we were treated to some awesome videography.

We saw some eels, clown fish, a very venomous lionfish (which gave Mehdi a little scare when it moved), a bright yellow trumpet fish, and a playful sea snake to finish it off.

We treated ourselves to dinner at a restaurant on the other side of Bohol island. We took a tuktuk to get there, and had a fairly decent meal of crab, white marlin, chicken and pork.

Learning to Scuba in the Philippines has been epic. We think it will be a great skill to have and opens up new possibilities for sightseeing when we visit places in the future. But we couldn't end here... So tomorrow we've booked a trip to Balicasag Island which is a marine reserve. Two dives at the island and one more off Alona Beach before we get ourselves firmly back on dry land for a while!Read more