x marks d spot

It's been an Xtraordinary summer, full of sun and sea and escapades. There were mountain treks, volcanic crater swims and massage by waterfall. I thank the One who made them all.

In Apo Island, when I wasn't so sun toasted yet

With Jinjun in Apo Island

Kayaking in Coral Cay, Siquijor, with Apo Island in the background.

Dry, stringy hair and a crisscrossed back, testaments to a summer of adventures galore.

morning has broken

in siquijor

sunrise
at Coral Cay

sunset
at the Danish Lagoon

hayop sa ganda

Ito ay si Macky, ang resident parrot ng
Coco Grove Resort sa San Juan, Siquijor.

Ito naman si man and cow, where the master is giving the beast an early morning salty bath in the clear and calm waters of San Juan, Siquijor.

At nakikita mo ba yong bamboo little thingy doon sa right upper corner ng photo? 'Yon ang floating cottage ng Coral Cay Resort, kung saan kami nakatira (sa resort, di sa floating cottage, ha). Malayo, ano? Mantakin mo ba namang nilangoy namin mula dalampasigan hanggang doon? At pabalik pa! Haneeeep naman!

Kaso, baka maniwala ka. Estir lang yon. Ang totoong nangyari, nagkayak kami papunta doon, itinali ang kayak sa floating cottage at doon kami nagswimming palibot-libot sa cottage. Aba'y malalim doon, ah. Crystal clear ang tubig at maraming maliliit na isda. Kaso lang maraming sea grass kaya medyo katakot ng kaunti, baka may biglang lumabas na something mula sa seagrass, ano kaya? Tang-ng-ng-ng-ng-ng-ng-ng. (Tune ng theme song ng 'Jaws.')