pre-tubba ramblings and a check list

Unbelievable. It’s March!

I really wish time doesn’t fly so fast but having said that, I also cannot wait for this Friday, March 5, 2010.  This is when we board our boat, Pacific Explorer 2, to Tubbataha for our much anticipated liveaboard diving trip!

It began when the wandersoles decided June last year on doing the trip this year. Confident that we have the network, we booked the whole boat and invited our friends. There were 24 slots and we filled it up in less than a month! It’s going to be a really fun trip because while not everyone knows everyone, we were all connected by just 2 – 3 handshakes. We had our yahoo group set up even before the trip and already had dinner together. And not surprising that it was like old friends catching up.

Needless to say I’m extremely excited, and for several reasons. Let’s take out the fact that this is Tubbataha, one of the world’s most prolific dive site. Scuba divers all over the world come (or dream) to dive in this enchanted underwater world. I feel very lucky that it’s just outside my doorstep.

This is a 6 dive days liveaboard trip, meaning, daily life here for a week will be: eat; dive; sleep; repeat. My longest streak was last year’s 3 dive days in Dumaguete. I enjoyed the repetitive dive and got confident with drift diving, my greatest fear before. Now it’s leaky masks. Well, their advert says “just add water”. Didn’t know it was literal.

While I’m not as addicted (diving) as some of my friends, who logged over 100 dives on their first year, I do already have 71 in 2 years. Yes, so far, all my dives are counted. And with 71 dives in the Philippines, I have never encountered shark! Not in Mainit during crazy current. Not even if the site is called Shark Avenue in Sumilon, Cebu. I’m beginning to believe that I have shark repellant. Truly. So this trip is sort of a challenge: Tubbataha shark habitat vs. wanderlass shark repellant. Stay tuned! ;-)

So this is the last weekend before Le Weekend.  Sometimes weekdays have the habit of creeping on me, so I thought I’ll stay at home and pack. But all I accomplished today was coming up with a packing list. he he. Oh well.

Let me know what you think i missed!

1. Dive Equipments

2. Non Diving Stuff

3. Electronics (flashpacker alert)

4. Medications

5. Travel documents

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