Palawan here we come!

Our next stop was Coron, Palawan. Here we got to dive some of the Japanese wrecks that were bombed by the US in 1940's. Although I filled out the forms honestly, the dive shop decided to disregard the fact that I am technically only allowed to dive to 18m and took me down to 32m. Our first wreck was the Irako (a food supply ship), which is covered in beautiful rose coral. I decided I was ok with going inside the wrecks, but stayed glued to my dive master just in case anything went awry. It well really well and I had a good time. Kate says she found them eerie and had the sound track to a horror film playing in her head the whole time (but still loved them). What I really found amazing was the amount of coral and fish that had moved into and onto the ship. The next dive was the Olympia, which was a cargo ship during the war. In this one we saw more rose coral, the huge boiler room, really colourful clams, lionfish and blowfish. Overall, I really enjoyed the wreck dives, but think that reef diving is more interesting in general. Swimming around dark rooms and shoving yourself (and your huge tank) through tight openings leaves something to be desired... Still a really cool experience though.