The Minantao Reef in barangay Caubian (a small island 10 mins away from Hilton wharf by a motorized boat) is in a very bad state. Almost all corals are blasted, the seabed is littered with evidence of such destruction. Really sad. The Talima Reef (Olango Is--about 13 mins from Caubian), on the other hand, though a far cry from Pescador Island's beauty or any of the Moalboal sanctuaries', or of the Lagundi Reef's, is showing some potentials of its own to be the next favorite dive spot in Cebu. Talima, I gathered, has actually been protected from dynamite fishing, the very thing that destroys corals. Minantao, for its part, is already under Chevron's (with the help of Project Seahorse, an NGO) three-year P3-million project to restore it.
And presenting the people behind this conservation project...
The foreigners in this photo are from Chevron, and the young women there are marine biologists from Project Seahorse. Mao ni'ng mga bayhana ang hinungdan nga naikog na ko ron sa akong pagkatawo. Way saysay! buhuhu...
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...and the islands (they probably make up more than half of the country's 7,100plus islands. i think.)
Olango Island. Diri siguro to, exactly on this spot, nasakpan 'tong mga Hapon nga nagchukchak chinis, noh? Kaluoy sa isla.
Lighthouse (kinda). After seeing very ordinary sights underwater, we decided to venture in this area. Kung di lang gubaon ang hagdanan ani'ng payaga, sigurado nitungtong nako ani. Hek hek...
"Buko juice." After the trip, we stopped over at Hilton to freshen up and for some snacks. There, I unwittingly ordered "buko juice" bec I already had two cans of coke while on the boat, to hopefully wash away the sin. Buko juice in most restos that I've been to is served in a drinking glass, pero sa Hilton, sus! bantug ra dugay kayo naabot. When I saw the waiter holding it, lami nalang itago sa ilawom sa lamisa. Maayo nala'ng wa sa'y libog akong tupad. Hahays...mag-inusbanay pa!
Fast fact: Did you know Viva mineral water in Hilton costs P110? Ang buko juice siguro, lapas P200. Ingun ana lang!
Photos underwater will be posted soon. With a more dramatic caption on each...pfft!
5 comments:
Dili diay to sa malapascua nag chukchak? or lain sad to?
Kagrabe sad anang mga presyoha woi... makalifong! I think ang umbrella maoy nakamahal anang bukoha... :D
olango to, pero i dunno asa jud dapita, wa bya ko didto. :P
mao sad na akong huna2x, tungod jud anang payonga na! grabeh sa?
ka rich nimo oi..
pakuyoga ko ana beh.. hehehehe
nindota ana oi.
sagdi lng kung ma rich lagi ko.. paliton na nako ang olango. hehehehe
Maayo lng jud ning kwaknita ni.. Iya-iyang kalingawan dli jud kamao mangin-vite.. Tseeh! :-P
uy chase! ato sa ni klarohon ha, pobre jud ko, as in. timawa, uyamot, mokaon og bonbon. seriously.
nindot ta jud bya daghan manglaag like this, but saon ta man gi-invite ra bya ko. magsabot lang nya ta ninyo fellow bisdak bloggers, daizuke and chase, and everyone else out there.
daizuke, trabaho bya ka doh! cge lang ka trabaho, datu na kayo ka, tulison taka ig taud2x ba!
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