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| Entering Sabang on the
"out-rigger" boat from Batangas Port. A wonderful journey. |
Tropical island paradise
everywhere. If you need an island - don't look far - there's 7000 ++ |
Sabang bay during low
tide. A sleepy seaside destination makes it easy to relax between dives. |
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| This cool little dude
(Coral Pipefish) was about the size of an average earth worm - incredible
to see. |
A dive would not be
complete without one of our feisty little friends. False Clown Anemone
fish. |
There seemed to be
Octopus everywhere. You could see them on most dives. |
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| Moray eels aplenty in
the Philippines. |
I have not been able to
put a 100% identification on this - any ideas? |
Nudibranch - there are
plenty more to come. I have never seen such diversity as here in Sabang. |
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| Chromodoris Kuniei
(Chromodorididae) - that's nudibranch to you and I :-) |
Chromodoris Blue. not
sure what the white one is - let's just call it a nudibranch. |
The Blue Ringed Octopus.
I would say 10cm across but apparently cuts a fatal bite. Hapalochlaena. |
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| I simply love these
little critters' eyes. |
These Frogfish have the
most incredible camouflage skills. Can you make out it's eye and mouth? |
Of course - it's the
"Nembrotha Kubaryana"!. Sabang - Philippines. |
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| The Wheel House. |
Chromodoris Kuniei -
nudibranch. |
Jules - on dry land you
are continuously in the "rest room" - can you not stop man? |
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| Tiny shrimp so well camouflaged
- Sabang, Philippines is truly wonderful if you like Macro. |
Check out the spread on
this lionfish. |
This Banded Sea Snake
was fascinating to watch for 10 minutes as it checked out the area. |
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| This really was a small
and quick crab. Jez had a hard time getting even this amount in the shot
:-) |
Two "Nembrotha
Kubaryanas" getting intimate. |
Cockatoo Waspfish on a
night dive - this little fella was happy just to sit and be snapped. |
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| Pigmy seahorse - one of
the coolest things I have seen. The guide pointed him out - good job too
:-) |
A lionfish is superb to
watch on any dive - they are simply everywhere in Sabang, Philippines. |
The hull of the bay ship
wreck - quite eerie to swim through. |
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| HMS, Ken or Dave - take
your pick. Not sure if I have ever seen Ken with a shirt on! |
Jules, our Dutch
contingent. In love with diving, Asia and life in general. |
Pj looking out to the
sea contemplating the next dive no wonder. |
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| If it's
Nudibranchs
that you want - 1. Go to the Philippines. 2. Buddy up with Jez - the
"Nudibranch kid". |
Jeremiah is No#1 on the
dance floor - here I think that he is just equalizing from the last dive
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Spotted Sting Ray.
Wonderful to watch as they take of into flight. |
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We surfaced after a
wonderful night dive on a couple of shipwrecks to this wonderful 36kg
roast pig. |
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