What a wonderful place to relax in the sun and have fun!  The temperatures are awesome - not too hot and definitely not too cold!  Soyid and Rendo have been awesome as well as all of the staff (too numerous to mention).  Arrived on Thursday and was able to get a late lunch, relax for a half hour, figure out gear and dive my first dive at 4 pm!  Today, Friday!  I got up leisurely - for me, late - and dove at 9, 11 and 2 pm.  Mostly 20 meter dives because that's where the coral and fish are!!! 

We saw morey eels, mantis shrimp, a lion fish each dive as well as tons of nudi-branches!!!  I love to watch the fans close as we come near - the fish just come by to see what we are up to as well.  Equipment, boats and guides are awesome - Bala, Martin and Tim (from Russia) have been my guides and they are patient as well as very willing to show you things you KNOW they have seen numerous times!  Totally awesome!  Two more dives tomorrow (maybe three, we'll see), then back to Shanghai for class Monday, of course.  Just a little weekend jaunt!

The food - wow!  I just finished dinner (I had to finish by 7 pm so that I have an hour before my "Signature massage" - more about that tomorrow, I bet.  Soyid is supposed to get me a picture for tomorrow too!

The food - tonight was seafood buffet - Green mussels, LARGE prawns (local), vegetarian lazana, grilled chicken, tenderloin pork, seafood soup, and on and on with a wonderful local lemon pie (smaller than a key lime).  There were other choices too and a salad before, as with every meal!!  The breakfast included fruit before the meal, as many lattes as you wanted (I had two before the first dive and then one after - 10:30 is the last free coffee!!! - YUM, a special treat as they are $4-5 in Shanghai!).  I had a small steak with eggs and potatoes!  Lunch ... oof dah!  I had better quit now before the massage as I am getting full again!!!

OH - economics/finance.  I copied down the sell versus buy numbers to teach the students that there isn't just ONE rate!  They had to find an exchange rate for the last class on Wed.  We covered all of the test and they corrected all of their incorrect answers!  Totally great class! 

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND COMING TO ATLANTIS FOR "YOUR" NEXT DIVE EXPERIENCE - it IS the way to go, IN STYLE!

(P.S. if you click the link above, I came to the Atlantis in Puerto Galera - notice that Spanish influence from way back before 1898!)  - no time to check for spelling or rereading!