Allison is back with fantastic tales of Tubbataha. Alli, Lee Hung-ta, Andrew Sharkey, Anne Lim, Sabine Henkel, Alison Pockett, Judy Banning, Kenneth Svennerlind, Suzi Denton, Annelie Thelander, Per Eriksson, spent four days on the Stella Maris, exploring the beautiful Philippine Reefs of Tubbataha, which is a World Heritage site. The journey started out with a quick flight to Puerto Princessa and then and a brief stop at the local supermarket to stock up on the necessities…such as junk food and booze. Once on the boat, the group chilled out and slept through the night as we travelled 14 hours out to sea to the reef. Waking up bright and early we started the daily pattern of dive, eat, and sleep for the four to five dives a day. The walls are stunning and full of heaps of colourful fishes, many sharks, turtles, schooling jacks, eagle rays, barracuda, a very cosy display of marble rays and one very playful manta who teased us all with summersaults in front of us. To top it all off was the 25-30 meter vis and the 30-degree temperature. The group shot was taken at the ranger station, which houses a group of 10 men who live there for 3 months a year at a time. You can walk around this tiny spit of sand in less than 10 minutes. Believe me, this place is really out in the middle of no-where. Can you imagine having to travel 14 hours to the next piece of land! All in all a great trip was had by everyone.
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