Foot and Fire

The sun is the king of colors.  Here are the photos of sunrise and sunset behind the Campomanes Bay  which I took during our stay last June...  It was never too late to capture the summer...  *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

The Karsts lining the Campomanes Bay is verdant unlike the ones I saw in Halong Bay, Vietnam and Coron and El Nido, Palawan... One can't appreciate the karsts immediately because they appear to be a forest except for a few bald area as photographed above... Of course, this is a good news because greens still grow in the rocky mountain... We left our home base temporarily for a boat tour. We went to Obong Cave in Hinobaan first which took us 45 minutes by small boat. We passed by many areas, including the "Pulo" which is the first stop for most boat tours. The photo below is the pulo and the next two photos  are the shots of an opening from end to end. I observed that there is still a live portion of the rock in the "cave." One tourist touched it, a no-no action because it has the tendency to die after being in contact with human sweat, skin and human bacteria. There should be a warning of sort. Tour-guiding is not yet a commodity here. Lastly, I should neve...

I believe that every last-minute booking is always made here at the Campomanes Bay area. That is because the White Beach area located at Punta Ballo, Barangay 4, Sipalay City is always fully booked given that they the resorts there are with their own websites. Also, this is a little farther from the city proper. But since all good things resulted from our last-minute decision to go, I consider our stay at the underrated Campomanes Bay area a blessing in disguise. We don't need noise or Red Horse to while the night anyway... While the Eco-port is the first unsightly view that welcomes you, the island from left to right can never bore you. On the right is the stairs leading cave where the spring water of the community comes from and the marine sanctuary below is located. One can watch the sunrise and sunset with the sound of the cicadas as background. Isn't that amazing? *** Floating house for the Bantay Dagat and Visitors as well. *** The woman doing her l...