Barracudas and Mona Lisa

School of barracuda swim by.

I did two great dives at Balicasag Island today -- Black Forest and Cathedral. Among the highlights that I saw was a white frogfish, an orangutan crab, lionfish, napolean wrasse, and a large school of barracuda that swam around us. Large schools of fish are always impressive, but when they’re 3 foot barracuda it is even better.

Patrick swims towards the school of barracuda.

After the dives and some cleaning up, I had dinner with Hamid, Jos, Marion, Amy, Markus, and Thomas at Hayahay where we used our 10% off vouchers. While waiting for our food, a bartender from Coco Vida, Mona Lisa (no joke, that’s her name) walked by said “hi” and asked how I was. Mona is a very sexy, flirtatious girl that would fit right in at a Hollywood hipster bar. Hamid and a few others at our table joked about how so many girls around knew my name; it’s quite funny.

Crab in feather star.

Flatworm

After Hayahay, we ended up at Oops Bar!. Of course, we had the usual happy hour rum and cokes, Genga games, and just a good time.

- jason