this weekend tim, ariella and i took
a trip to the southern tip of our island of leyte, to an idyllic place called padre burgos. the trip involved
a 4 hour van ride to a town called sogod, followed by 1.5 hours in a jeepney.
we stayed at peter’s dive resort right on the ocean, and it was luxury, with
hot water and food prepared on demand for cheap (fresh seafood of any variety
and freshly cut mangos)! the place is famous for its diving; kinda wanna get
padi certified now. sharing the hotel were a large group of voluntourists from
all over the world who are rebuilding typhoon-destroyed homes in tacloban. we
chatted considerably with an impressively side-burned elderly british retiree
who spends his time diving the philippines with his considerably younger
filipina wife, and a guy our age from switzerland who spends years at a time on
epic round the world diving inspired trips, traveling to obscure destinations
to see a specific species of fish. he dives with 40 kg of photography
equipment.
on sunday we went on a boat trip to
the reefs surrounding limasawa island, further to the south. the island was the
first in the philippines to be found by magellan. we snorkeled around the reefs
and it was quite impressive. pefect way to spend a weekend!
