It’s been a fun time again having Peter Zheng back with another group of excited students. This time there were 9 students doing OW, AOW and some doing nitrox as well, plus six fun-divers. Peter was a very busy man! Alli and Troy tagged along to help out with the group and keep things running smooth. Congratulations to all the new divers and thanks to Peter for coming back! Celebration time for Peter’s group. What to do when the rain makes us have to finish dinner inside the restaurant?? Do some table dancing of course!

Congratulations to Fang Pei Chen who at the young age of 65 earned his OW and AOW certification!

It was great to have Gavin Murphy and Wayne Prictor diving with us and Tech Asia this past week. Wayne got a chance to complete his 400^th dive and celebrated in the Point Bar with a few bevies.

It’s been a fun week having this gang from Hong Kong diving with us. In this group are families and friends who have known each other for many years. They decided to come here so some can learn to dive, with their friend Bruce Shu who is not only a friend, but also an PADI instructor. Puerto Galera is a much nicer environment to do training dives for sure and the best part is being able to continue on with fun dives after the training. Congratulations to Joanne Leung, Joe Lee, Mandy Lee, Michael Kwan, and Joey Lee for becoming PADI Open Water  divers and to Long Long Turner and Joe Lee who did their PADI Advanced course dives here. Besides the fun underwater we sure enjoyed the fun above water and especially a great dinner shared by all. Thanks so much to Adrienne Ng who put it all together!

A very special mention goes to Yvonne Kwan who “let go of the boat!” and was able to enjoy the snorkeling for the first time. Also to Vincent Lee who had a great time here watching all the action.

It’s been a busy time here with many students and divers from China.  Andy always seems to have one group going as another is coming in! Water temp is still warm and the sun continues to shine even in August.

Congratulations to Bo Jing from China who lucked out and had both Troy and Charmaine teaching her to dive.

“WOW! What fun we had yesterday!! Not one dive, but TWO:-) It just happened that there were NO other divers at Asia Divers, so Alli and I took full advantage of a golden opportunity to go to a couple sites that we love, that aren’t always accessible… went to Odies in the morning. A bit of current pushed us off on the first pass, but Alli made adjustments and nailed it on the second try! Looking for nicer light, we waited until 4pm and went to dry dock, another relatively deep site that normally we couldn’t do late in the day. Kinda spooky and darkish as it had clouded up, but very cool…. TWO frogfish made the dive special, one big one cruising along looking for a new place to perch. “

Wonderful to have Anton Screibmueller, Christoph Winnat and Christian Weise back with us again along with newbies  Chee Kong Hee (Joe) and Thorstein Mielke. Congratulations to Joe who also did his Nitrox course while he was here. This gang from Singapore enjoyed their time underwater as well as above for sure!

It’s been wonderful to have Peter Zheng from China back at with us again with another group of excited students and divers. With the sun shining, calm seas and warm water it made their time here very enjoyable while learning to dive. Most did their OW and AOW along with getting in some fun-dives in between. Allison was guiding the way for the group of 7 students and several fun-divers and keeping the team logistics running smooth. Congratulations to all the new divers!

We all celebrated 13 year old Yue Puhang’s birthday with a superb feast prepared by Chef Antoine, balloons to decorate the table, and a wickedly cool cake.  Yue Puhang came here as part of Peter Zhengs group and completed his OW and AOW courses with flying colours.

This month’s cover photo is by Sue Goodman. Sue has been reunited with her camera twin and has been back in the saddle again taking some lovely photos. This photo was taken on a nice relaxing dive in Manila Channel. Our weekly newsletter, the “Monday News” is a great way to keep up to date with all that is going on around here. If you would like to subscribe to the “Monday News” please send an email to instructors@asiadivers.com. You can also see the whole newsletter on our website www.asiadivers.com