Summer in the Philippines

Category: Photo Essays, Features
By: Anna Lim

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Much of the Philippines’ charm lies underwater. Her thriving marine life makes for usual and unusual creatures bursting with brilliant colors in all sizes and shapes, perfect for underwater exploration. For this reason, scuba diving has become an extremely popular sport, engaged with an almost religious fervor by locals and foreigners alike, especially during summers. Recent years has seen several diving resorts popping up in Puerto Galera, Boracay, Coron, Busuanga, Tubbataha, Apo Reef, Palawan, and many more.

Anilao, Batangas is one the more popular places for these resorts. Its accessibility from a major city, being only a two- or three-hour drive from Manila, gives it a distinct advantage over far-flung provinces. Weekend scuba divers, who do not have the leisure of taking long vacations away from their day jobs, swarm to these resorts and were able to trudge back home by end of the day.

There are 13 photographs in this series.

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6 Responses to “Summer in the Philippines”

  1. mela Says:

    Great pics, Anna! My brother went there a couple of weeks ago but I couldn’t go. :(

  2. fishlamp Says:

    Beautiful photo essay! I’m envious!

    -fishlamp

  3. oscar gelvez Says:

    Qué hermosa foto. Y nos deja extasiados de verla,así una suave calma. Ffelicitaciones a quien la tomó. Desde mendoza, Argentina. Y espero más fotos.

  4. oscar gelvez Says:

    Qué paz y tranquilidad en Filipias,en este lugar. Muy linda la foto. Y mis felicitaciones, por ella, la nº12. E invito a otros que visitan esta web, a que las observen y tomen imprimaciones.

  5. oscar gelvez Says:

    Excelentes fotos, así exposición. Y repito.Felicitaciones y espero expongan más comentarios, así fotos. Y pueda ser que Filipinas se dejen de hacer ciertas tribalidades entre musulmanes y cristianos. Porque esta isla fué antes Española. Oscar

  6. anna l. Says:

    this oscar gelvez seems to really love me. ^_^

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