A New Place I Went To This Year

Well, this new place is the only new place I visited this year. Then again, I really should be counting my blessings that I even got to travel and dive this year at all! 

I love diving and diving in a new site at least once a year is a must for me. Hopefully it will still be possible as Phase 3 is in sight and *cross fingers* travel restrictions will ease gradually. 

Anilao is a municipality in the province of Iloilo in Philippines. It is also a Marine Protected Sanctuary well-known for muck diving and therefore great for underwater macro photography. 

The hubby is better skilled at underwater photography but I absolutely love looking for tiny critters especially nudibranchs! So needless to say, I was really excited about this dive trip. 🤩

We were well rewarded throughout the entire trip. Besides numerous nudibranchs in a crazy array of shapes and colors, we also spotted giant frogfishes, minuscule pygmy seahorses, and the rare blue-ringed octopus. During our final dive, we even experienced the unexpected eruption of Taal Volcano! 

Hard to imagine all these happened less than a year ago. 😳 Definitely a very thrilling and worthwhile new place to go!