【菲律賓遊學】《此生必去》㊢➦2013/10/31 宿霧。與『長尾鯊』最近距離的接觸！此次錯失了 - Monad Shoal @ Malapascua Island @ 大砲，有朋自遠方來

我們計劃隔日一早去 Malapascua Island 潛水看長尾鯊，因此決定坐隔夜車去。
不料正逢三日的連續假期，North Bus Terminal 滿是歸鄉的人潮。
我們從晚上8:30排到10:30上車，到達 Maya 船頭已經是凌晨03:00了。車程單程4.5小時，冷氣車180菲幣，無冷氣車163菲幣。

We plan to dive with Thresher Sharks in Malapascua Island tomorrow early morning, so decide to ride the overnight bus from North Bus Terminal to Maya.
But it's Halloween three days off, many people are ready to go back to their hometowns.
We spend 2 hours waiting for the bus from 20:30 to 22:30, and take 4.5 hours by bus to Maya from 22:30 to 03:00 next day.
The air-condition bus fare is 180 pesos, no air-condition one is 163 pesos.

2013/10/31

由於長尾鯊每日固定於凌晨05:00-05:30至 Malapascua Island 附近的潛點 Monad Shoal 清潔站報到，但當我們抵達 Maya 船頭時已經凌晨03:00了，是不可能有公家船。
所幸我們的菲律賓朋友站在碼頭不斷的詢問夜泊的船夫是否要前往 Malapascua Island，真的被我們堵到一艘船，而且只收我們一人50菲幣。(公家船80菲幣，人滿才開船。)

就這樣，我躺在船上，看著滿天的星星，30分鐘後抵達 Malapascua Island。

Every early morning the Thresher Sharks swim to the cleaning site - Monad Shoal near Malapascua Island around 05:00-05:30, but when we arrive Maya wharf the time is already 03:00, it's impossible that any public boat serves.
Fortunately our Filipino friend never gives up and stands on the breakwater to ask every passing fisherman about his destination, and we really get one and he charges us only 50 pesos/each person. (The public boat is 80 pesos/each person.)

It's a nice experience to lie on the boat and see all stars. After 30 minutes we arrive Malapascua Island.

當我們於凌晨04:00抵達 Malapascua Island，再度聯繫這間潛水店 - Fun & Sun，她要我們在店門口等待一會，不料天都亮了人都還不出現。
再次打給她時，卻又要我們早上08:30再來，那時候跟本就看不到長尾鯊了。
早上08:30我們再度到潛水店，她們的經理還怪我們說她們的員工都不用睡的嗎？
好笑ㄟ，要我們三更半夜過去的也是她們，要我們到了島上連絡她的也是她們，現在卻怪起我們了？

重點是，比較我在菲律賓潛過幾個潛點，這裡的珊瑚礁很醜，我想只有長尾鯊吸引人吧！

When we arrive Malapascua Island at 04:00am, then we contact again the scuba diving shop - Fun & Sun.
However no staff comes till sunrise, but they want us to wait for them in front of the shop. At that time it's impossible to see the Thresher Shark. When we call them again, they just want us to come back again at 08:30am.
When we come back again, the manager complains that we bothered their staff's sleep. How come? The person who wanna come at this time is your staff, and told us to contact her when we arrive here. But now you complain about us???

And I feel regretted to dive here if we don't see the Thresher Shark, because the coral life is so terrible.