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Revisiting Batanes

Exactly a year ago, I found paradise in Batanes…

One of the locals I befriended there took me to this super secluded, uninhabited place shown above where not so many tourists get to see … I remember him dropping me off at a little patch of grass with an awesome panorama that commanded a 180-degree unobstructed view of the ocean and its roaring waves below … it was soooo beautiful that I felt like the queen of the sea just standing there, commanding the ocean below… (I guess it was the equivalent of how Jack felt when he exclaimed that he was the king of the universe on board the Titanic —or something to that effect, basta, u know what i mean okie? =])…

Anyhow, my local friend had to leave me there to get another friend, since we got there by riding a scooter and he couldn’t hitch both me and my friend at the same time …so, for about an hour there, I felt like the only person left in the universe without any shelter to run to should the rain fall, or with no defense to protect me should I get attacked by some wild animal…of course I had some great photo ops there but I felt so vulnerable and I remember feeling panicky when I saw my friend’s little scooter disappearing in the distance and then upon realizing that my cellphone did not have any signal at all… I remember the strong winds picking up and how I was scared that the winds would carry me off the cliffs and how I swear I could hear my own heart thumping loudly when it seemed that more than an hour had passed already and my friend/s hadn’t come back yet… there were no signs of human life anywhere within a 50-km radius there and the place was just so lonely, so beautiful and so peaceful at the same time…I think I found God in my extended moment of solitude there… Words just cannot express how breathtaking the scenery was and apparently, my photos just cannot do any justice to it either… my friend/s arrived a little before dusk and I swear that by that time, my whole body was so numb from the coldness and had they come later than they did, then I would have most likely gotten frozen to death by then…

Anyhow, I wish I could go back there again this year but this summer’s destination is Bora and the Apo Reef for some conservation projects… after that, there are so many other places to see… I haven’t been to Bohol or Sagada or Palawan so if my schedule between full-time work and doing my master’s project/thesis permits it, then those places should be next on my list… in the meantime, I’ll always be dreaming about returning to Batanes and hopefully I can go back again soon… 

Anyways, I hope everyone will have a happy summer and perhaps, we’ll see each other in Bora or the Apo Reef next month =) 

PS… I’m trying hard not to mind those annoying ads that Friendster decided to pop-up all over people’s blogs including mine =/  the one below is the ugliest one ever (free animated cursors or the next generation of IM Smileys?! Sheesh people!) …oh well…that’s what I get for free service…=/

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