Malapascua... it's not diving, it's a business model!!!

Great photos
We loved our time in Malapascua. Thanks for the memories. We enjoyed the Thrashers

Bordering on Libel
Pierre, Your blog has been brought to my attention by members of my family. If you wish to write a public blog for the world to see & comment on; then sir, you should ensure that your readers are fully aware of the facts and moreover; inform your readers of nothing short of the truth in that you & I did not see eye-to-eye because I would not allow you to have your own way regarding your young son's depth limits! Your comments about me being a “liar” and “money is his first priority” are with malice, full of inaccurate statements & are a personal opinion and as such; false & without foundation. I would also remind you of “The Bloggers Online Defamation Law”. Let us first discuss the issue of safety... During your stay with us; you constantly harassed my dive staff about taking Leslie beyond the legal limit of his training which at the time was 21-metres/63-feet. You attempted this on a number of occasions including at least 3-times with myself. You were also informed via email prior to your arrival that we would not allow Leslie to dive beyond 21-metres nor Tiffany beyond 12-metres. Likewise; you were further reminded during you Orientation Briefing on arrival! Each time you attempted to coerce the dive staff or me personally; I politely reminded you about the effects of bone necrosis and the effects that it may or may not have on a growing child - you even retorted that everyone's physiology is different and that you had previously taken your young & growing son well beyond the limits to which he was trained. While I do agree that everyone's physiology is different; there is still a very real risk of damaging (permanently) a growing skeleton and even the remotest risk in my PROFESSIONAL OPINION is not one I would gamble someone's life on - especially that of a child's life. Hence; my point with not allowing Leslie to exceed 21-metres was both a safety procedure and the following of PADI Training Standards that specifically set the maximum depth for a Junior Advanced Open Water Diver of Leslie's age to 21-metres. Had we taken your children beyond their training limit and had there been a fatal accident; then I am 100% certain we would be looking at a wrongful death lawsuit for failing to provide 'Duty of Care'. A further point you have failed to mention regarding safety is that for every dive over 12-metres; both of your children were assigned their own personal PADI DM thus ensuring that Leslie did not go beyond 21-metres and Tiffany not beyond 12-metres. I am absolutely certain that any reader now reading this would understand that I was being "reasonably prudent" with regards to the safety of your children whereas you...well; I am sure they can figure that out. With regards to you allegedly being left on the surface with no dive boat... I can tell you that in fact, two investigations were carried out. The first investigation was carried out by PADI & the second investigation carried out internally by the TSD owners. The reason you have never heard back from PADI is because there is not one iota of evidence to support your claim. I can likewise tell you that all guests on the same trip were contacted. Not one single guest or member of the dive team could collaborate your alleged misfortune at being stranded in the water without a dive boat whilst the dive boat was allegedly on a different site. All evidence supports an entirely different catalogue of non-events of an otherwise routine day. My question to you is...Why you did not approach me as the Manager of TSD and inform me of your 'alleged' plight at the time ? It was as you put it an alleged major safety violation - was it not? Not once during your entire stay did you address this and that dumbfounds me completely. My suggestion is that your arrogance and the fact that I would not allow Leslie to exceed the limits of his training despite your excessive attempts at coercion have blinded your judgement into writing a work of fiction!