Paulimerization!

Meet the summer fisherboys!

Of course, we’re not really out for fishing. We just thought of spending the sunset out there in the middle of the water. And since our island hopping at Quatro Islas was cancelled, we thought of something better to do.

There was really no renting shop for boats, but since we’re charming and appealing, we got to rent one from an old fisherman. The small boat had a long crack on the side so we had to balance ourselves carefully so the water wouldn’t rush in, and then there’s Biboy to scoop out the water from time to time. It was an adventure to cherish, definitely.

Then, on my last day of my stay we all decided to wake up early just to spend the dawn at the sea together once more. Biboy even slept at our place just so we could go up together. It was a hot sunrise, but I couldn’t help but just treasure the moments with these two whom I’ve known just for a month yet I felt like I’m already treating them like brothers.

That last photo above was a live jellyfish. Kuya Francis spent half an hour by the pier side catching a sea urchin under water which he wanted to give me as a remembrance, but he never did and instead, we found this big transparent creature.

I will never forget these adventures and heaven knows how much I want to repeat them.

Baybayon Ni Agalon

I’ve always dreamed of building my own private resort someday, and this visit just made me much inspired.

Great place, great view, and great facilities! I’ll be back there at Baybayon Ni Agalon!

First times: (1) To cook the native way, and; (2) To actually cook without anybody’s aid! I offered them my Spaghetti! [May 17, Thursday]

I was at the Marangog Shrine. Hello there, mister monk! [May 5, Saturday]

Not sure if it became hotter ‘cause we were in a higher altitude and the sun’s closer, or was it just me…

I tell you to look closely and I ask you if you see that rainbow…

Now, do you realize how bossy this caption was?

Just the view…

We could forget about the journey, but with all the things we see as we go driving down the roads… Man, we could always remember that things, however little they were, could always remind us how great it is to live.

See you, Manila!

For the first time in a long time, I’ll be posting this live and un-queued. Well, I’d just say that in less than an hour, for the first time in my life, I’ll be inside a passenger bus and will embark on my journey back to Manila. That would go for about twenty-eight hours of land travel from here (Leyte) to Pasay City. I’m half excited as a matter of fact.

I’ve been here for more than a month and I cannot say I’ve made my time much worthwhile for the reason that I still have a lot more plans. But I cannot say that I’ve not enjoyed much either. I am just contented right now, and I wish I would like to believe that I’m really ready to leave.

Well then, see you, Manila!

Believe it or not, that’s a cloud formation during the sunset. For me it looked like a huge ship sailing by the ocean, and it was by far the most beautiful sunset I’ve seen.

Roadtrips. What you get is the strong wind slapping your face, so you squint but you just can’t close your eyes because you’re afraid you might miss a single view.

At first I thought it was just a fake rubber toy, but it is actually a starfish. A blue starfish.

In the middle of the sea.

Just when I thought this day’s going to be plain, here comes the nice opportunity to experience sailing through the ocean. Well, we just actually rented a small banana boat, but I preferred the term “sailing”.

I didn’t think of bringing my camera with me, but it was so excellent that my phone didn’t go empty so we had these few shots.

This was no ordinary sunset because I got to watch it while I was in the middle of the sea.

Will do it again the next day because I can already see myself missing these views once I get back to Manila…

Canigao is wow!

With just 45 pesos, we got to have a back-and-forth ticket to one of the 7, 000 plus island in the archipelago. And in just 5 minutes, our feet were already touching the bora-like white sand (though I’ve never been to bora). Now enough with the digits…

It was one hell of an adventure again with these two. And I should also mention that this late afternoon was on the same day we hiked around Maasin City and climbed up the mountains. Yes, we pushed on the limits of our bodies.

Like the day we want to Gunhuban Falls, we were on ourselves when we got to Canigao. Papa, Tito Jof and Tita Carly chose to stay in our Tito Joy’s resort by the bay of Matalom, Leyte. But it didn’t matter, because we want it better if we’re free from their eyes, anyway.

The only problem is the picture-taking. But what’s the self-timer feature for if we’re not going to use it then?

And so we toured around the island. Literally around, because we walked through its perimeter, walking only by the bay because the inside I think was wild forest. We had a real lot of photos taken and I’ll let these pics speak for the fun we had there…

I panicked because we went back to our original spot a little later then 5 o’clock, which is the time to fetch us as told by the boatman. So while waiting, we thought of playing with the sand.

Just before the sun finally slept, we had our way back to Matalom. We got home by seven in the evening, and there I discovered pinches of sand stored in the back pocket of my shorts.