So we did another "night" dive. It was called a mandarin dive because it was a little earlier than a night dive and we originally went out looking specifically for a little tiny fish called a mandarin. It apparently is only found here and in one other location in the world. There were three that our dive master found hiding in the rubble in front of our dive shop. They were not easy to spot and liked to stay out of sight. He had a little flashlight with a red film over it so that he could find the fish but not make it run and hide (like a regular light would make the fish do). They are very colorful fish, but are only about 1-2 inches big! I randomly started shooting as many pictures as I could to hopefully get one that worked. Ryan's camera wasn't able to focus on them in the dark, so he just watched. While the dive master and I were completely focused on the mandarin, a LARGE boat that was anchored in the bay was trying to get out. It's anchor was stuck, so they were trying to put the boat in reverse and get the anchor loose. Well, Ryan watched as they pulled this anchor, along with a LARGE coral head all the way across the bottom, not more than 10 yards from us. Finally he got the dive master's attention and he swam to the surface to talk to the boat's driver. We found out later from the people that were in the dive shop that they tied up about 7 boats and drove them all in reverse trying to get this anchor loose. Good thing it didn't come loose and go flying into us, the inattentive divers below! :)
Well, we had a great last day of diving today. We will post pictures and write more tomorrow morning before we leave the island and go back to Manilla. Tonight, they are grilling for us at the dive shop, so we have to get going.
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