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Hermit crab and crinoid
Whip coral goby
Posing around some well colonised lines
People-pleasing
After being led to our sea front cabin, we plunged into the tropical warm waters of the Sulu and West Philippine Sea. Within five minutes of snorkelling on the house reef Heather said to me:“ This is perfect, this is exactly what I wanted, this is better than the Maldives!”
With sashimi and sushi for lunch to follow I had a happy partner, which meant I could
Coral on the deck of the Okikawa Maru
Wrecks of Coron Bay
On September 24, 1944, the US Navy launched a devastating surprise aerial attack against a Japanese supply fleet hidden in Coron Bay, Philippines. Believing they were safely out of American aircraft range, the Japanese had anchored over a dozen supply ships, tankers, and auxiliary vessels in the secluded bay. However, Admiral William‘ Bull’ Halsey launched 120 Hellcat fighters and Helldiver bombers from US aircraft carriers located 340 miles away. In a swift and ferocious 20-minute raid, the American planes completely caught the Japanese by surprise, sinking 12 vessels including the Akitsushima Maru, Okikawa Maru and Irako Maru.
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