Liv in a Life Well-Lived

Yeah, I hate summer. But not when I'm in the beach. Below are pics I took with my camphone when we went to various beaches. Yeah, beach bum who hates the sun. Irony abounds. Puerto Galera with workmates Nice view from afar... But it kind of sucks when you're on White Beach already. The mass of humanity, erck. Marcelle, Bing and Tita Remy inside the ferry to White Beach Ian with JBart. Yeah, J's in PBSP na rin (he was my college classmate). Cool. Bing and I, chillin' at the bar... or the closest we got to it. Beauuuutifuuul CAMIGUIN!!! Sunrise at Camiguin's White BEach, infinitely better than Galera... Polvoron sand.... niceness! Dre, Yel and Sep ( yeah, we're into three-lettered nicknames) playing at being mermaids... or doing beach yoga. I get confused. Mount Hibok-hibok at the background, taken from the sandbar. At the sunken cemetery.... At the cold waterfalls... the water was so freakin' cold.... Nasugbu, Batangas Beauty --- but just don't go in...

I get a little disoriented when people mention that Isla Verde is a barangay in Batangas City, because it really could be in another world entirely. Wow, just wow! I have never seen such variety of fish before. We did a little snorkeling near the shoreline and we can see so many kinds already: butterfly cleny, parrot fish, sargeant fish... and many other multi-colored ones I cannot even name. Imagine what we would've seen if we actually went to the more famous sites! It is amazing what the communities surrounding the island has done for their waters. Their Coastal Management Program is tops! Just goes to show we are still capable of uniting for good causes. Here's some of the first pics... have to wait for the others pa, especially the pics taken of the fish squabbling over bread. :P Leah Beach have huts lining the shoreline. Some families are content to splash around here, but I find it a little unclean and smelly. This is where the large bancas picked us up going to Isla Verd...