Tropical Paradise

My favorite place in the world is still Lake Martin, Alabama, but this week we have been experiencing amazing sights in the water on a tropical island in the Philippines. We are taking advantage of the week I have off from school for spring break and traveled here with 8 of our friends. I'll look forward to putting pictures up of some of our experiences.

The past three days we have spent aboard small boats snorkling and seeing gorgeous corral with very colorful fish! We have met local people who have smiled and welcomed us into their small town. A highlight for us was yesterday, Dan and I did a Discovery Dive. It is basically being able to do a short scuba dive with a dive instructor after about an hour of class. WOW!! It is one of my favorite things I have ever done! (though, I was quite nervous about it the night before the "big dive.") The biggest fish we saw was a huge (about 3ft long) cuttlefish.... no sharks thankfully!!! My favorites were all the "nemo" clown fish; and putting my face within inches of them playing in their sea anemones!

We have had a wonderful time and have one more day to enjoy before we head back to the "real world" I can't wait to share the pictures!!!

So... I have decided, the only thing missing at Lake Martin are some tropical fish. (I can still live without the salt water!!)