Sunday was a long day, but a beautiful one! Early start, just to end up waiting over 30 minutes to get a jeepeney to the bus terminal. Then after much confusion we finally find an appropriate bus, but we again need to wait, over an hour this time, for it to leave. Upon our arrival in Basey, we wander and wander looking for the tourism office and I started to feel that the whole outing would be a dud... I could not have been more wrong!
The tourism office had our reservation (which is not a guarantee here). The boat was ready within minutes to take us to the caves. There even was a Spanish guy waiting around the office looking to join a party, filling the last seat on our boat!
To be honest, my favorite part of the whole day was the boat ride to and from the caves. Here's a little sample:
The ride took about an hour in each direction and I felt so lucky to be there. I felt that I was seeing a whole other side of Filipino life: villages and houses whose access point was not a road and a jeepeney but a river and a bangka. It was, in a word, lovely. The whole experienced was enhanced by The National -- incredible band! (I especially associated the scenery with the song Ada, if any of you are interested.)
The caves in themselves were impressive, though I'm a water girl (there's really no denying!).
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