Hundred Islands Revisited

It was one of those back-breaking, tremendously cold bus road trips that will be forever cherished just because of the experience. It was good and bad and sorry I forgot my jacket or deliberately didn't bring hence, suffering for 12 hours due to the unrelenting AC. But no matter. There was wifi and just forward motion lulls me to happy sleep.

I couldn't get enough of Hundred Islands. In 2009, we just had a half day tour, just a quick island hop with Rye and Jundee's family and that was it. It's always teasing me. Then this year, just on the last day of summer, I got to go again on an almost full day tour with just a little less than half hour swim. But then it was glorious and I snorkeled perfectly, without ingesting water. The ocean was emerald green and calm.

God's perfect creation was in full display. The bats showed off, the ducks flew and oh, the most awesome sea creature, a dolphin swam before us. I was shrieking instead of taking a photo. Dolphins are not supposed to be between islands, they should be in open sea. It could be injured, I hope not. I cannot believe how it is possible to live in another world out there. All quiet, all is well. No chaos at all.

I wish the bamboo sharks thrive where they got released. It was such a cool day to do good, to actually bring something back to nature.

It's June already. Six months to Christmas!