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One Last Look at the Philippines
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 5 October 2010
When we came to the Philippines, we only intended to stay for two to three months. Over five months later, we’re still here. Clearly, we like it. Amazing underwater treasures, beautiful jungles, deserted white-sand beaches, stunning landscapes, and some of the friendliest people in the world make it a hard country to leave. To recall [...]
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Dolphin Superpod
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 4 October 2010
Ripples throughout the picture only hint at the number of dolphins below the surface. Returning from our dive trip to Calanggaman Island, we had yet another stroke of extraordinary luck. Well before we arrived on the scene, we could make out chaotic splashing on the horizon and what appeared to be animals leaping out of [...]
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Pygmy Seahorses
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 2 October 2010
It took us three dives, but we have finally sighted the elusive pygmy seahorse. This tiny creature is, perhaps, the ultimate testament to the miracles of evolution. (I’ve said it before, Darwin would have loved scuba diving.) But finding these little guys isn’t easy. After several minutes of searching a large sea fan gently clearing [...]
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Touchdown
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 1 October 2010
While enjoying pina coladas at our dive resort in Malapascua, we suddenly noticed people running to the beach and pointing excitedly out into the water. Cocktail in hand, we ran over to join the group on the beach just in time to witness two funnel clouds forming off in the distance over the ocean. Within [...]
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Life among the Palms
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 30 September 2010
Tony spent the whole day today testing out this hammock. Will our work never end?! Seriously, I don’t know if he can keep up this grueling pace. Share this post:
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Our First Manta!!!
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 27 September 2010
Embedded video similar to what we saw We came to Malapascua to see the thresher sharks, but this island has gifted us with one spectacular animal after another from giant seahorses to schools of squid to mandarin fish to white-tip sharks. We are definitely getting our money’s worth here. But this afternoon, the gift of [...]
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Thresher Sharks
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 24 September 2010
Finally we’ve come to Malapascua. This tiny island in the northern Visayas is said to be the only place in the world where divers can predictably see thresher sharks, a predator named for its long thresher-like tail. This also makes Malapascua THE place for recreational divers to see a deep-sea shark species close up at [...]
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The amazing acrobatic kids of Malapascua
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 16 February 2010
After paying virtually no attention to wildlife in the previous 35 years, I’ve been amazed at how much my attitude has changed since I crossed the Pacific. I blame the Koalas. Ever since then I’ve been going more and more out of my way to find unusual things both on land and underwater. Seeing the [...]
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