2013-04 Club Ocellaris, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines #8

Sunset Banka

Club Ocellaris, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 11, 2013

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Sunset

Sunset across Balayan Bay.

Club Ocellaris, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 15, 2013

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Sunset

Club Ocellaris, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 15, 2013

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Pearl Seller

These folks show up any time they see tourists.  The entire family is on the boat, perhaps to illicit a sympathetic purchase of their questionable pearls & products.

Club Ocellaris, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 22, 2013

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Banka

A water taxi between villages and islands.

Club Ocellaris, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 22, 2013

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Dive Banka

Loading up bankas to go to dive sites.

Club Ocellaris, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 24, 2013

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Jeremy, Debbie & Buddy

Our banka getting ready to go to a dive site.

Club Ocellaris, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 24, 2013

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Jeremy

Jeremy & his brother Buddy man the Club Ocellaris banka.

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Buddy

Club Ocellaris, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 24, 2013

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Alexis

One of two dive guides that worked with us.

Club Ocellaris, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 24, 2013

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Shoreline

The dive site has a gradual to steeper sand slope with surprising amount of life.

Mainit Sand, Batangas, Philippines, April 24, 2013

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Beachfront Homes

Nice, large home or two.

Batangas, Philippines, April 24, 2013

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Beachfront Homes

Batangas, Philippines, April 24, 2013

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New Construction

The road is up the hillside, so steps down to most of the homes.

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Beachfront Home

Nice, multilevel.

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Beachfront Homes & Crystal Blue Reseort

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Beachfront Homes & Crystal Blue Reseort

Closer view of the resort, one of several along the coast.

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Beachfront Homes

The road is lower and closer to these homes.

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Looc Village

Jeremy & Buddy live in this village and anchor or beach the club banka here.

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Homes, BagaLangit Hideaways & Dive 7000

Looc Village, Batangas, Philippines, April 24, 2013

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Banka

Water taxi.

Looc Village, Batangas, Philippines, April 24, 2013

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Camp Netanya Resort & Spa

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Our Room

We stay in the upper level, 30 steps up from the patio.

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Club Ocellaris

Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 24, 2013

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LJax

There is time to relax after lunch and the third dive.

Our Patio, Club Ocellaris, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, April 24, 2013

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View

Several of us stayed overnight to have dinner with Peri (one of our dive guides) and his wife.

Crowne Plaza, Manila, Philippines, April 29, 2013

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View

Note the smog.

Crowne Plaza, Manila, Philippines, April 29, 2013

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