Travelled to Moalboal on May 23rd. Took a grab to the south bus station in Cebu and purchased a ticket for an air-conditioned bus to Moalboal for 220 pesos. The bus station was quite busy and I had to wait about 45 minutes for the next bus.
When I arrived in Moalboal I had several guys arguing over who’s turn it was to drive the next tourist. I slowly moved towards the guy who seemed the most calm and relaxed, and the others seemed to accept my choice, which worked out well. Then I was on the back of a scooter, with a helmet this time for the 20 minute ride to my Hostel.
The hostel was great, stayed in an 8 bed dorm. Was quiet for the first few days, just myself and K, a Japanese life coach who was in Moalboal taking a break from his English studies in Cebu. Once a group of 6 travelling youths arrived, and filled the dorm, it certainly became more lively & entertaining.
On my first full day in Moalboal, I rented a snorkel and fins to go freedive with the famous sardines. It was really incredible, had a large green sea turtle swim right along side me. I wanted to also check out my ears and once I knew I could equalize them with-out issue, I decided to sign-up for my PADI Open Water course. So I extended my stay at the hostel to Friday to give myself the four days to complete the training.
I had contemplated buying a DJI camera before leaving Cebu to get some underwater video, but after realizing I’d also have to buy cloud storage and upgrade my tablet to edit the video, I decided against it. Made me contemplate our need to have “our” pictures or video’s. I understand personal pictures of our children for example, but there’s not much of the natural world that hasn’t been documented many times over. If you want to see what I saw, there are lots of YouTube video’s from Moalboal and the specific dive sites available, it’s much the same.
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