Showing posts with label butanding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label butanding. Show all posts

31 May 2013

Suroy-Suroy sa Sugbo*: Swimming with the Gentle Giants

Tired as we all are, I still managed to wake up by 5:00 AM without the help of an alarm. But it wasn't until someone in our room shifted that I decided to get moving as well. We changed into our whale shark watching outfits (i.e. rash-guard, board shorts, aqua shoes) and had a quick breakfast. By 6:00 AM, the tricycles we hired last night were already waiting for us. After a couple more preparations, we were ready to go.

The tricycles dropped us off at George Resort where a Kuya greeted us and introduced himself as our contact for the whale shark watching activity. We just said yes without thinking when he suddenly informed us that there is an additional Php 70/person fee on top of the Php 500/person whale shark watching fee. Php 70 for using the shower/toilets and queuing for us?? Kaloka, we were not informed! But since we were already there, we agreed just to get it over with.
Present!
After buying a couple of butanding magnets, we were ready to hit the waters! But not before going for a quick bathroom break. I was so nervous/excited, I just had to pee real quick before facing the gentle giants. And because of that little break, I almost got left behind which would result to our Misadventure #2. Good thing, they didn't forget about me. Hihi But still, that was close!