We woke up in the S&R Bed and Breakfast. I heard Jordan talking outside before I got up and the people had delivered breakfast but Jordan said they had everything mixed up so he sorted it out. We weren’t even that hungry, after our huge supper last night!
We headed for the Tata’s house and the chapel. I don’t think they had any idea we were coming but they welcomed us warmly. Tata was off driving his motor but they called him and he came back home. We were thinking of going to Mawacat Slide, a natural water slide of sorts, but Brent wasn’t sure how far he could walk. We settled on Malajog Zip Line.
Tata went with us for our tour guide. We got there and found out it was closed, but Tata talked to them and they offered to open it up for a kinda expensive fee, but still cheap by our American standards. It took a little while to get the guys rounded up to run it so we enjoyed the beach. Malajog beach is beautiful. The beach is dark sand, the bottom has a very gradual drop, the water was calm, and there are islands on the horizon with haze in front of them. There is a cliff along the south side of the beach with large rocks and big overhanging ledges.
The zipline is on top of the cliff, about 57 meters above the water. The cable
is 750 meters long, and it takes 55 seconds to get to the bottom.
The trail up winds through the rocks. They tried not to disturb the native landscape and so they picked a path and made cement steps, 477 of them. At one place you actually go through a natural bridge in the rock.
At the top, we harnessed up in upright harnesses and took off! It was awesome! The view was amazing, the water was turquoise, and the ride was smooth. At the bottom, we unharnessed and boarded a boat that took us back for our second ride. The second ride was in a lying harness, Superman style. That was actually even better for the views! We couldnt get Tata to go down, so we picked him up at the steps and they took us back to the beach.
We went back into town for lunch food. Tata recommended Mr. Liempo, a chicken and pork lechon place so we got some food to take back to their house. They made some rice and we ate well. We had tried to make it out so Tata’s family would eat with us but the plan must not have been communicated correctly and they had eaten already. Before lunch, Jordan had some papers he needed printed so they went for a print shop and Brent and I visited with Emil for a little while.
After lunch was cleaned up, we sang a few songs with them and had a prayer. It was a warm time, and finished our time there very well.
Bev wanted to fabric shop at Guisano’s so we swung through there. Guisano’s is a new mall that was built since I was here last time. We shopped a few minutes, got ice cream, hit up the trusty ATM, and headed for Jia-an with Jordy at the wheel. A very rough 2 hours later (I was riding in back again) we pulled into Jia-an.
We parked and walked to Freddie and Leah’s house. Freddie is gone working but Leah welcomed us in. We sat around and visited a while, then went to Min. Charley and Tina’s house for supper. She made chicken, rice, pancit, and fresh mangoes for supper.
After supper and visiting, we went back to Leah’s, Luz came over and we sang a few songs, drank coffee to wake up, ate popcorn and banana-q and something Bev called Philippine hotcakes, drank Coke, and visited til bed time. We are all at Leah’s for night tonight and have secured Luz for our tour guide tomorrow.
restless feet 