My last day on Siargao Island I went for a little surf in the morning. Then we all headed out to the flying fox run by the german treasure hunter Victor. He had an eat all you can buffet for 4 bucks, and we were all excited for some different food. 4 bucks is pretty expensive for us here, so we made sure we got our money's worth, and you can be sure we did! It was so very tasty, and we kept coming up for more. Lots of good german food and some filipino food too. Fresh pork, fresh mahi mahi, bratwurst, german chicken, german pancakes, real bread, mangoes, other fruits, mushroom stew, pasta. Yum yum yum! Mom you would have loved it with all the german food and the crazy german guy and bavarian music playing in the background.
After feasting for over 2 hours we headed off to watch a cock fight. We could hardly walk!
The next day began an epic couple days of travel. We left cloud 9 at 3:45am to walk the 4km to general luna b/c a moto was way to expensive at that time of day. From GL we took a trike to dapa where we caught the 5:45 ferry to Surigao. From Surigao we were told we could go to Butuan to catch a ferry to Bohol. We took a bus fo 3 hours there. When we got there, we found out the ferry didn't leave for 2 more days. So Lucas got a quick haircut and shave and I loaded up on tasty fruit at the market (mangoes, pineapple, rambotan, mangosteen, and bananas) before taking the bus ride back to Surigao. When we got to Surigao they told us to go to this one port, but when we got there it was the wrong one, so we had to take a jeepney to another one. We had missed the 3:30pm ferry to Liloan (we had been told it left at 7pm), so we had to wait for the 11:30 ferry. We arrived in Liloan on Leyte around 4am where we caught a bus to Sorsogon. From Sorsogon we took a bus to Bato. From Bato we took the 9am ferry to Ubay on Bohol and then a bus to Carmen and then another bus to Loboc, arriving there around 3pm. We then had to walk the last 1km to Nuts Huts retreat where we are staying. A definitely long and exhausting journey.
Nuts huts is an awesome little place. Away from everything in the jungle right next to a blue river. It's very relaxing...full of jungle sounds, hammocks, and greenery. Last night we walked into Loboc which is about 4km away for some internet as lucas is applying for a job. Loboc has the 2nd oldest church in the philippines. We finished the night slurping on mangos down by the dock.
Today after a breakfast of fresh yoghurt and bread, we took a hike up through the jungle to 2 pretty impressive and large caves full of bats. It was a nice and sweaty hike for sure. When we got done we were ready for some lunch and as the food is too expensive at nuts huts we headed back to Loboc. It's only about 2.5km if you go by river from nuts huts to loboc, so I swam the whole way into town. A nice and refreshing (and non-sweaty) way to get into town!
I broke my flip flop sandals about 2 weeks ago, which is not surprising considering I use them everyday all day and am often carrying a heavy pack, going through mud, etc. But I have been unable to find any sandals here that fit my size 13 feet! I have been searching for 2 weeks now and have only found size 11, but way too narrow so far.
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