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So I finished my "open water diver" course. It was fun, I did the course 1 on 1 with Mr Herman the German as he called himself. 4 days, 3 with dives, 5 confined water dives(done in the shallows to test skills, then rest of air spent traveling along the reef) then 4 open water dives, (shallows skipped, went up and down reef full duration) the last open water dive we took at 20 minute boat ride to a marine reserve, there was a old small airplane crash and beautiful reef, thousands of fish, dozens of dozens of different kinds of fish and coral. At the house reef there was also the swarm of Sardines, billions in number close to the surface. Cool stuff.

Our time in MoalBoal has been fun for me, I've spent half of every day diving, and the rest of my time reading or eating, mom's been a little bored though. We are on our last couple days before she heads back home, and I head to Tanzania for my volunteer work. I'm a little apprehensive about it, but looking forward to the change, my time in the Philippines seems so molded together and long at this point. I spend all of my non-engaged time reading books, almost finished the first 4 GoT books since we started. Mom accidentally dropped my phone in a pool today, it still sort of works so I'm not sure how well I'll be able to read into the future.

We've eaten every meal at the same place since arriving to Moalboal, "the Pleasure Principle Restro" only open a little over a year but far and beyond the top ranking restaurant in town. The owner Steve spends most the day on a table on his laptop drinking rum, greeting every single customer with talk, shots, and suggestions. Mom's in love the place, I find the food to be only mediocre, but defiantly better than anything else that's available. In 4 days we've eaten every meal, sunrise to down here. We got a free glass of their sangria last night, so I got a jug tonight it was so good, mom has a troubled stomach so I'm basically drinking 1.5L of wine/brandy/juice and 2 shots of the local rum mixed with amaretto... I'm done my diving so I figure who cares about tomorrow.

I'm out of things to say, there's a lot to say but typing it is harder than saying it so I'll save it for when I'm home.

Nicholas
the not burned, sort of tanned
Super dive masterman