got back yesterday afternoon from our Anilao outing. sobrang saya. i really love the sea. love the sand. love the sun. love the waves. love the whole beach setting. love everything. the beach is like my destiny place (if there's such a thing as a destiny place). although we weren't really able to swim in brine because the beach was so rocky and kinda scary because it was deep and really maalon but watdaheck i still love it.


we left for Anilao Saturday morning and got there around 12 noon. the weather was great. after lunch, we were supposed to go boating but we didn't because the boatmen said the waves were too dangerous for boating. so instead, we spent the whole afternoon learning how to snorkel (and me learning how to swim) in the resort pool. not quite how we expected to spend the whole day though. but it was fine, 'cause i finally learned how to swim and i learned how to snorkel too. we were in the pool until like 5 PM. and then, we got tired of it.
after dinner, we headed to our rooms played cards (there was no tv or even a radio in the room), had some "girl" talk , killed a spider and a lizard then slept around 12AM out of boredom, i think.


the next day was perfect for boating so we did. on our way, to our first stop, Sombrero Island which looked more like siopao to me than a sombrero from afar, we came across dolphins. it was so cool. too bad, we weren't able to take pictures. probably we were all awe-struck, nobody even bothered to get the cameras.
we reached Sombrero Island but we can't get near shore because the waves were tremendous but breathtaking, nevertheless. we went off the boat to go snorkelling there for a while, but the waves were too scary so the boatman decided to take us to another snorkelling spot.
manong took us into some cove where the waters were incredibly calm and teeming with life.. and jellyfishes.
we were itching all the time. but it didn't matter. what we saw underwater- the many Nemos, angelfishes, spongebobs, patrick starrs etc, was way, way beautiful and exhilirating to make up for that. i couldn't think of any other word to describe what i saw. again, we forgot to take pictures. masyado kaming namangha sa mga isda.
when we boarded the boat to head back to the resort everyone was so quiet and looking at the wooden floor of the banca as if contemplating on the beauty we just saw. windang is more appropriate. finally, we did a couple more picture takings.


we left the resort around 12 noon, happy, enlightened and never better.

:)


On my LAUNCHcast: Tom Petty- Free Fallin'
Fave line: And I'm free, free fallin'
Rating: ***