80 years ago,
the world was in the middle
of the biggest war in human history.
World War two.
Like many other countries,
the Philippines
also saw some intense
fighting between two sides,
led by the Japanese and the U.S.A.
And one of these many battles was in
Coron Bay,
where 50 fighter planes from the U.S.
came in and sunk a Japanese Navy
fleet of 12 ships.
Today, we're going to go into Coron Bay
and underneath the ocean
to go inside these Japanese shipwrecks
and explore these better
Right now I am in Coron,
an island
in like the Palawan Province
of the Philippines.
I've been here for like three days,
haven’t really done much
except for, like, chill at my hostel,
enjoy the view, party.
Now we're going for a sunset hike up
this mountain called Mount Tapyas,
where you’re supposed to see, like,
a really nice view of the whole area.
It's not really a hike.
It’s just stairs going all the way up.
Ok, that was a quick hike.
It was 700 steps because the steps were marked.
Took us like ten, 15 minutes.
I'm sure you can just run up all the way
if you're in really good shape.
So we’re just gonna enjoy the view
for like an hour
because the sun’s still, like,
not close to setting.
So I think we're going to stay here till sunset.
Tobey here is literally trying
to get to the top of the cross.
Don't do this ever.
This is not our idea.
But he did it.
And I’m going to try to get some sick
drone shots.
-I couldn’t imagine
-Imagine being _____ fighting in World
War two and then come to this humidity.
-Yeah.
So it's 8:30 a.m. today.
And we are going scuba
diving for the whole day
on this excursion.
We're going to see a couple
of really cool places.
The first one
we are going to see
is a shipwreck
of a Japanese military boat that was sunk
in Coron bay during
World War 2 in 1944.
Next to me
we can see the famous
limestone mountains
that go up straight up from the ocean.
- We are just going to follow this line. Okay?
- Zero?
Yeah, yeah.
Just finished my first ever fun dive.
We had to come back for me
because I was running out of oxygen - How was it bro?
Really nice.
Thank you.
Weather here is, like,
really weird right now,
so it's like raining
and at the same time it's also like,
sunny
every once in a while.
We're going to another shipwreck
from the same battle.
Another Japanese ship.
This one's a lot more shallow.
It's like 4 to 20 meters.
The last one
we went down to like 22 meters.
This one should be a smaller ship
Just finished
the second wreck dive.
I thought this one was more fun
because we saw a lot more things.
We saw like crocodile fish,
which I didn’t even know was a thing,
but it looks like crocodile,
but it's a fish.
We saw a lionfish,
which is really, really cool
and those things
that are apparently dangerous.
So we kept our distance
and we went through the hull of the ship.
Of the wrecked ship.
That part was really cool.
We are going to this lake called
Barracuda Lake,
which is a mixture of fresh* and seawater,
and because of that,
there's like different temperatures
in the water and different currents
all throughout the place.
Think it’s got really warm water.
So we're doing this without a swimsuit
and just in our.. no!
Sorry, without the wetsuit,
and just in our swimsuits.
So before we head on to the last stop,
which is finally the Barracuda Lake,
we're having like a little bit
of a meal on board with fish and chicken
and a bunch of stuff I didn't eat.
I just ate the pancit,
which is like a noodles thing
and the rice and potatoes.
So I was going to use the
bathroom on board
and the bathroom ended up
looking like this.
I couldn't do a lot, but
I think I can wait till this
dive is done.
Alright we’re at the last stop.
I see the jagged cliffs
next to the ocean.
Going in soon.
- 3. 2. 1.
We just came up and that was insane.
Like I thought it was going to be hot,
but it's like basically
like a thermal spring down there.
It was like,
boiling hot, like 40 degrees Celsius.
What is that, like 90 degree Fahrenheit?
Hot tub water hot.
First it was like, cool until 15 meters,
then like, really hot until
25 meters and then, it was like, durable again.
We made it back up.
Okay, guys.
Yesterday, I didn't film much after
I came back because I was just so tired,
so exhausted after those three dives,
because
I'm not really good at diving yet.
I just got certified in Siquijor,
another island in the Philippines,
like a week ago.
So like those were some intense dives
that were like wreck dives.
And there's another one in the lake
that I went really deep
and I was just done after the day.
So I'm just filming the outro right now.
This is actually my last stop
in the Philippines
and I'm leaving after three
months and going to Milan. So
it's kind of bittersweet.
Like I'm excited
about going back to Milan,
which is.. or going back to Italy*,
sorry, which is the first country
where I filmed a video,
a travel vlog with a professional camera
back five years ago.
For those of you
who've been around,
probably not a lot of you,
but at the same time
pretty sad about leaving the Philippines.
It's been one of my
favorite places so far and it's entirely
because of the people.
I'll say it over and over again.
I'm definitely going to come back.
I didn't see El Nido.
I didn't do the expedition
from El Nido to Coron.
I didn't go to Boracay.
I didn't go to Malapascua
to like dive with thresher sharks so..
And I want to go back to Siargao.
So I think I’ll definitely be coming back.
I didin’t even see Mindanao
like there's so many places I didn't see,
so I'll definitely be coming back.
But not this year.
Maybe next year,
maybe in one and a half years.
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