earth hour

this is an international campaign against global warming. from 8:30 to 9:30 tonight, let's all switch off our lights.

i think it's cool. =D

next stop: Apo Island

so i was in Apo Island. that was last feb 25 & 26. it was the next stop after dumaguete city.

from sibulan, where i met up with my diver-friends from Talisay, we moved to Malatapay, Zamboangita, NegOR, the jumpoff port to Apo. the travel time is about 30 mins by private car. since there are no public ferries in the area, we rented a boat to get us to the next island. estimated travel time from the port to Apo is 45 mins.

at around 1pm of feb 25, after being mercilessly rocked by the waves, we finally made it to Apo.


this is Liberty's Community Lodge. owned by Kap. Liberty. this is where you can rent a room and dive/snorkeling gear. on the second floor of this building is a resto.


this is at the back of the island, at the marine sanctuary. we dived here at 8am the next day. notice the waves. these are just small ones.

early morning of feb 26, second dive.

i would have loved to take photos of the giant corals or what they call the massive corals, i just didn't have a camera with me. tsk! but anyway, the others have taken time to get these (thanks!!).

here are some of the species seen at the island's sanctuary. =)



up next: Sumilon Island marine sanctuary.

first stop: dumaguete city (feb25,'09)

it was purely work for the first 5 hours we got there. and finally, we were free!

after our early supper (and watching slumdog millionnaire <--to be reviewed soon.), we started the trip. i am no longer an inconsistent environmentalist, so i insisted we just walked around.

it was already nighttime, and drizzling. then it rained for a few minutes. so we stopped at a nearby cakehouse to get something for snacks. i had a small white chocolate cake for myself which i bought for only P55. they also have coffee there. hmmm...i hope they would put up something like that in Talisay, best for latenight getaways.

we were back at the place we were staying before we knew it. and the next morning we were already catching our boat for our next stop: the Apo Island (photos to be posted soon), so we missed the sans rival house. tsk, tsk!

okay, i didn't bring any pasalubong, but above are the photos i took while in the city of happy people: NegOR provincial capitol, a resto and the baywalk.

more photos here.