Update 13
We have been eating shrimp, scallops & squid, walking white beaches & cooling off in clear blue water--in other words--loving beach life! We took a short flight to Bohol yesterday morning. Though the Philippines is an archipelago of over 7000 islands, this one boast some of the best beaches so here we are. Actually, this is "Elsi's trip" as she'd made the arrangements...and since she is not here to enjoy it, we feel compelled to enjoy it twice as much. The pace here is slow, the food delicious, the water mildly cool & inviting, the sun hot & a slight breeze. Boats filled with divers and others long thin boats with huge outriggers & tarps for leisure trips complete the scene. Ideal. We are relaxing, reading, swimming, sipping pineapple smoothies and savoring it all.
Many young local children joyfully play in the water unsupervised late into the night while their parents walk the beach selling fruit, sunglasses, boat trips, tours and massages. Makes me feel guilty not to buy knowing it might mean little or no food for those kids tonight. How I wish that this paradise for me...was also paradise for them.
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