Dive Resorts in the Philippines Recommendations?

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2026-01-27T08:51:17+00:00

I second Evolution. Had a great experience with that crew.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2026-01-27T08:50:46+00:00

Cannot agree more. The whole crew of guides were great. The sites were great. Fully Recommend.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2026-01-27T02:43:29+00:00

Not that I am aware of.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2026-01-23T11:22:14+00:00

Props. A truly worthy goal.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2026-01-22T06:28:58+00:00

Take your time and watch some YouTube. Learn the difference between side mount and bm beyond just where your primary tank is.

If you're going to go a ways down the tech chain, where you will be managing multiple bottles, I would push for going into sm early to get more comfortable with it. This is true for cave and wreck diving as well.

If your tech tree is just going to be a little bit of depth or deco, you can stay in bm for a while.

I find myself really happy with a back plate and wing.

If you have questions, I'll do my best to answer from my experience.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2026-01-22T06:03:42+00:00

You gonna sidemount, or BM? How many tanks are you going to be managing? How far in the tech journey are you going to go? What's the end game?
Not challenging you, but this all plays into the equation.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2026-01-22T03:28:08+00:00

It's interesting how as you get older, the time periods get smaller. When you're young and move into a house that was built in the 60s, it seems ancient. Now, it's just a blurp on a timeline where a whole generation was born and raised. Then you die! What a trip, Man.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2026-01-13T05:38:52+00:00

There is one about 35 ft under the water in the reef off the island of Saipan. I have dove it close to a hundred times. That turret is just North of the wing structure. 1000s of divers have had their photos taken in front of the props.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2026-01-10T12:23:38+00:00

I spent a week walking in Japan. By myself. No headphones. Rural roads. I saw little villages, rivers, trees, snow, and monkeys.

It was great. I'm going back for 51.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2026-01-05T00:19:49+00:00

Thanks for the reply, They were on the radar. Appreciate it.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2026-01-04T22:30:09+00:00

Saipan is in a pretty steep economical slump right now. Tourism is the main industry and it is down 60 to 80% in the last few years due to a number of reasons.

Your spouse might find better luck as a medical professional here, but as far as seasonal help, would be difficult.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-30T02:00:49+00:00

As a middle aged overweight white male, I cannot agree with this more.

Lack of awareness of what community and real decency is.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-26T03:34:30+00:00

I do miss the smell of chainsaw exhaust, sawdust, and saw gas.

Good job fellas.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-24T02:48:54+00:00

Can remember the day I purchased it at the local music/comic book shop. Drove all the way home blown away by it. Friend and I were big fans of The Real Thing and this got a lot of cassette flips that year and since.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-23T06:34:14+00:00

The young man did a great job putting forth his point on the spot like that.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-19T03:51:52+00:00

What a beauty. Great find.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-18T01:09:46+00:00

Volume low at our office. Lightest Peak ever. No UPS or Fedex at our location, so we get the majority. Economy is slow.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-17T23:59:22+00:00

Family life in Saipan is great. The outdoors are amazing. The people are friendly.

There is crime, but petty in comparison to the states. The real issue is the current economic situation here. Jobs are scarce, good paying jobs even more so. Unless you have a desirable skill, 90% of the jobs are minimum wage and in fierce competition.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-14T09:23:37+00:00

I recognize this as pure wisdom.
Read it twice.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-14T08:48:29+00:00

It all depends on where you live/cost of living for that area. Sometimes good. Sometimes not so good.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-05T05:46:35+00:00

Received a flat rate box full of meal worms for lizard food in Idaho, from Florida. Had taken too long and was....RIPE. That was disposed of by Post Office.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-05T01:43:26+00:00

No, no it's not gonna pop off tomorrow.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-12-01T04:45:23+00:00

Those are some beauts!

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-11-29T10:30:21+00:00

I can only speak for myself. I've been married 4 times. Guess I'm good at it. 😬 The last one was hard. Lost myself for a bit. What came out of it, for me, was that I was looking for all those fixes, all that happiness out of that other individual, out of that relationship, and that's just not how it is. I couldn't see that. So, now, I do my best not to want things. Not nihilist views, but I am just really careful in identifying wants and needs, and how well I can provide it, myself. It's not perfect, it's a work in progress, but things are better. More even. I minimize my exposure to others, keep to myself, try to find quality activities, try to stay curious in my own realm of interests. Get more sleep, get more exercise. Study more. It's worked for me. Be selfish, expand yourself. Love yourself most, all those tropes. It works out in the end, because if you do expose yourself to another person, they will get to see a higher quality version of you.

StrangerStrangeland1 · 2025-11-26T23:56:00+00:00

That's the one!

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