HELMET DIVING AT BORACAY ISLAND!

Strike a pose first while waiting for our turn. :)

Have you experience breathing underwater while surrounded by amazing marine life? Or being close to colorful feral fishes swimming right around your face? Well.... I do and it is such an unforgettable astonishing experience.

My friends and I eagerly tried Boracay Helmet Diving  at a cheaper cost - P350. The normal price costs P700 to P1500. The package include the following:

• Boat ride to the diving site
• Assistance from 2 PADI qualified dive instructors
• Helmet Diving equipment
• Souvenir pictures and video

HELMET DIVING is the alternative method of scuba diving. Those who don't know how to swim perfectly fits this kind of activity. You will be able to breathe underwater while marveling with tropical fishes on the colorful sea floor. Here is a video of my underwater adventure together with my good friends - Nino, Thess and Danhill - yours truly is in yellow rash vest. :P 

A fancy became reality! :)

We were taken by a speedboat to the diving site where the diving platform rest. There are others who are already waiting for their turn as we arrived. Truly, this activity is a popular thing to do at Boracay! We were oriented first on the do's and don'ts while on the sea bed and of course the hand gestures / sign languages we will use to communicate with the divers.

After a couple of pictures at the diving platform, we were prepped for the dive!! This is it. I glide myself down the ladder while waiting for the white helmet to be inserted over my head. After a while, the diving assistant inserted the helmet on my head which to my surprise weighs about the entire world -- it actually weighs 20 kilos! It is attached to a hose that pumps air inside the helmet. It probably took me couple of breathes to get used to an alternative way of breathing! Hell NO! -- It's not bad at all. Seems likes you are breathing normally just what you do in land. Amazing technique! 

Here are some of our amazing still shots underwater.

CO JORDAN POND & SEAFOODS RESTAURANT, CEBU

One of the places I always visit when I'm here in Cebu is the Co Jordan Pond. A great seafood restaurant where you can have fun and relaxation at the same time. If you will just look on it on the outside, you can say it is just a typcal restaurant but hold your thoughts until you see the whole place. Let me take you there..

It is situated at Consolation Cebu nearby the new Cansaga-Mandaue Bridge if you are from Mandaue City . It's a 40-minute ride away from Mandaue City or SM Cebu. The place is easy to locate since it attracts local and foreign guests especially now since there is another SM Shopping mall being constructed nearby.

You can rent Nipa cottages at a very competitive price depending on size. Prices vary from P100, P150 and P500, good enough to accommodate 3 to 35 persons depending on the size of the cottage. The biggest cottage has videoke.

Co Jordan Pond & Seafood Restaurant, Consolation Cebu, Philippines

You can fish for your own. You could actually fish from where your cottage is. You can rent fishing rod made of bamboo for only P10 and can buy fishing bait for P10 as well. That time, we were lucky enough to catch 4 bangus (milkfish) in a span of 10 minutes.

me and my friends... strike a pose!

Price of fish is on a per kilo basis, raw or cooked. Their attendant will give you options how you want it to be served. They will have it ready for you whether it's grilled, steamed, fried or in soup. You can also order food like grilled pork belly,  tilapia, prawns, oysters and other sea foods as well as other Pinoy dishes, of course for a reasonable price.