3 islands

i have lived in mactan island for almost 8 years now. i was able to go snorkeling somewhere in some of the neighboring islands over (lip pointing) there but that was not counted because it was sneaky (we didn't pay the fee of 1 thousand something pesos) and it only lasted over an hour. 

so, during the three days (youth camp) of no electricity, very drought-like rationing of water, meager food, sleeping with the chickens (i'm serious!), sleeping on the sand (on thin mattress) ----- okay, the good stuff: beautiful, breathtaking sunrise, sentimental sunsets, clean air and slow and quiet days (except for screaming youths), i, along with ems, jore, bing and lani, had the excuse of accompanying ptr. ares to do island hopping. (for the record this is the worst sentence/grammar ever!!!)

all photos except for the first one was taken by jore

1st day sunrise - hilutungan island

captain jack sparrow has nothing on our boatman!

perfect shades of blue

nalusuan island

floating leilani

ems

lunch of  grilled stuff. squid. chicken. fish & also fresh mango

on the way to snorkeling

ems & i

these are mostly koreans. there are so many of them inlove with our waters 

ka-awhagan island

perfecting water jump : ivy faith

water zombie : ptr. ares

3 of the million shots of hair flipping.  i realize i am not a hair-flipping-girl. jore nearly burst an nerve because of this. but these three are not bad, right?

leilani

water-flipping on the other hand is a different matter!!

beaches. water. islands. has a way  of opening up personalities. shedding off inhbitions. haha. 

right at the moment i am 5 shades darker than my natural color and am not sure if my summer is over yet.

a BIG P.S
a friend of ours has a business of island hopping if you want you and your friends to have fun this summer in cebu & mactan islands, you only have to pay P 5000.00 and you already get to visit the 3 islands. this already includes your lunch on the boat!
If you want to have lunch on one of the islands yourself, you have to pay P 3000 only for the boat ride. you still get to see the islands Hilutungan, Nalusuan & Ka-awhagan.

Lunch in Nalusuan : P 450.00 - 550.00 (free snorkeling in the fish sanctuary)
Lunch in Hilutungan: P 550.00 (free snorkeling in the fish sanctuary)

you can also bring your own snacks and lots and lots of water! 
for more inquiries, please message ivy faith in facebook :-)

the ruins

a few weeks ago almost immediately after i posted about heavenly declaration, we visited this place. no kids, just us adults. i have already seen this place before and written about it here. the last time we were there we missed the sunset but this time we witnessed it. it was amazing. 

i could try and write a lot about this visit to a beautiful, historic place again but there are already a lot written about it. although it looks majestic and picturesque especially on sunset, what adds to its attraction is the heroic history behind this lovely architecture. if you want more history, you can visit THIS.

ours are just pictures. :-)

believe me, i was holding fast. look at my foot!

jore. still business.

white kid problem. too much sunlight.

arguing who's in-charge of the baby next. lol

beef  lechon. 

first time in army navy 

on the way to the airport

close your eyes at he count of three!

men discussing men stuff. sister, hey, i have wifi!

for the second time i wondered how did that tree end up on that tall tower. probably pollination. or something like that.

i forced him to do this. lol

he forced me to shot this. 

nobody has to forced me for this. haha

discussing the merit of a freshly ground coffee

finally. a sunset shot. jore's work

dusk 

sister & bro-in-law

jore's perspective!