Inside the dive boat enjoying the view. Fishing boats for the locals in Maricaban. Judy catches up on her management reading in between dives.
Our dive boat is so narrow we have to tumble backwards to get into the water.
Ambrose and Judy listen to the dive guide briefing us on what to expect at the dive site.
A native of Maricaban.
Our dive boat.
Newly-made fishing boat.
An islet 15 minutes boat ride from the resort
Ferr boat from the mainland, half-an-hour ride away
The view from our second-storey balcony
Judy with wall map of dive sites around the island
Me, left, with Judy and Ambrose.
A year after my first visit to this island south of Manila, I returned in December 2000 with Ambrose Mong and Judy Wong, who have also undergone the BSAC Sports Divers course at Kg Glam diving club. During our five-day stay at Pisa resort run by Josie and husband Paul Evans, the sea was rough, the wind strong and my heart faint. Being a natural-born coward, I managed only two dives while Judy and Ambrose enjoyed all the other dives available.

On land, the breezy weather was invigorating, and I read through Virginia Woolf's Second Common Reader. And like Rumi's Poems which I read during last year's stay in this island, every passage in the book was so underline-able. -- Francis Chin
Josie and her British-born husband Paul run the Pisa dive resort in Maricaban
The breeze is so pushy even a stroll requires effort.
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