Living in paradise People often tell me that I am living in paradise. And while I admit that there are many things that I love about living in the Philippines or any of the many tropical locations that I have been fortunate enough to call home. There is a flip side to that coin. Instead …
Coral There are many different types of divers out there. Some love diving on sandy slopes where they spend hours searching for tiny critters that you barely see with the naked eye. Others love jumping off a boat in the middle of the ocean and floating in the blue, waiting; hoping that something large and …
The History of Negros. Why is it that I always end up with the blog topics that need some research and fact checking? The history of Negros Oriental is a topic that I will have to do some actual looking into. But that’s the topic I was given to write a blog about for this …
Teaching my first course After I took my PADI Instructor Development Course I was looking forward to teaching my first course and couldn’t wait to see who my first students would be. I wanted to introduce others to the sport that I had fallen in love with. The opportunity to take someone underwater for the first time …
The local choices for drinks are vast. Cheap beer, cheap rum, cheaper rum, cheaper beer, coconut wine (tuba), errr, cheap gin, cheap whiskey….well, you get the idea, it’s CHEAP! One of the more worrying things is it is possible (and often encouraged) to turn some of these delights into a refreshing afternoon cocktail – maybe …
Dive Technology There is a well-known phrase for anglers, walk into a tackle shop and it’s the angler who gets hooked – I think it’s safe to say it is probably the same for divers and new dive technology. With so many things to catch the magpie’s eye, we can draw a lot of parallels …
Bamboo When Tim and I decided that we were going to build a dive resort in the Philippines we both agreed that we should make the environmental impact as small as possible and try our hardest to use as many natural materials as available. Of course there will always be a need for concrete, cement …
Learning Visayan So this is the first of my mini blogs… Very aptly, they chose for me to write about learning Visayan. It’s an interesting subject and something I get asked about quite often by my students. First let me fill you in on some background information about Philippine languages. The Philippines is made of …
Sidemount Diving It has been an extremely busy March and April for Sidemount divers here at Liquid. But why so many? I am fortunate to say that with the high traffic of PADI Divemasters and Instructors that frequent our doors there are plenty of candidates for the technical diving world. Unfortunately, not everyone is sold …
Learn to Scuba Dive in the Philippines “Well, what to say about Liquid!? Approach with caution because you will become hooked (it’s hard not be sucked in when you have such brilliant instructors like Berlinda and Michelle). Learn to scuba dive in the philippines with Liquid it’s fun, fascinating and fabulous! Upon arrival we were …
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