Darryl woke up early and it was low tide on the beach. He braved the millions of sea urchins with their needle like spines to go for a snorkel. Once reaching the sea the snorkelling was great with many uneven channels to swim around. He made it back without treading on a sea urchin! He spoke to a friendly lady who was collecting sea urchins. She was scraping out the insides and adding them to a small clear bottle. It looked disgusting, though she offered the contents of the bottle to Darryl for 30 pesos (50p), he declined!
After, we headed into the town to look for something to eat. We stopped on the way to enjoy an egg and cheese bun. Not exactly what we expected but nice nevertheless! Some natural springs caught our attention but unfortunately they were cold.
We found a small shop testing their new karaoke machine. They were playing Bon Jovi so we had to stop and listen! The owner demonstrated some great air guitar and hip swinging to the music. Very entertaining! We ate on the way back to our beach house and ordered 3 portions of rice, instead of 2, as they are usually pretty small. To our surprise each portion was super size and we struggled to devour the lot!
The afternoon was spent snorkelling at high tide, washing our clothes and playing games on Darryl's phone with the hotel owner's little girl.
We took a short walk before retiring to our balcony overlooking the sea. Staying next door were a group of Filipino girls. They introduced themselves and showed us a video they had made.
The video was of them on a small island near their home. They had seen the devastation caused by the super typhoon to the island and taken action themselves. They raised funds from friends far and wide. They procured the materials to build houses. They went to the island and they helped rebuild 51 houses! Truly an inspiration.
Here is a YouTube video they showed us....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J1J9FPwkB8
WARNING: WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE COMMENTS SHOWN ON YOUTUBE VIDEOS, SO USE WITH CAUTION! SOME COMMENTS MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN. ASK AN ADULT FIRST!
After, we headed into the town to look for something to eat. We stopped on the way to enjoy an egg and cheese bun. Not exactly what we expected but nice nevertheless! Some natural springs caught our attention but unfortunately they were cold.
We found a small shop testing their new karaoke machine. They were playing Bon Jovi so we had to stop and listen! The owner demonstrated some great air guitar and hip swinging to the music. Very entertaining! We ate on the way back to our beach house and ordered 3 portions of rice, instead of 2, as they are usually pretty small. To our surprise each portion was super size and we struggled to devour the lot!
The afternoon was spent snorkelling at high tide, washing our clothes and playing games on Darryl's phone with the hotel owner's little girl.
We took a short walk before retiring to our balcony overlooking the sea. Staying next door were a group of Filipino girls. They introduced themselves and showed us a video they had made.
The video was of them on a small island near their home. They had seen the devastation caused by the super typhoon to the island and taken action themselves. They raised funds from friends far and wide. They procured the materials to build houses. They went to the island and they helped rebuild 51 houses! Truly an inspiration.
Here is a YouTube video they showed us....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J1J9FPwkB8
WARNING: WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE COMMENTS SHOWN ON YOUTUBE VIDEOS, SO USE WITH CAUTION! SOME COMMENTS MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN. ASK AN ADULT FIRST!
