Late in October 2007 I visited the island of Leyte in the Philippines to scuba dive and make
photographic images. I stayed and dived with Sogod bay Scuba Resort in South Leyte. Traveling went
pretty much as planned but the housing and lighting for my camera to take pictures underwater was
delayed by three days. I began diving on schedule but spent some portions of my first few days visiting
the towns of Padre Burgos and Maasin. Many Filipinos celebrate All Saints Day off from work and
visiting cemeteries of the passed relatives. This contributed to delayed delivery of my luggage but
some photo opportunities I would not have used otherwise.
I met four friendly and wonderful people from Whales who welcomed me into their diving group and
we ate, dived, drank rum and coke, and visited a local school together. I enjoyed learning about a
country I was not too familiar. Two were photographers that frequently compared photo thoughts on the
boat after dives.
Sogod Bay is visited by whale sharks beginning early to mid-November, but we did not see any.
I hope you like these images.
"It is not what you look at, it's what you see."----David Thoreau
Notes below for some of the numbered images:
#3946: All Saints Day
3957-69: Maasin
4065: well camouflaged
4091: divemaster Pedro, Peter, Jan
4100: Kathy, Steve, Jan, Frank from Ireland, Keith
4186: lion fish
4201: some very heavy rain almost daily seen from my cottage
4281: scorpion fish
4284: "red" frog fish. Frog fish rarely swim.
4320: Kathy
4324: Jan negotiating transport to the local school. Jan is a teacher in Whales
4326: Peter (Jan's husband) with the school kids
4385: "first mate" Paloy
4428: Jan and Peter (pronounced PE-tuh)
4454: thumb size pygmy cuttle fish in camo
4472: caged lion (lion fish in a fish trap)
4501: pygmy seahorse
4513: puffer fish
4537: Sogod Bay Scuba Resort. Not typical Filipino architecture.
4562: Tacloban City airport on Leyte. You may not be able to read the
sign "comfort rooms" but restrooms in this airport have no running water, let alone
flush toilets.
4567: Las Vegas airport. My return route was Tacloban City, Manila, Vancouver B C, Las
Vegas, Denver !
Steve
click here for an image gallery of my trip
photographic images. I stayed and dived with Sogod bay Scuba Resort in South Leyte. Traveling went
pretty much as planned but the housing and lighting for my camera to take pictures underwater was
delayed by three days. I began diving on schedule but spent some portions of my first few days visiting
the towns of Padre Burgos and Maasin. Many Filipinos celebrate All Saints Day off from work and
visiting cemeteries of the passed relatives. This contributed to delayed delivery of my luggage but
some photo opportunities I would not have used otherwise.
I met four friendly and wonderful people from Whales who welcomed me into their diving group and
we ate, dived, drank rum and coke, and visited a local school together. I enjoyed learning about a
country I was not too familiar. Two were photographers that frequently compared photo thoughts on the
boat after dives.
Sogod Bay is visited by whale sharks beginning early to mid-November, but we did not see any.
I hope you like these images.
"It is not what you look at, it's what you see."----David Thoreau
Notes below for some of the numbered images:
#3946: All Saints Day
3957-69: Maasin
4065: well camouflaged
4091: divemaster Pedro, Peter, Jan
4100: Kathy, Steve, Jan, Frank from Ireland, Keith
4186: lion fish
4201: some very heavy rain almost daily seen from my cottage
4281: scorpion fish
4284: "red" frog fish. Frog fish rarely swim.
4320: Kathy
4324: Jan negotiating transport to the local school. Jan is a teacher in Whales
4326: Peter (Jan's husband) with the school kids
4385: "first mate" Paloy
4428: Jan and Peter (pronounced PE-tuh)
4454: thumb size pygmy cuttle fish in camo
4472: caged lion (lion fish in a fish trap)
4501: pygmy seahorse
4513: puffer fish
4537: Sogod Bay Scuba Resort. Not typical Filipino architecture.
4562: Tacloban City airport on Leyte. You may not be able to read the
sign "comfort rooms" but restrooms in this airport have no running water, let alone
flush toilets.
4567: Las Vegas airport. My return route was Tacloban City, Manila, Vancouver B C, Las
Vegas, Denver !
Steve
click here for an image gallery of my trip
