DASH ADVENTURE CLUB

Philippines

There’s standard adventures… and then there’s the Philippines.

Quick confession. Before we raced there, the only things we knew about the Philippines was that scuba divers were crazy for the place. Turns out the divers were right… the Philippines is an amazing country, above & below the water.

Having now been there countless times, we can also tell you that (1) filipinos are just about the friendliest people you’ll ever meet; (2) basketball is a national obsession; and (3) you could spend a week just gawking at the beautiful beach sunsets. But if you’ve got this far into our website, you’re already thinking “a Dash Race wouldn’t have me spending a week looking at sunsets.” And you’d be correct.

The Dash Adventure Club Phillipines Race follows the usual Dash recipe for fun but this last time was a bit more ‘in the water’ than other races. With over 7,000 islands, some astonishing rivers, caves and cliffs divided by freshwater streams, our racers were more ‘in it’ than ‘looking at it.’

Think paddle-board racing down a lush green river, a snorkelling competition (first team to find and photograph a “sardine bowl” wins), swimming with whale sharks, canyoning through bluest of waters that ends in a 15m jump, an inflatable waterpark race… you get the idea. Oh and then our teams were losing at basketball against some incredible kids before teaching at their school, belting out a karaoke tune, and bracing themselves for a competitive eating challenge involving Balut. Google it. But not while you’re having breakfast. The next race? Well, we’re always mixing things up a bit, but hopefully you get the vibe.

This was definitely one for the books- cementing that there is no better way to see the Phillipines than with your new best friends racing & adventuring across the country!