I never imagined I will be able to visit and see the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, but in April 2007, I was fortunate to visit (and swim) in the area when I joined a scientific cruise co-sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines) and the government of Vietnam. Along with fellow scientists from the UP NIGS, UP MSI, BFAR and Silliman University, we spent almost 2 weeks onboard BRP Presbitero (owned by NAMRIA), collecting sediments, water and biological samples and measuring water properties in the North Danger Reef, Jackson Atoll and Seahorse Shoal. The most interesting part of the cruise for me was when I set foot on Parola Island, the Philippine-claimed islet at the North Danger Reef where this shot of me doing cartwheel was taken by April Concepcion, a graduate student at NIGS.
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