User:Tonichi Caballero

16 January 2009 Manila, Philippines

Greetings,

I am Antonio "Tonichi" L. Caballero, an avid snorkeller and licensed Advance S.C.U.B.A. diver by the Professional Association of Dive Instructors (P.A.D.I.).

Being from the Philippines, a country blessed with warm weather, warm oceans, thousands of islands and even more numerous reefs, I am fortunate enough to get to do quite a lot of snokelling. I have been actively participating in this leisure activity to varied degrees of intensity over many years dating back as far as my pre-teen years of the late 60's, a good 40 years now. With the advent of affordable point and shoot underwater cameras, a resurgence in my snorkelling interest has been noted as I am now able to practice 2 hobbies/interest simultaneously.

Requiring less equipment, planning and preparation than diving makes it easier to pack up and head off to one of the nearby beaches. The country's archipelagic structure means one is never really very far from the ocean, a beach and/or their reefs!

My contributions to the snorkelling section of Wikipedia are "common sense" additions based on my own experiences. I hope my contributions are welcome and helpful to anyone interested in the activity.

Kind regards, Tonichi toncab@gmail.com