Dive Review of
Atlantis Dive Resort in
Philippines/Puerto Galera

California, Caribbean, Micronesia, South Pacific, Hawaii, Mexico

Dive Conditions

Have to stay with your group, all must surface at same time.  However, you
could pretty much do what you please (assuming the dive guides felt you
were a strong diver), as long as the dive guides could see you.  

I really enjoyed the photos I took.  However, there was not too much large
critters to shot.  Macro photogrphy was excellent.  The drawback is the
dive boats are not set up well for photographers, but, it only takes 5-10
minutes to get to all dive sites.  The resort has computers and TV's so one
can easily view digital work.  Print film and slides can be processed in
town at very reasonable cost, with about one-hour turnaround.  There is a
seperate rinse tank for cameras and computers.  Overall, I was very please
with my photographic experience at Atlantis.  

Overall Rating

I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at Atlantis.  I can't find anything bad to
report about the resort, food, or dive operation.  The people are very
friendly, food was very good, and I loved the diving.

The worse part of the trip was getting there.  We flew out of LAX and were
lucky the plane was only half full so didn't need a fuel stop in Hawaii. 
But, the flight is about 16 hours.  Upon arriving in Manilla, we caught a
bus to Batangas (about a two hour trip), where we then boarded an outrigger
boat for a one hour ride.  Needless to say, we were pooped when we arrived
at the resort.  The resorts staff greeted us warmly upon arriving, taking
our lugguge off the boat.  Check-in was relatively painless.

This was one of the best vacations I've had in over 20 years of diving. 
Would I go back?  In a heartbeat! 

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