Reverse Neil Armstrong We ventured down for diving at 09:30 and were told to gear up so we could go on our first two open water dives. Even though I knew we had been gearing up to this, I didn't think we would be trusted to go out properly. So we grabbed our stuff, and got on the little boat to get to the bigger boat (I'm slightly disappointed if we just get on a single boat and go these days) and headed 10 minutes to Los Bamboos 1. I think to say I was nervou...

Face Mask Abort Diving day two, we headed back out to the bay where our imaginary confined pool was to practise my failed skills from the day before, I finally grasped clearing my mask and recovering my air supply, Hoorah! We also swam a bit deeper to look at some fish (they were pleased to see me too). After lunch we headed back outside the hotel to try buoyancy control, which seemed ok and taking off our face masks under water, putting them back on and clear...

Andy Brain Doesn't Compute We were ready at 9:30 and met Tata and went through some assessment questions before learning how to setup our equipment. This wasn't too bad, I'm quite good at jigsaw puzzles as long as it's not a tent I've never seen before! A little boat was ready to take us 500m to the bay which we arrived in to practise our confined dive skills. The videos we watched showed this part to be in a swimming pool so being out in the elements was the...

Malupascuba Our driver Danny picked us up at 08:30 for the 3 hour journey through Cebu, heading North to the Port of Maya. Cebu City was a tactical location so we could get to Bohol easily, and overall you would say it wasn't the most iconic of locations but it served its purpose. I didn't think 1 hour into our journey that we would be surrounded by lush green forests and coconut palms on one side of the road, with the coastline on the other. It was so stunning...