It does not take long at all to get used to the gentle pace of life at Peter's Dive Resort, and to forget the cares and woes of home. Which makes it all the more difficult to accept we have to leave. It's been a great privilege to dive Sogod Bay's stunning reefs, gliding past its precipitous walls alive with the most extraordinary biodiversity we've ever seen. The timing of our return to Hong Kong is a little less bizarre than the outwards trip, and we leave Padre Burgos at a respectable hour of the morning. Given that Ormoc is over three hours' drive away, we opt for a slightly slower sailing from the port of Bato, which is only an hour or so up the west coast of Leyte from Padre Burgos. Before you get
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