Tuesday, May 27, 2008

IDC Part 2, Sunset Cruise

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Brick boat.


I had a pretty bad hangover today. Thankfully, class with Warren was for a half day and didn’t start until after lunch. Today was the start of the second half of the IDC course. This part of the course focused on learning how to teach each certification level—Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver, and Divemaster and more fine tuning of general teaching skills.

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The cruise part of the Sunset Cruise.


Warren lectured through the lessons quickly so we could go on the scheduled “Sunset Cruise” at 4:30 PM. The Sunset Cruise included riding in a large boat to a beach about 40 minutes away during sunset. At the end of the beach is Luca’s Italian pizza restaurant. The boat ride to the beach was very relaxing with all you can drink beer and relatively calm water. I sat next to James from Wetpixel and Warren on the boat and at the pizza restaurant.

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The large and good pizza from Luca's.


There were about 30 people that went on the Sunset Cruise which meant there were equal amounts of pizzas. The pizzas were thin crust but wider than the pan they were served on; they were huge! It’s amazing how such a small kitchen was able to produce so many large pizzas at the same time. The pizza I had was delicious, in fact, it was one of the best pizzas I’ve had in a long time both here and in the US.

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Sunset rocks just off Luca's.


The boat ride back to Puerto Galera was so relaxing I dosed off. I’m glad I went on the Sunset Cruise, it was a good respite from the stresses of the IDC.


- jason

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