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I made this open invitation last year for bloggers to start diving and through sheer force of will, convenience in the form of dive instructor/dive master friends and not-so-busy schedules,  some bloggers have already heeded the call to pick up the hobby. My good friend Angel of the now-widely popular travel blog Lakwatsero finally made good on his intentions to be a certified diver late last year. Jayvee also recently got certified while Juned was able to take a refresher course to revitalize his diving “career” that got it start in 1990.

Everything seemed to line up heading to last week’s dive. Schedules, finances and other logistical concerns seemed to be have been ironed out and to clinch it, resorts in Batangas had madly slashed deals that made it irresistible to not go. Angel was unfortunately out of commission so Juned, Jayvee and I had to troop to Lemery (as people claim) / Bauan (as it says on the resort’s sign) and be part of the biggest blogger dive party – this breaks the record of two.

It is really hard to put into words. Diving is akin to doing something that your body isn’t supposed to be doing. We didn’t evolve to breathe underwater; nor are we adept swimmers who can easily maneuver and turn on a dime underwater. The experience is surreal – it is mostly  a quiet stretch of time that is only interrupted by the sound of your own breathing (and bubbles).

We did six dives all in all and every dive was different – every dive was awesome. Jayvee was lent a nice camera by Sony so we also had a chance to shoot some photos underwater.

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