Last night at 10:30 the generator finally did shut off. And thanks for reminding me, Ford, it was full moon and it was beautiful!
I woke still on my bench and no crabs in my bed! Although before I went to sleep I was laying on my bench and I did see one run under my feet!
Breakfast was fish from a local lady. The owner of the huts grilled it for us and we had rice left from last night so that made up breakfast.
The boat driver had offered to take us to a fish sanctuary so all our things got packed up and loaded on the boat. The sanctuary was on San Pedro Island which was a 30 minute boat ride. We were going diagonally through 2 or 3 foot swells and I was watching for the bamboo outriggers to start flexing on waves but the operator knew his boat and it worked flawlessly. Fun fact about the boat. It was a twin inboard with 2 of their little 4 stroke small engines. One shaft went straight out the back, and the other kinda stuck out the side at a rather funny angle!
Upon arrival, the man told us he wanted to show us a lagoon. No one was just sure where we were going to see but we took off following him across the island. The other side of the island is open to the ocean and definitely looked different. The tide was going out and had left tidal pools all along the shore. The surf was aways off, probably at least 1/8 mile, leaving a long flat area of pools. The one he wanted to show us had these snake looking slimey sea creatures in it that were what he wanted to show us I guess. We picked a few out to touch them but water apparently gives them their shape and that got rather droopy and long. There were also a number of small starfish and there were shells on the beach.
I really liked the view down the beach aways. It was past another bay and the waves were crashing on the rocks and splashing way up in the air in front of the green tropical island. I liked the color combination.
Next stop was down the beach a bit where we snorkeled. The water was pretty clear and the bottom was awesome. It maybe wasn’t quite what we saw in Bohol, but it was still neat. There were fish varying in length from half an inch to a foot and color from white to blue to yellow to black and various combinations of those. I dont know much about coral, but there didn’t seem to be alot of color here, whether its the variety or bleaching I’m not sure. We also saw huge groups of sea urchins, which are black spiny balls that sting. And a big blue starfish or two. We had plans for the evening so we didn’t stay too long.
We rode the boat back to the mainland and loaded our things into the vehicle and hit the road. Brent drove today. We took a different route along the southern end of Leyte through Sogod and back north. It was a lovely drive along the ocean and through the countryside.
In the mountains, we stopped for a break at Agos-Agos Bridge. I’m not sure how high it is but I would guess between 300 and 500 feet. It saved about 3 kilometers of sketchy road that was prone to landslides. There were some boys making paper airplanes and throwing them off the bridge. Some went out of control but one flew out and down aways then caught an updraft and crossed over above the bridge and landed up on the mountain!
Brent wanted to stop and see Anafe, a family friend from their mission days, so that was our next destination. She was at the mission house near Dulag doing housekeeping so we stopped and visited a bit. She had Coke and some snacks for us and we 3 guys quickly took showers before the youth deal at Tigbao.
Ludy and Eloisa had invited us over for supper and the first thing was volleyball at their house with the youth. It was all fine and good til Brent twisted his ankle. So he took it easy the rest of the evening. I was playing ball and looked over in time to see Jordy descending from a coconut tree, maybe 30 or 40 feet tall.
After ball, Reward wanted us to come over to his house for a few minutes. Side note, Rewards wedding was the reason Troy and I came 5 years ago. We were only there a few minutes but it was good to visit and reconnect a little. We got to meet his wife, Verna Jo, and 3 year old boy Grant, too, and visit with her sister, Lowry Ann, a teacher at CLSTC.
Supper was at Ludy’s brother’s house. Ludy grilled pork sticks and there was lumpia, a cabbage stir-fry, and rice, all wonderful. After supper and a little visiting, we started singing. Soon the youth started showing up and there was more singing and ping pong and it was just a normal youth deal, only I couldn’t understand everything that was said.
Jordan’s showed up around 10 and we left for their house soon after. Back home, we had devotions, the sick and afflicted people went to bed, and I did laundry. Then Jordy and I stayed up way too long talking…
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