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The Junior Deluxe room we had booked was absolutely unacceptable. The smell of mold was clearly perceptible as soon as you entered the room. The ventilation opening in the bathroom was completely moldy.
This room is a health hazard!
I was then allocated a deluxe room. The resulting extra charge was reduced by 50% by the management.
This was not the plan but I am quite happy with this solution.
All Junior Deluxe rooms are built in the same way, if one of the rooms does not yet have mold infestation, there is at least a high risk of it in all of them.

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Hello diving community, I am writing my report about the dive sites at Sabang and the Atlantis Dive Resort. When I started looking for information about the diving area a year ago, I was unfortunately unable to find any up-to-date reports on the condition of the reefs, biodiversity and the resort. I had been there years ago and was fascinated to find all the hotspots of the coral triangle of Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia such as muck diving, coral slopes, wrecks and walls in one place. The journey is long, but uncomplicated. Once you arrive at Manila Airport, an Atlantis Resort employee greets you at the exit. Then it's off to Batanga by car, which takes a good 2 hours. And from there it's a 30-minute boat ride over to Sabang. There you are warmly welcomed by the Atlantis Dive Team. I then made the return journey from Puerta Galera by public ferry.
The village has changed. There is one dive center after another along the newly designed waterfront promenade. Surprisingly, the biodiversity and underwater world have not suffered as a result. It is possible to see turtles eating the sea grass in the bay on the way to the diving boat. The Atlantis Resort has its own diving center. This guarantees short walking distances. Some people are said to be annoyed by the sporadic power cuts. Firstly, they only last a few minutes and secondly, emergency lights are installed everywhere. It is not always worth eating directly in the resort, but rather choosing one of the restaurants on the waterfront promenade. The food is fresh and everything can be eaten without worrying about Montezuma's revenge. A few days before I left, an Oktoberfest was held on the waterfront for the first time. It was organized for the locals rather than the tourists. It was interesting to try the local specialties. The Ferris wheel, powered by a converted tractor, was more impressive for its speed than its size.
The healthy condition of the coral along the entire length of the reef and along the waterfront was impressive. The diversity of species in such a small area amazed me. You can really see everything from pygmy seahorses to moray eels, dolphins, xenon crabs, moray eels, frogfish, winged batfish, schooling batfish, angelfish, scorpionfish, stonefish and 2m turtles. There are no big fish. But at one dive site there are countless giant clams. I would say up to one meter in size. There is also a beautiful wreck, the Alma Jane, at a depth of 30m with beautiful coral growth, shoals of batfish, scorpionfish and frogfish to admire. From time to time you will encounter a strong current at the various dive sites, so you can drift along the reef at your leisure. You can see the various dive sites pass by in one go. Visibility is moderate and ranges between 10-15m. This is partly due to suspended particles in the water caused by the tide and partly due to the weather. As it is often cloudy, the underwater atmosphere is gloomy. It is therefore advisable to take a torch with you on every dive.
The Atlantis Resort has its own dive center, so you can quickly get to your room or camera room if you have forgotten to bring something with you. There is a toilet, shower and changing facilities in the equipment room. There are enough washbasins for cameras, dive computers, wetsuits, regulators and buoyancy jackets to rinse your gear after the dive. This task is carried out by the boatmen. Each guest has their own storage compartment for diving goggles, clothes etc. The dive center offers 5 dives a day. Two in the morning and two in the afternoon and then a night dive at the end. The briefings were very serious, which I really appreciated. The dive sites can be reached within 2-10 minutes by speedboat. Coffee, tea and cookies are served between the morning and afternoon dives. The surface interval was usually 60 minutes, so it wasn't worth taking your wetsuit off in between. The lunch break was long enough to recover, recharge the camera and continue.
I was there from September 16-30, 2023. I was the only guest for the first 8 days! It was pure pleasure diving. I was accompanied by the guide, the receptionist, the bartender and the boat people while diving. This was pure relaxation. The first dive every morning was to the Alma Jane wreck. We always started a little earlier so that we had the wreck to ourselves.


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