A couple of nudibranchs in action ... (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
A couple of nudibranchs in action ... (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

You will take many nudibranchs again?

#Siquijor #Philippines

  Philippines: Visayas - February 2008

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Since I am in Siquijor, I dive and dive again every day... Yesterday, our guide, Neal, took us to discover the bottom of Salagdoong Beach, a beach that I had already explored, on the "terrestrial" side, during my motorcycle ride last week.

Felix, the captain, at the rudder of the banca, and Neal, our diving guide. (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
Felix, the captain, at the rudder of the banca, and Neal, our diving guide. (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

The dive is done along a small sloping drop-off, where coral groves alternate with sandy passages.

There is a lot of life here. I give myself nudibranchs, these small colored sea slugs, which are a subject of choice in macro photography. ????

I even caught two of them copulating! To see nudibranchs mating, it's not a common sight...

A couple of nudibranchs in action ... (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
A couple of nudibranchs in action ... (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
(Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
(Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
(Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
(Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
(Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
(Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
(Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
(Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
(Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)
(Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

I also saw the much sought after Mandarin fishI saw a small orange and blue fish, but so shy that I did not have time to try to take a picture of it... It quickly went back to hiding under the coral when I approached it.

Maybe I'll have more luck this afternoon, with the house-reef of the Kiwi diving center, the reef just in front of the beach, which I haven't explored yet. Neal promised me other mandarin fish... We'll see!

Between the dives, the motorcycle rides, the tricycle rides in Larena (where there is the internet center that allows me to publish some posts on the blog) and the naps in the hammock, I really don't see the time passing... I'm heading on Monday to Dumaguete and Dauin, on Negros Island, just across the road.

Objective: to dive (again), in particular on the reef of the islet of Apo, one of the most famous sites of the area.

  Philippines: Visayas - February 2008

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