Foot and Fire

Circling the national circumferential road of Siquijor island is literally circling. We first stopped at the Guiwanon Spring Park resort where there are tree huts fro rent overnight. One can swim in the freshwater by the mangroves too. The resort guesthouse where one can have snacks and enjoy the view of the waters is about a kilometer walk through bridge from the highway where we stopped. It was a fun experience, I must admit. Note the patterned amakan they used. It's so pretty. Stopping by the cool mangrove... The guesthouse amid the blue clear freshwaters. The mangrove... The seafloor... Ohhhh, serenity! This is one of the tree houses for rent This is just about 300m from the port. The famous church of Siquijor. At the background is the bell tower. That is the Side perspective of the church on my back and I was posing by the crotons (not sure of the spelling) plants. The bell tower rings my joy: Siquijor here I am!  Here...

While planning for our Siquijor trip, I was looking forward to an array of gayuma and other amulets in bottles, small pillow charms, necklace and other pieces for pasalubang but I wrongly anticipated the charm of this island dubbed as the Island of Fire. They do not sell them indiscriminately and one has to purposely go to the mountains and see the faith healers if one really wants to "design" or "cook" a love potion or gayuma, killer portion or hiwit and other more medicines, protection and charms of sort. I am no expert on this, so forgive the amateurish introduction. What I got: It is the smiles of the folks, a thread that sew the common blanket of Filipino trait of warmth and welcoming. Here are some photos of interesting bits I photographed as we roam around Siquijor. POSTCARD FROM SAN JUAN, SIQUIJOR: By the waterway where spring water flow,  residents bathe and do their laundry in this common area. POSTCARD FROM SIQUIJOR: The woman is all smiles...