My life--Philippines (6) with the guests go snorkeling

I live in the Philippines

--(6) with the guests go snorkeling

6: 00 am, rapid alarm bells will I wake up from a dream.

Open the door, and a sunny weather, beach side next to the village of children as usual and looking for their delicious--all of sea urchins. Sea calmly like mirror. No time to enjoy this as sin, and that today is going to Cebu airport.

Call the driver to drive to Tagbilaran City's Pier by 7: 30OCEANJET company fast boat.

Half an hour by car reached the Terminal, the car into the Terminal to pay the costs, since 15P can't find none let drivers stop and drop me off in place, not far from anyway, went in two or three minutes. Now see three dressed in camouflage uniforms, wearing berets, pedal gaotong combat boots, bring back the M16 rifle and heartbreaker! Philippine soldiers soldiers uniforms are very fit, not as ordinary soldiers uniforms so loosen kua kua. I for the M16 was filled with curiosity, staring quite a while, a few soldiers apparently did not have this on my guard--foreigners think this guy's intent to snatch weapons, but in a friendly way to chat with me, also unexpectedly remove magazines rifle discharge bore that fat 5.56mm caliber bullet--their rifles that are loaded! gun passed me with, with my camera to a photo. Lovely and friendly Filipinos!

This had to mention: I first came to this country you might be alarmed, as can be seen everywhere, not only each firearm, the police, even the airport, port, banks, shopping malls, and even roadside shops at the door of security are staff of a pistol, a short, there is also a long shotguns.

But do not have to strain, with the exception of southern Muslim communities--the people at the Sziget (also known as the Mindanao) and Metro Manila metropolitan region, across the country is fairly good metallurgical Ann, safer than domestic. So rest assured to play good!, of course, it is better not to go to the South, and in Manila, try not to go out alone at night (if there is a local company is relatively safe for some), slums or certain not to go.

Okay, back to the topic.

Go to CEBU's fast Tagbilaran, slow boats are on the same Terminal (CEBU for the fast and slow boats and different shipping companies is divided into several terminals). Slow boat to open nearly four hours in waiting room outside the booking window in the ticket, the Clippers in the Hou ship Interior ticketing. Hou ship room door to do security inspection, men separate from the queue and wait zuonvyou for examination. Cebu's fast boat trips (one hour 45 minutes flight) have two shipping companies, namely SuperCat and OCEANJET, ticketing window is separate from, then take the time to choose which company (ship, OCEANJET is made in Shanghai with a single vessel; SuperCat Japan's catamaran ferry, feeling a little better, but the price difference is not too much) to the corresponding window to buy tickets, please remember to inform the destination, as also to other parts of the route. Buy tickets to another window next to buy insurance, cheap--15P, is compulsory insurance, be sure to buy or not to let on the boat. After going back to tellers, designated seats--a seat map to select a desired seat. Then go to the back, there were many chairs, the right hand side are a few stalls, selling t-shirts, handicrafts, bought out expensive front is two! TV, on Hollywood blockbusters. Wait until the ship time, staff will be notified at the door. Go to the side of the ship, in the ramp side-line, the crew again ticket, according to the votes on the seat number condemnation. The air-conditioning was on the boat is full, I forgot to bring my coat, but to all frozen in the past! later can't bear to go to the upper deck (I got the same good OCEANJET, if next SuperCat can only endure, because in a fully enclosed deck) natural wind blows.

To Cebu, drivers wait for me, half an hour drive from Cebu International airport arrival.

It's still early, go to the duty-free shop around. Cebu airport is a duty free shop, at the international departure hall on the left hand side corridor past--a street is the door to the international arrival hall on the second floor, and domestic, the duty free shop is open during the security screening, clearance outside, so you don't have to fly anytime go window shopping, but shopping must remember to bring passport, registration, otherwise not sold to you. Shop all kinds of perfumes, cosmetics varieties duo, prices can also be, "France e fish" (not "the crocodile" that staple) t-shirts for sale. I bought a bottle of perfume, HUGO BOSS 150ml Super big bottles, only USD $ 47.

Today's guest is 10 people after the tour, received a direct-ESP-bing M "-a Philippines ranked first in the chain of shopping malls, the whole Philippines 10 stores, are super big, Manila's House was also became the first large scale (I say far or), the boss is Chinese.

Brought the guests came to the third floor of a Japanese-style buffet restaurant, 300 P per person, less than RMB 50 Yuan, drink the other count. Food good, the key is opened for various sashimi eating, cool!

Because this is NO SHOPPING tour, Cebu City Tour was arranged, also on 4: 00PM boat back to Mint Island, time is tight, after eating did not let them go to the big shopping malls (otherwise I'm afraid to spend a day strolling up), directly on the bus.

First stop is the Church of the Holy Childhood and the Magellan cross.

