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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jul-2026 13:33:36 JST Adrianna Tan

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   • hotelzululima

   @hotelzululima yeah I remember that moment

   Beautiful part of the world

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     hotelzululima (hotelzululima@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jul-2026 13:33:37 JST hotelzululima

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     @skinnylatte the rest of the divers were a bit lost sad to say...
     I got to hang out with the troops quite a bit which was fun and had zero worries about a repeat performance from Abu Sayyaf cause so many patrol boats and even a pocket destroyer with a 5 " gun all coming and going constantly.. like a hornet hive that got disturbed... you could still stay on sipidan at that point b4 the gov kicked out all the dive operations out..

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     hotelzululima (hotelzululima@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jul-2026 13:33:38 JST hotelzululima

     @skinnylatte

     I even miss Sipidan a LOT, 2nd time we visited was 2 weeks after the Abu Sayyaf kidnappings on the Island as my other half was able to book Sipidan and Kapalai at 1/4 the normal rates cause tourists were scared.. there were 95 undercover cops staying on the island and 15 divers lol we had malay marines and paratroopers with belt fed machine guns as our boat guards.. other half and I totally comfortable as we both mil-brats and grew up on mil bases all over.. wild trip...