Trip to Anilao

 2nd post today-These boat pictures were all taken on Greg's phone since some days the water was rather rough

 It is a cool thing to do when underwater but the outfits for diving are not the greatest for picture taking-oh well

 Below are some view of the resort where we stayed as we were coming back in from diving

 Other view from the boat

 There were nipa huts where you could eat, hang out, and play games

 Ashley does NOT believe in keeping the cards she has a secret!

 Greg got a combination of sun/wind burn out on the boat

 Ryan relaxing in the hammock

 the restaurant

 Ryan was playing on the sand volleyball court

 The beach was rocky-Greg keeps reminding me that we do live on a volcanic island

 Ashley having her turn in the hammock

 no she didn't flip out but I had to help her get out without falling

 View from our beach

 area for dive gear cleaning

 This was the van!  You have to say that in a high squeaky voice-we were driven to our dive site in this one day.  I laughed b/c I thought it looked like a baby pick up truck

 part of the dive shop

 Playing out in the water!

 Ashley talking to Mr. Dexter-he is the instructor that Greg got his advanced certification from while we were home last summer and we dove with him here again-really nice guy!

 We also had ice cream in the nipa hut a couple of afternoons!

 Scott getting geared up for his dive!

The diving here was very interesting-some of our favorite things we saw were:  eels, huge clams that you could put your hands inside and feel them close-but not tightly, an octopus, a HUGE-250-300 school of jackfish, sea cucumbers, and starfish.  Even though we just dove right off the shore and swam under the dock the kids had been jumping off of-Scott got to see lots of fish and we fed some pieces of bread.  It was a fun weekend and we were all sad when it was time to go home.