Scuba Diving Philippines Travel Guide

[@adammason4454]

I loved diving in the Philippines when i was there in 2018. Planning on going back there for a few months next year. So much diversity there.

[@underwatersojourns2581]

@askmark was right with the ube ice cream. It can be eaten on its own or topped on the halohalo dessert which is a combination of different desserts topped with shaved ice. 😊

[@scubatom8232]

Personally I wouldn't go half way around the world to dive it. A liveaboard may be different. I go there due to my son, and grandson live there. I mostly dove Apo, which is the best I dove while there. I did around 50 dives in Dauin. Moalboal wasn't great do to the last typhoon. I return next week. I will be there 7 months, so I will try other places in the Philippines this trip.

[@mikesharp9796]

Anilao & Sabang have great dive sites… verde island is one of my favorites, usually for advanced divers due to the currents etc

[@ahmedsamy8406]

Please make a dive guide for Egypt

[@aidanfinucane]

#AskMark Hi Mark. Thanks for another great video. You noted a hot tub on board the Aggressor...is it safe to use one during your intervals? I thought that it was frowned upon. Also curious about massages onboard these vessels...are they safe?

[@ScubaDiverMagazine]

I avoid hot tubs after dives to be safe. I'd only use one if I was diving conservatively and give it a few hours at least. Here's an article on the subject from DAN. dan.org/health-medicine/health-resources/diseases-conditions/hot-tubs-after-diving/

[@AlessandroActisDana]

I think you are referring to HaloHalo ice cream 😊 Filipino isn't a language as they have many different languages spoken depending on the province you are visiting. The "Filipino" everybody refere to is Tagalog, the Manila language 😅

[@kabulbolan]

Halo halo is mixed with different sweets. He’s referring to Ube ice cream which you can get anywhere even here in the states

[@kabulbolan]

Filipino is also a language. Look it up - wiki way

[@AlessandroActisDana]

@@kabulbolan in some form you are right: Filipino is the official language as this is written in the 1987 constitution and it is essentially a sort of Tagalog, but it's easy to find some (mostly elder) people that cannot understand it as they speak only their regional language 😜 BTW, if you watch TV you can see people speaking a strange mix of Tagalog and English all the time. If you travel around the Philippines islands and you can understand and speak Filipino (as I'm trying to learn), it's easy that you do not understand what locals says as they are speaking Ilocano or Cebuano (both presents as language in Google Translate) or others like Pangasinese. So it is a long trip to speak with a local, lucky younger people are fluent in English 😍

[@AlessandroActisDana]

@@kabulbolan right I didn't remembered that name 😜

[@DandbDandb]

awful, the goal was to promote the aggressor bollocks

[@ahmedsamy8406]

Please make a dive guide for Egypt

[@ScubaDiverMagazine]

One of my favourite places to dive the Red Sea