Going without her

[Gavanddal]

Rochelyn & I ate in the food court of SM many times - very nice grub :

Yup, me too. Plenty of choice there.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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)

Great diving

Oooooooooooo h Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeessss!!!!!

[aposhark]

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

[Gavanddal]

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?

[aposhark]

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