Puerta Guilera

Enough of the 'non-beach' activities... that's not why we came to the Philippines, land of 8000 islands... We left Banaue by bus back to Manila, and 2 hours later were on our way to Puerta Guilera where we wanted to give our 'dive' on... Mouck and Lynn were keen to get their Open Water and we figured with would be the place to do it. In the end I think we made the right decision. Below is the 'floating bar' that greeted us, and where we did spend some time! Mouck and Lynn in the pool with their super cool 70 year old Dive instructor. Bob was about 95% deaf, had a bad case of Parkinsons, but that didn't stop him. He was a true character, made our stay in PG all the more interesting, and has made a great life for himself there.
Dinner on the BBQ!
My BBQ squid that they actually stuffed full of veggies...
Some jumbo prawns...
And a fish, I can't remember what kinds this one was...
The group suffering through it all...
The view from our dive shop...
Down the beach...
Jillene getting ready to join Mouck and Lynn on their first 'fun dive' after completing their Open Water.
Mouck and Lynn with crazy ol' Bob...
Lynn under the water... needless to say you can tell here that Lynn isn't yet fully comfortable under the water. Still a bit nervous, she chooses to dive in the 'attack position'. She's ready to strike/box any fish that gets out of line. I just kept my distance... :)
Jillene apparently forgot that we needed to swim and chose the less common method of running under water...
An afternoon at the floating bar. Jumping off the top of the bar into the water. Mouck taught me this move... a 'peanut' apparently it's called!
FOOT LONG... WHO WANTS A FOOT LONG?