Posted By philippine evolution staff on April 11, 2017

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MALAPASCUA ISLAND

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Malapascua Island is just off the north tip of Cebu . it is about 2km by 0.5km, and you can walk around it in 1-2 hours. It has a population of around 4000, most of whom live off tourism, fishing, boat building or coconuts.

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The name Malapascua means ‘Bad Christmas’ in Cebuano. Legend has it that it was so named because the Spanish first landed here one stormy Christmas Day in the 1500’s. There is some debate about the name because although ‘mal’ definitely means ‘bad,’ ‘pasco’ means Christmas in the local language of Cebuano but ‘pascua’ in Spanish means Easter. So perhaps it was a stormy Easter after all.

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Malapascua was first ‘discovered’ by present-day foreigners over 30 years ago, when Swiss national, Freddy of Cocobana Resort bought land. Ten years later he opened the island’s very first resort. Freddy is not a diver, but at the same time dive safaris were coming up from Cebu and making the first ever dives with thresher sharks. Malapascua quickly became known as a premier dive destination in the Philippines and divers starting visiting regularly. – http://malapascua-diving.com/malapascua.html

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Categories: Beaches, Fun things to do, Islands
Tags: diver's paradise, DIVING, diving destination, Malapascua Beach, Malapascua Island, Malapascua Island in Cebu, thresher sharks