Booze cruise

June 15, 2009

Archive post from 15 June 2009. Some details have changed since then. Since 2022 our daily thresher shark dives go to Kimud Shoal, not Monad Shoal, and we see threshers there every day of the year. For diving on Malapascua now, see our thresher shark guide and best time to dive.

What a great booze cruise last night. That had to rank one of our most fun.
The weather wasn’t ideal, but at least it didn’t rain and the participants certainly made up for it in terms of personality.

Mixing the first of many lethal buckets
I made my lethal rum bucket and it was passed around many times. We got to 13 straws in our patented drinking game, which is quite something. But this still did not beat Klaus’ group record of 23 straws and I doubt we ever will.

JN, jumping in for the first try of the first straw of the first bucket, its a slippery slope…

Ashley – what a man!
We stopped at Lighthouse and at first it seemed like no-one was going to venture into the sea, but as soon as Tzachir jumped in, there were girls from Singapore flying in thick and fast (usually after being pushed by Tzachir). No one escaped the wrath of Tzachir, including myself, despite being fully clothed.

She really didn’t want to go in

WWF – should that be wrestling or wildlife?

Big smiles all around
Later that night at the Pub after a hearty dinner of steaks (U.S. Angus – yum!), we turned up the tunes and there was dancing late into the night…

Andrea Agarwal

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Andrea Agarwal is a PADI Master Instructor and the founder of Thresher Shark Divers on Malapascua Island, Philippines. Originally from the UK, she moved to the Philippines in 2003 and built what is now one of the largest and most respected dive operations in the country. TSD is a PADI 5-Star Career Development Center (CDC) and the only PADI TecRec facility on Malapascua. Malapascua is the world's best destination for daily thresher shark encounters, and Andrea has spent over 20 years diving its waters and making sure the world knows it.