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    Quote Originally Posted by Gavanddal View Post
    ......Anyway, I'm going for 8 days of intense diving with 5 friends to show them the wonders of Malapascua.
    Say hello to the threshers
    Have a meal at Ging Ging's where I met my wife
    Have fun


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    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    Say hello to the threshers
    Have a meal at Ging Ging's where I met my wife
    Have fun
    You bet I will! And I'm defo going back to Ging Gings for some of their sizzling chicken! TSD have their own restaurant as well now.

    And what's wrong with lunch in SM? I meant the mall not the shop!
    Any other suggestions?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Gavanddal View Post
    You bet I will! And I'm defo going back to Ging Gings for some of their sizzling chicken! TSD have their own restaurant as well now.

    And what's wrong with lunch in SM? I meant the mall not the shop!
    Any other suggestions?
    Rochelyn & I ate in the food court of SM many times - very nice grub

    Malapascua - there's a little place on the beach run by a German man and his Filipina wife called "Hippocampus". The food there was the best I had on Malapascua - Rochelyn & I had the Pork Adobo a few times and it was always excellent, as was all their food

    Diving on Malalpascua - "Dan's Dives" is always good and Dan is quite a character - a very laid back American and fun to chat with. He has a deal where you get a free days diving after doing a certain amount of days with him, and his boat is never as crowded as the others.

    The passenger pumpboats now use the beach around the corner from the main beach as there were too many boats and it was dangerous.
    A lot of the seafront properties were taken away on bounty beach as they were too close to the sea, which was a nice touch.
    Walk to the lighthouse one day, the children in that area are a lot of fun and you get a great view of the island. Actually, a walk around the whole island doesn't take too long and it keeps you fit and healthy.

    There is an internet cafe in the Japanese restaurant but don't expect to see a web page updating in less than 5 mins.

    Make sure you get to Maya before about 4pm for the public pumpboat to the island. If you don't, wait for other stragglers to join to split the "special trip" cost, but looks like you are travelling with a shed load so that will not be a problem.

    Daanbantayan, where Rochelyn and I got married is very small, but has a market if you need anything, otherwise a bus to the bigger town of Bogo gets you to Guisano Supermarket, banks and ATM machines and many shops.

    Sharks - "Thresher" comes from how people used to thresh crops in the old days - it is how they "whip" their long tails to stun their prey.

    Buy a large water (25 l ?) from B.B's Lodging. Water is from the mainland and is very safe.

    Great diving


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    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    Rochelyn & I ate in the food court of SM many times - very nice grub
    Nothing wrong with the food as such agreed but I personaly find the Mall acoustic and ambiance off-putting especialy when there are so many great eating places within a £1.00 cab ride and excellent food to be had for 2-5 pounds
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    Quote Originally Posted by keithAngel View Post
    Nothing wrong with the food as such agreed but I personaly find the Mall acoustic and ambiance off-putting especialy when there are so many great eating places within a £1.00 cab ride and excellent food to be had for 2-5 pounds
    You could very possibly be right Keith, that would mean the wives going away from the Mall
    I just found the food courts to be very convenient and then a cab ride back to the hotel.
    Please let me know the names and addresses of a couple of good places in Cebu City so we can try them next time


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    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    You could very possibly be right Keith, that would mean the wives going away from the Mall
    I just found the food courts to be very convenient and then a cab ride back to the hotel.
    Please let me know the names and addresses of a couple of good places in Cebu City so we can try them next time
    exactlysix posts back from this one of yours are three recomendations
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    Quote Originally Posted by keithAngel View Post
    exactlysix posts back from this one of yours are three recomendations
    Thanks Keith, must have missed your recommendations as the scanning was too fast


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    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    Rochelyn & I ate in the food court of SM many times - very nice grub :
    Yup, me too. Plenty of choice there.

    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    Malapascua - there's a little place on the beach run by a German man and his Filipina wife called "Hippocampus". The food there was the best I had on Malapascua - Rochelyn & I had the Pork Adobo a few times and it was always excellent, as was all their food :
    I know Hippocampus, it's next to Thresher Shark Divers.

    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    Diving on Malalpascua - "Dan's Dives" is always good and Dan is quite a character - a very laid back American and fun to chat with. He has a deal where you get a free days diving after doing a certain amount of days with him, and his boat is never as crowded as the others.:
    We're going back to TSD as I know them and I like their operation. Andrea and Trevor have been very helpful in organising this trip.

    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    The passenger pumpboats now use the beach around the corner from the main beach as there were too many boats and it was dangerous.:
    That's interesting as that's where we stayed last time at White Sands resort (crap). But the tide goes out there a long way.

    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    A lot of the seafront properties were taken away on bounty beach as they were too close to the sea, which was a nice touch.
    Walk to the lighthouse one day, the children in that area are a lot of fun and you get a great view of the island. Actually, a walk around the whole island doesn't take too long and it keeps you fit and healthy.:
    A lot of the buildings were half demolished last time and not fully cleared away which made it look worse. I went for a long walk around the island and videoed most of it. There were other buildings marked with a red cross for demolition which were a long way back from the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    There is an internet cafe in the Japanese restaurant but don't expect to see a web page updating in less than 5 mins.:
    Where's the jap restaurant then?

