This was my favorite week so far! Swimming with thresher sharks has been a dream of mine for so long, I can't believe I actually get to ✅ this one off of my extremely long bucket list!

My friends and I traveled to the island Malapascua from Bohol. We took the 6am ferry from Bohol to Cebu City, then a 5 hour bus from Cebu City to Maya Port. From Maya Port we took a boat over to the tiny speck of an island called Malapascua.

TRAVEL TIP: When hopping from island to island in the Philippines, you will most likely not be able to buy ferry tickets and bus tickets online or in advance. You basically have to just show up early and hope there is room for you. It is very difficult to find bus and ferry schedules, so once you arrive, head to the office and ask how often they leave. In many cases they have ferries/busses leaving to different islands every few hours, but for some islands they only operate transportation once per week.

Malapascua is such a quaint little island, there is not very many options for food, but there are a few great places we ended up going to a few times! The market area is the hot spot where everyone goes. There are some restaurants with local food, and also some small food shops to buy fruits and the basics. Outside of the market, there are some more western style restaurants here and there, and some really great food at the scuba shop restaurants!

Our first full day in Malapascua we went on our thresher shark dive! We woke up at 4am, as our boat was leaving at 4:30am! Thresher sharks come to the cleaning stations only at sunrise, so we have to get an early start!

The dives were MAGICAL!!! And everything I ever hoped it to be! It's hard to tell exactly how many sharks we found, but we had about 20 sightings! This day has gone down in my books as one of my favorites!

We also went on an evening dive to find the mandarin fish! There are very few places in the world that you can see them, and they are famous for their beautiful colors and mating ritual which is like a dance and only occurs at sunset.

Lastly, SAD news! My GoPro10 flooded when we were out snorkeling. GoPro coverage won't ship to Asia, and I am not planning to head home until October! If anyone has any ideas of what I can do, PLEASE let me know! I feel like I have no good options in this situation!

Thank you guys so much for watching, for more travel tips you can also head to my blog, www.adventuringwithclare.com , or check me out on instagram and TikTok @adventuringwithclare

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