The name of the Holy Childhood church because the old Spain built the Church houses a year by Magellan from Spain brought made of pure gold, like a baby Jesus. Into the Church inside while not at the time, but still crowded with too many devout Filipinos, people with candles lined up to go to the icon before close viewing. The statue is very small, probably only 30 or 40 cm tall, with a splendid unspeakable Holy light, maybe this is religious charms!

The cross is the Magellan in 1521 by Spain to the Philippines in the original, is placed in one of our open-octagonal pavilion's top in, painting a year from the "civil society" Magellan point of "

The original civilization "indigenous people convert to Catholicism.

End of tour, next stop is located in Cebu City's upscale residential area mid--Beverly.

The car drove up to the security checkpoints, drivers produced before the permit and inspection. The car into the narrow winding mountain road, the walls on either side is deep house, each House has a large footprint, with a large beautiful garden, many also built a private swimming pool, the extent of its master's rich seen! it is worth mentioning that live in this luxury communities in most of them are Chinese, in the Catholic Church in the dominant society for Chinese traditions, members of his own pocket to raise funds to build a large-scale Chinese Taoist temple! back to the mountains and the sea, in the back, right there on the White Tiger, back, before the Feng Shui treasure. First sight sight throughout all Cebu, the sea was brilliant sunshine. On the hillside of luxury makes jingxian, while it is in stark contrast to the other side near the slums, the accumulation of tiny houses with wood, metal structures and indiscriminately, two-phase strong contrast to sob. That is the concept, in fact and domestic Orthodox or differences, some of the inside plastic fengshenbang "apotheosis of.

Went down the Hill to the castle of Spain who cover, small as Nanjing central door.

Gate hangs over the AutoText combination, which you can clearly understand that early built 100 years ago when just a pile construction of simple fortifications, the film "as very brave heart" of the small fortress. Before gradually built into modern day stone building. This castle was Spain colonial army to defend local insurgents built coastal fortifications, has undergone changes of the past centuries, the city of river estuaries already washed into the bustling downtown area today. Two-storey Castle, enclosed by an iron railing lower hit hitting and arsenal, courtyard of intermediate bushes surrounding the were placed a former gallows! castle walls of the upper and the like, used for Defense operations.

3: 30 p.m. to 4: 00 wharf on the ferry back to Bohol.

Back to the resort, several guests after supper to make me want to go is a good idea.

This is a trip outside activities, have an additional fee. I arranged the car to Bohol island's only town--Tagbilaran City. There are many stores in the city, the largest and best company called Island City Mall, architectural appearance looks similar to our domestic "Jimmy DeLong", that it commenced business in 2004. The first floor is a large supermarket and food Street, second floor, shopping malls, apparel brand shops, bookstores, Japanese restaurant, café and several fast-food chain, the third floor is buy electronics games shops, mobile shops, telecommunications company stores, also built a house cinema, show essentially United States large, fares RMB 10 blocks, in the Philippines can be considered a luxury consumption, local little sister went to the movies is sure to make her music on one or two weeks.

And this help guests can buy really is, it took a full two hour hold back a lot of loot.

He kept saying much cheaper than Taiwan! have enough cash on the card. Philippine credit card spending easier than our domestic, size stores, restaurants and most can brush, but payment system POS not, at least I haven't seen, perhaps in Manila can use?

The second day, after breakfast, guests at the first teach swimming learning using surface mirror, breathing tube, then the next pool for exercise, completed a boat out to sea.

Today was a day at sea, the lunch is also used in the outer islands. Employees with food, beverages and equipment, the guests are burdens on swimwear.

Ship to Balicasag Island shoals buoy, fixed on the vessel (for the protection of the marine ecosystem, the Government must not anchor).

Let guests clean breathing tube, for surface microscope for anti-fog treatment--inside painted little toothpaste and rinse (no toothpaste so sick or point of saliva into), wearing life jackets. Note: the regular life jacket at the bottom of the back side has two straps, always remember to pass from the crotch to and fastened buckle ahead, otherwise people might fall from a life jacket and lose protection.

To the Philippines before I don't know how to swim, but now the water flux ripe.

Each diving missions by submarine diving guests were imported after leading the dive boat, I'll be in the beginning also snorkeling body carefully wear life jackets, some times it does not wear out, too tied to non-free, and now I have been able to rely on the power of Web foot dive 45 meters, picked them up Starfish, shells, of course, playing with the ship's crew cannot, they can go on a 10 meter! sometimes they get intimate and patted me on the ass with a few slices of bread to feed the fish.

That day the weather is good, stand in the ship to look down on the very beautiful, coral, dotted with white sand in the sunlight into extremely transparent water like a block of diamonds with a flow of luster.

