Cebu, Philippines - Part I

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July 26th 2014

Published: July 27th 2014

We came to the island of Cebu in the Philippines in pursuit of perfect freediving . Panagsama Beach, just outside of Moalboal, is definitely a tourist town that caters to divers. There seem to be as many scuba shops as there are restaurants, and a few freediving shops as well. We had a very specific wish list: depth close to shore so we wouldn't have to rely on a boat, good visibility, warm water,... Read Full Entry

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Roberta Cenedese

Matt and Roberta

Matt and I met while we were both traveling in Puerto Rico in 1998. He worked on a research site in El Yunque Rainforest on the main island and I worked as a divemaster on Vieques. After 10 years living a settled existence in Vancouver, Canada, we felt a real need to get back to traveling. So we sold our house, put our stuff in storage and set off in search of great places to freedive and new adventures. Right now plans are to explore SE Asia until we feel the call to move on...... full info

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Bubba was brave enough to actually come onto our porch.

View from our porch

Look at all of the lovely water...

Our cottage viewed from the beach

Sun setting over Negros Island

Another amazing sunset

Roberta backfloating as a young boy fishes

The line in the ocean where the color changes from turquoise to deep blue is where the reef drops off

Boy fishing with hook and line

Sun setting over Negros Island

Stranded sea star

Mangoes ripening

Mangoes are wrapped in paper while still on the tree to protect them from bugs.

Too much to photograph...

The sunsets never stop...

On the way to Negros Island and Dumaguete

Matt anxious to get off the ferry, not happy unless he's going Mach 2* with his hair on fire...

*Philippine conversion rate: Mach 2 = 35 kph

28th July 2014

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Underwater Philippines
We are enjoying your trip and especially your underwater photos. We are divers and it reminds us of our diving in this beautiful country.

29th July 2014

Matt and Roberta
Roberta Cenedese

Thanks guys!
We came here to do freedive training and were pleasantly surprised at how nice the reefs are. I'd heard stories when I was younger about cyanide and dynamite fishing, but that doesn't seem to be the case, at least not in Moalboal. There is a lot of fishing pressure so not very many large fish around, but the reefs are quite nice.

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