    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    Make sure you get to Maya before about 4pm for the public pumpboat to the island. If you don't, wait for other stragglers to join to split the "special trip" cost, but looks like you are travelling with a shed load so that will not be a problem.:
    Not a problem, we have private transport all the way (I hope)

    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    Great diving
    Oooooooooooo h Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeessss!!!!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Gavanddal View Post
    Where's the jap restaurant then?
    As you come out of Ging Ging's Eatery (say hello to Ging Ging and the waitresses for me, of course they all know Rochelyn who worked there until an English Man "Mike" fell for her.......) walk along the track alongside Ging Ging's in the direction running parallel to the beach and the Japanese Restaurant is on the right hand side of the track about 3 mins walk from Ging Ging's


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    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    As you come out of Ging Ging's Eatery (say hello to Ging Ging and the waitresses for me, of course they all know Rochelyn who worked there until an English Man "Mike" fell for her.......) walk along the track alongside Ging Ging's in the direction running parallel to the beach and the Japanese Restaurant is on the right hand side of the track about 3 mins walk from Ging Ging's
    Isn't that back toward the Dolce Vita?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Gavanddal View Post
    Isn't that back toward the Dolce Vita?
    Follow my directions before, if you can't find it ask anyone - everyone knows where the Japanese Restaurant is


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    Quote Originally Posted by paulgee View Post
    I am baffled. Imagine a filipina living with her British husband in the Philippines, and one day saying to her husband, "Honey, I am going to the UK for a holiday without you." Somehow I don't think so!!
    awww... must be tough for her... hehhe


    Quote Originally Posted by keithAngel View Post
    But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
    And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
    Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
    Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
    Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
    Give on another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
    Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone.
    Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.


    very poetic!
    time & space can lead you back together!



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    Quote Originally Posted by Gavanddal View Post
    Well I'm back now and enjoyed the diving very much. Diving in the UK is rubbish and very good in the Phils.

    If we lived in the Phils and my wife's hobby was bingo and real ale and planned a trip to the UK to undulge her hobby then I'd say good luck and have fun.

    To Aposhark, the jap restaurant has gone on Malapascua. Apparently the owner knew a bit about food but little about running a restaurant. The place looked like a tip to me.
    We didn't go to Ging Gings as the food in TSDs new restaurant was so good.
    White Sands Resort where we stayed 2 years ago has been demolished.

    The "world famous" still standing after 15 challenge at Sunsplash has changed from shots to beer. None of us thought we could knock back 15 San Migs in under a minute so we didn't enter.

    A good time was had by all by I really did miss the wife.
    Quote Originally Posted by Gavanddal View Post
    Actually I filled her wardrobe for her. She can't find her size in the UK so I bought her loads of clothes in Cebu. It's not as cheap as it used to be eh?
    Quote Originally Posted by aposhark View Post
    Rochelyn & I ate in the food court of SM many times - very nice grub

    Malapascua - there's a little place on the beach run by a German man and his Filipina wife called "Hippocampus". The food there was the best I had on Malapascua - Rochelyn & I had the Pork Adobo a few times and it was always excellent, as was all their food

    Diving on Malalpascua - "Dan's Dives" is always good and Dan is quite a character - a very laid back American and fun to chat with. He has a deal where you get a free days diving after doing a certain amount of days with him, and his boat is never as crowded as the others.

    The passenger pumpboats now use the beach around the corner from the main beach as there were too many boats and it was dangerous.
    A lot of the seafront properties were taken away on bounty beach as they were too close to the sea, which was a nice touch.
    Walk to the lighthouse one day, the children in that area are a lot of fun and you get a great view of the island. Actually, a walk around the whole island doesn't take too long and it keeps you fit and healthy.

    There is an internet cafe in the Japanese restaurant but don't expect to see a web page updating in less than 5 mins.

    Make sure you get to Maya before about 4pm for the public pumpboat to the island. If you don't, wait for other stragglers to join to split the "special trip" cost, but looks like you are travelling with a shed load so that will not be a problem.

    Daanbantayan, where Rochelyn and I got married is very small, but has a market if you need anything, otherwise a bus to the bigger town of Bogo gets you to Guisano Supermarket, banks and ATM machines and many shops.

    Sharks - "Thresher" comes from how people used to thresh crops in the old days - it is how they "whip" their long tails to stun their prey.

    Buy a large water (25 l ?) from B.B's Lodging. Water is from the mainland and is very safe.

    Great diving

    hiya,
    have you got any links to the places you have mentinoned above? thank you


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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay&Zobel View Post
    hiya,
    have you got any links to the places you have mentioned above? thank you
    Just do an online search and you'll find everything.


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