Suddenly came the spirits, with my employees said the mission I also came with (normally part of underwater activities are taken over by the dive guide or the ship's little brother. Because the water currents, ebb or guests who cause waterborne, tension etc., snorkeling is also a risk, so we don't allow like Thai Ma and other places that allow guests to go on playing himself), the water before you travel with guests give clear direction and related considerations. Put down the stairs allow guests to go into the water, but I have a splash jumped on, this is also a pile of live, one is to hold with one hand, to prevent the physical surface of the lens into the hands of water washed away by water mirror, the second is in the water will all into the water, the water entered the breathing tube to drain away, how row? use just blowing strongly suddenly, like a whale, a spraying water as the water column will be shot into the sky. Ten guests are divided into three groups, I this group with three people, the other two groups by the dive guide. I caught the first hand, behind the two also is a taut, three people I was dragging the run, the good news is that I put a foot Web. But the tour for a while or are tired, then find a fish place relax them, get to the bread in a plastic bag so that guests to feed the fish. He then relax with the waves and the extremities. See underwater blue starfish, couldn't go on anti-submarine picked up two hands over to the guest, good, of course, meet theAfter you have fantastic heart remains back to the sea-at least in this small island government requires it. An hour later the whole ship, opened near the small island--shore lunch. Some dishes are on the morning of the kitchen to do ahead of time, the main dish is BBQ, chicken feet, chicken wings, beef, bacon, etc., are roasted. BBQ charcoal used not to, but rather use a zero cost of dried out of coconut shell. There are eating--pineapple fruit, with guests like to drink coconut juice, then to the land owner to pay each 20P (although coconut is not his home of natural, but long, who let tree overground long in others? nothing, have to forego pay), ship's little brother free climb the tall coconut trees, with a splash of coconut, looking at the sky, everyone is clapping. This was spent 20 block not only drink! 100% pure coconut juice, more to see a free show! funny to say, the local people is never drink coconut water, also few specialized trees to pick, but wait and they cooked their fall down, inside out of the water directly or used to wash their hands, only the coconut, coconut shell. And this help we are fighting over for outsiders to spend money to buy things, people do not drink the remaining but they really need!

This beach is different from the surface of the sand powder Panglao, but a fine granular coral sand, shells, sand, course, scattered with some very nice full shell, which attracted all the flames of the tropics to carefully look for, pick up.

Well, with Hello, soon will let you taste of bitterness, first pan red, then burning pain, to the start tomorrow, unless you first dehulling tipping over and over and over again to body paint thick sunscreen, and also have a waterproof! I tasted the bitterness of the Philippines hot sunshine, first go to sunburn, a whole two weeks the entire back of the epidermis with a again! but there is a benefit is: since that time and then never sunburn, okay without sunscreen, perhaps immune? hehe. But people get into three sections: the upper and lower black; intermediate wear swimming trunks is white, the Opera and a "black and white with". This will tell you: SPF sunscreen index does not mean that the level of sunscreen ability, but rather of the duration of protection, the higher the SPF index represents the more durable protective effect. The only maintain approximately SPF30 over an hour, so you have to paint a day N times!

Eat, play, rest on the boat again after enough to island back another diving sites, boat just stops, as usual around up to ten more boat, two on each side, behind the people responsible for paddle, preceding a bit from the bow, Stern and side have a climb to the top of our boat.

They are selling shells of the island. Open the basket, there are all kinds of beautiful great shell and the shell made of earrings, necklaces, and even sharks teeth made of necklace. In particular, I like all kinds of shells, hawkers were placed in a small cartridge magazine size, all in all a variety of seashells, colorful colors then with colorful styling penned shocking, according to a combination of different varieties of 300-600P a cartridge. Hawkers are another good stuff, but it does not show people light--"Golden Paul", a blaze with sparkling golden shell, sold in Taiwan every 2000-3500 TWD (hop RMB500-900), but here just 600PESO (less than RMB100). Of course this is also the risk a business deal, because the size of the Philippine Government regulations: more than a fist shell does not allow the carrying out, unless processed into arts and crafts and produce proof of purchase, but rather as "Golden Paul" the international rare species are not allowed to leave!

The guests spent one and a half hours pick to their choice of problems to come: no money.

I do not know who is out of the idea that I make the guarantee, the first thing to take home, guests give money to me, my future and hawkers ' proceed to checkout. This could have been, ever familiar diving mission I do too, but this is the first to tour, to prevent guests from the misconception that I took hold of gold (in fact it really has nothing to do with me, money benefits are not picked, hawkers are best sent me one or two value a two hundred PESO shell chain). I finally decided to let one hawker question would have to go back, face to face money.

The second time snorkeling, shopping for an hour of coral garden after the guests were extremely satisfied to return to the resort.

After dinner, I sit on the beach, listening to the waves gently caresses a shore of gentle sounds emitted by, nothing, sat, this is the most gracious and most unique enjoyment!

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