From the Philippines

Went snorkeling with whale sharks, dune-buggying on an old lava river, and bbq-ing on the beaches. Was an awesome 3-day weekend. The whale sharks were too big to get a good picture, and while my camera is water proof, it's tough taking pictures underwater. After the first two whale sharks, I stopped trying. But, we saw a bunch of them, they are humongous and wonderful animals. I swam along side them and felt their peace and simplicity.

With things like the garbage patch in the Pacific, the oil gusher in the gulf of Mexico, acidifying of the oceans, mercury pollution, they'll probably all be dead in 30 years, so I'm glad I got the opportunity while it's still safe to swim in the ocean to see the world's largest known fish.

Trip to the Philippines

Below was the blog I was going to put on here, with pics from the Philippines - but there is no longer an 'attach picture' icon - so I need to look into how/why they've changed it. I might have to go with a different blog service.

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Sorry for the lack of an update...I was in the Philippines last weekend, snorkeling with whale sharks. It was incredible - I didn't get too many pictures of them, I was too concerned trying to enjoy them rather than trying to capture them on film. We saw probably 10 of them - basically, we have a spotter on the boat, they see one and the boat speeds up to get in front of them. Then we jump in and try to keep up with them. They swim along the surface while they are feeding.

We also took an ATV up an old lava river to the foot of a volcano.

Hope all goes well back home.
Much love,
Jake