Diving with Ana and the Aquanuts




04 Feb 07 – Dauin, Negros Oriental.


It was a lesson in seeing.


Visibility wasn’t very good because of the weather, the sites were mostly just brown sand and seagrass with virtually no corals, but never did I see so many fascinating creatures in a single dive day as diving with The Aquanuts – Joy & Kevin, Fred, Sol, Paulo, Eric, Barbie, and of course, Ana, who lately I see only when the moon is full ;-)


Five minutes into the first dive and the group was already gathered round a pile of rocks and sponges, like paparazzi complete with strobes, clicking away at THREE ghost pipefish—and many divers dive again and again without seeing a single one. As if that wasn’t enough, there was also a pair of black-and-white fiddler-looking crabs and a pair of shrimps under the same rock. A few meters away, we find a teeny tiny frogfish on a block of cement. A few minutes later, another pipefish, different species this time. And on and on and on. Certainly it couldn’t have been accidental, the way it kept happening all throughout our three dives. Strobe-less and macro-lens-less though I am, those three dives will always have among the best photos for me, even if only in my mind.


And so, Ana, thank you for getting me out of bed at 6AM and bringing my HOT pink-and-purple BCD and forcing me to dive with you, because now I know the pleasures of diving the Aquanuts way. Hope to see you guys under Cebu waters next time! =)

Comments

  1. mikel .February 12, 2007 at 4:05 PM

    wow!

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  2. XXXX YYYYFebruary 12, 2007 at 5:59 PM

    You're so kind not to mention the 4.45am cellphone call :).

    As for our full moon get-togethers, even the, uh, female tides of our bodies have been in sync.

    See you again soon!

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  3. roland dcFebruary 12, 2007 at 9:16 PM

    Nemo's absent?hehehe
    nice shot neen = )

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  4. Jemi AquinoFebruary 14, 2007 at 9:37 AM

    for some reason, this isn't as blue as the rest.
    almost seems like it was taken... above-water. =)

    HUGS,
    jemi

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  5. Joy GoFebruary 20, 2007 at 7:06 AM

    It was a pleasure diving with you, J. See you in the waters of Cebu.:-)

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  6. Jeneen GarciaMarch 9, 2007 at 7:03 AM

    thanks rolans! musta na man uy!

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  7. Jeneen GarciaMarch 9, 2007 at 7:06 AM

    yes, because this is really shallow, like less than 10 feet. i was slowly working my way up when it swam by me. just saw it out of the corner of my eye. i'd seen so many wonderful things already on that dive that i wasn't even looking for a seahorse, so this one was an extra special blessing =D

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  8. Jeneen GarciaMarch 9, 2007 at 7:06 AM

    see you, too, J ;-)

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  9. Chico LavinaMarch 9, 2007 at 8:19 PM

    WOW galeng!!

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  10. beng garciaMarch 17, 2007 at 10:59 PM

    will certainly show this as part of my lesson neen....wish i could dive with you sometime :(

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  11. Jeneen GarciaMarch 29, 2007 at 2:27 AM

    thanks chico. walang ganyan sa states..ay canada pala hehehe

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  12. Jeneen GarciaMarch 29, 2007 at 2:28 AM

    you will, ma ';-)

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