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Matt Weiss At The Philippine-Micronesia Alliance, Manila

By Jason Heller, June 11, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)

Editor's note: Matt is on an extended 3 month assignment for us in Southeast Asia, and so far he's been to North Sulawesi, Bali and the Philippines. We just got this update from our good friend Gunther Deichmann from the Philippine-Micronesia Alliance.

Matt writes: "Regards from Manila. I just spent a few fantastic days exploring the marine biodiversity in Puerto Galera at El Galleon resort. The critter life there was fantastic and the dive guides were able to show me a few animals I had never seen before. What really amazed me was how different the diving was from Indonesia, despite being in the same ocean. I was disappointed to leave, but I have an excellent journey ahead of me in Palawan diving with Club Paradise and Dugong Dive Center. I am looking forward to what surprises lie ahead! Keep an eye out for a full comprehensive story on each area of the Philippines as well as the larger story covering the macro life of the entire coral triangle. The stories will be on DivePhotoGuide.com soon."

From Gunther: "The doorbell rang and Matt Weiss from DivePhotoGuide strolled into the office and my home. Matt has just returned from Puerto Galera where he stayed with Asia Divers and El Galleon Beach Resort our partner in the Philippine-Micronesia Alliance.

Matt and myself chatted all night long and I thought at one point doing a Pod Cast but that would have been way to long… he walked out of here at around 3:30 AM just in time for his flight to Club Paradise in Palawan at 11:30 this morning. At least he got a few hours sleep before his next journey, he is very excited to dive with the Dugong Dive Center and hopefully get a chance to see some Dugongs. See below a few lines I have ask him to write about Puerto Galera…but don’t worry the real stories and a lot more on the DivePhotoGuide Web site soon. I also hope to catch up with Matt upon his return from Club Paradise and Dugong Dive Center in about a week."

Original blog post can be found on the Alliance diving blog

Special Report: Southeast Asia

Stay tuned as we try to keep up with Matt in near real time. Unfortunately he hasn't be able to find a good enough internet connection to send us asny preliminary shots from the trip, but he is shooting and writing his butt off out there. This summer we'll be featuring in depth stories of his adventures which started off diving on a Fathoms Magazine trip in North Sulawesi, followed by a fantastic tour of Bali with our friends at Aqua Marine Diving, moving to the Philippines with El Galeon/Asia Divers in Puerto Galera, Club Paradise/Dugong Dive Center in Palawan. He will then head back to Indonesia to our friends at Lembeh Resort in Lembehand Minahasa Lagoon in Manado. Matt will then head to Malaysia and spend a few days in Kuala Lumpur covering the Malaysia Dive Expo (MIDE) and providing some coverage for Tourism Malaysia in Redang, and his final stop will be at Borneo Divers to dive Mabul and Sipadan.

Comments

Jun 16, 2008 11:18 AM

Dan weiss wrote:

Sounds like the trip of a lifetime!

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