http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Philippines , Subic en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:14:53 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:14:53 +0000 Scuba Diving El Capitan USS Majaba in Subic Bay PhilippinesMy second dive in Subic Bay was at El Capitan also known as USS Majaba. This dive was much shallower than my first... aorund 15 feet at its shallowest point and 50 feet at its deepest. Unfortunately the visibility wasn't nearly as good at my first dive. I pretty much spent this dive just trying not to get seperated from the rest http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-448582.html Scuba Diving LST Wreck in Subic Bay PhilippinesI finally got the opportunity to scuba dive in the Philippines and the experience was mixed. The first site I dove was LST959. We began the dive by going down to a depth of roughly 80 feet and proceeded to swim to the aft of the wreck. We then swam into a large opening at the back and went forward to the bow. It was pretty dark inside so I did http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-448572.html It was a weekend wellspent in Subic. We planned this weekend with the kids and made sure there's a day to enjoy swimming and just bumming around a day with the dolphins at Ocean Adventure and a day at the Zoobic Safari to check out the tigers and other animals in the zoo. Early morning and we were ready for our 3 hour journey to Subic the former American military camp which has been transf http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-441070.html Zoobic with family Far from Manila but worth it http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-433811.html Photos taken last November 8 2007I've heard about Subic Bay in my history class back in elementary school have always been curious about it so I made sure I visited it. I went there with my bf my uncle's driver drove us there. It was a 2 hour drive from Las Pias I was pleased to see an actual freeway in the Philippines. It was free of traffic I almost thought I was somewhere else. We arrive http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-407945.html After a 13 hr flight and a 2 hr swine flu inspection in Japan we finally arrived in Manila late in the evening. The plans were to drop my mom off to her province of Pangasinan a small fishing town 4hrs north of Manila.My stay Traders hotel was greatespecially waking up to the sunrise view of Manila Bay. I found the staff at Trader's to be very accomodating and friendly everyone from the sec http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-404443.html SUBIC FRIENDSSubic has been a memorable place for me it is where I met and bonded with my various friends from the office college school and to new found friends. I've been to Subic so many times and each time there is different experience to share and treasure. Just 1 12 hours from Manila via SCTEX there is no hassle on the road. Just be sure to watch your speed limit and abide by the traffic http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-404439.html Subic Wrap upI spent the day walking around Subic town yesterday it was fascinating but sometimes its tiring being a tourist everyone wants to sell you something and I found myself repeating Hindeh No in Tagalog far to often. In fact i think no is the first word I've had to learn in Mandarin Thai and Tagalog. After walking around the town I went and hung out at the beach as night passed on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-392914.html Ocean AdventureYesterday I spent the day at Ocean adventure in Subic Bay it was really quite amazing the atmosphere I found was far less commercial than Sea World it was more Marine Sanctuary and less commercial theme park than I remember Sea World being. That being said rescued animals who became to dependent on humans and couldn't be released into the wild were amazingly well trained my only http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-392361.html Finally time for the beach it is beautiful here even though it may be slightly too hot ok more than slightly too hot . I'm on a resort Bay and even though there are not very many foreigners I have met a few nice locals I'm supposed to go met them at the beach in a little while which as you can see from my pictures is damn close. It is very beautiful here but after 3 weeks of typing that ove http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-391742.html HELLO PO.. PARA KAY MS YOLLY DIVENE HINDI PO AKO ANG NAGDIDISISYON SA MGA GUSTO NG CLIENT KO AT ALAM PO NG MGA REGULAR KUNG CLIENT....D DAPAT WALANG BUMABALIK SKEN PARA KUMUHA NG PACKAGE NA UN..ANG GUSTO KO LANG PO SA MGA CLIENT KO EH ANG MAKAMUHA NG MURANG PACKAGE.GINAWA KO PO ANG PART KO PARA 2LUNGAN KO KAU DAT TYM PERO NAGCHECK PA PO KAU KUNG SA ZOOBIC SAFARI AKO MISMO NAGWOWORK.....SINABI KO http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-382484.html hello po... c jannah po ito ng zoobic safari..sasagutin ko lang po ang mga nakablog sken..sa first blog ko na negative 2ngkol saken.......alam ko kung ano ang minamarket ko sa mga client..at alam ko na tama po ang mga bawat salitang sinasabi ko sa lahat ng mga client ko....hindi po sana ako magkakaroon ng maraming client na bumabalik sa akin para kumuha ng binebenta ko..at nagtitiwala sken.....ung http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-382480.html I donrsquot want to sound bitter but there were 9 people SUPPOSEDLY going to this trip until everyone backed out and there were just two of us left. AM JUST KIDDING I actually just want to share the fun and experience no hard feelings at all.The expected 1 bus ride from Cubao Metro Manila to Olongapo City took us 3 hours someone probably miscalculated ehemhehe. Olongapo City is quite http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-377836.html Sorry..forgot to add these http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-354136.html Dear allWe are now three hours north of Manila in a place called Subic Bay and came here by bus on Thursday. We are staying in the city called Olongapo which is right next to an area called Subic Bay Free Zone. This is a strange area that used to be a naval base and now has a few hotels restaurants and some duty free shops. The main reason to come here is for the wreck diving as there are about http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-354134.html CAMAYAN BEACH RESORT a nice place to stay in . The beach is about a hundred feet from the hotel room. Lots of different colored fishes.Professional friendly staff . Full body massage cost about 330pesos which i thought was reasonable. lots of wild monkeys in the morning looking for food in the garbage can. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-300360.html At the very northern portion of Zambales is a beautiful town known as Sta Cruz. It's a fairly big town and fishing is the main means of living there. It's right next to the ocean and many people even ride their bangka boats to the palengke or market. I learned that the bangka boats are made from kawayan bayog and plywood. Many of the families who live by the sea here own one and earn most of t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-273280.html Relatively unknown to outsiders there exists a wonder of nature hidden deep within the outskirts of Iba Zambales. In fact even most of the inhabitants of Iba are oblivious of the beautiful Twin Waterfalls of Sta. Barbara.After taking a twohour long bus ride towards northern Zambales we finally reached its capital city Iba where Ramon Magsaysay the third President of the Third Republic of th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-272817.html The 6th Terry Larrazabal Bike Festival was held at Subic Bay Freeport Zone Zambales Philippines. It was a 3 day bike festival which included road races mountain bike downhill mountain bike crosscountry trials and BMX freestyle and jumping and of course triathlon. Triathlon as a sport has now become popular among celebrities mountain climbers swimmers bikers and marathoners.Dennis decid http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-264286.html YellowWe have arived in Subic Bay and enjoyed a fleeting moment of being on holiday late yesterday afternoon but Matt didn't last and the fever returned with a vengence. In the middle of the night things got bad enough to warrent a trip to the medical centre. There were no taxi's available at that time so the manager of our hotel kindly drove us down there and we now have a diagnosis of Tonsi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Subic/blog-257849.html