Bismillah..
I haven't got time for any updates these days. Or sometimes I'll just write half way and stopped because I feel it wasn't good enough. I used to write during the wee hours during my study years; 3 am was my best time to write. But for the past few years, I wouldn't even have the energy to watch anime after work... I sound so old~
Looking at my posts about trips being so close to each other in this blog make it seem like as if I don't work at all haha Recently, I went to Cebu, Philippines for a short break during the long weekends of Labour day and Wesak. The idea was Mr. A's. Text him one morning asking if he has any travel plans for the long weekend and he replied "Tu la.. Macam nak pegi Cebu. Canyoning.." Voila! We got ourselves the tickets and got some other people to tag along. He did all the planning and booking and my role was only to print our boarding passes hehehe sanang hidop ai~
The flight from KK was actually scheduled at 6pm but was delayed for 2 hours so we arrived in Cebu at around 10.30 pm. It was a short flight, only 1 hour 50 minutes so it's really worth the amount we paid for the return ticket; RM 256.
Despite of all the things I disliked, though, I still think this is one of the most valuable diving experience. Well, I would have preferred an unexpected encounter and that will be even more elating, but this was cool enough. I didn't expect it to be sooooo huge that I stopped breathing when the first one swam above my head. Mr S was the closest to me and I just sort of tugged his bcd. We are not supposed to stop breathing during scuba diving, you know.
It took me quite some time to get closer to this creature because the size is sooooo intimidating. The above pic is the closest distance that we got but sadly Mr A mistakenly set the GoPro to camera mode so we only have still pics. But I got a video of myself so close to the whale shark but not as close as this but still good enough (^^)
And after diving, we went to the Tumalog waterfalls to refresh. Well, we were actually somewhat scammed by the dive company where they were suppose to take us for 3 dives but then we only got 1 dive.. But I don't want to talk about it because.. sakitnya tuh di sinih~ pedih~ hehehe
Tumalog is beautiful but again I have problem with the crowd. I didn't take a dip, though, due to personal reasons hahaha but I think it's worth the visit. You'll have to walk down a steep hill to get here, but then if you're worry about going back up, you can actually hire a motorcyclist (like ojek in Indonesia) for 30 peso.
The second activity is actually my most anticipated one. It was funny when my 2 roommates have no idea at all what we will be going through.. They thought we were going canoeing and I think their innocence was very cute
The journey is almost the same like the day before, around 2 to 3 hours drive. And our driver parked the van at a local church, got ourselves geared there and rode motorcycles to the starting point. The best thing is the adrenaline rush starts as early as the starting point where you have to jump off a cliff into the gorge. I guessed it was around at least 4 metres high. I was of course happy to jump!
I haven't got time for any updates these days. Or sometimes I'll just write half way and stopped because I feel it wasn't good enough. I used to write during the wee hours during my study years; 3 am was my best time to write. But for the past few years, I wouldn't even have the energy to watch anime after work... I sound so old~
Looking at my posts about trips being so close to each other in this blog make it seem like as if I don't work at all haha Recently, I went to Cebu, Philippines for a short break during the long weekends of Labour day and Wesak. The idea was Mr. A's. Text him one morning asking if he has any travel plans for the long weekend and he replied "Tu la.. Macam nak pegi Cebu. Canyoning.." Voila! We got ourselves the tickets and got some other people to tag along. He did all the planning and booking and my role was only to print our boarding passes hehehe sanang hidop ai~
The flight from KK was actually scheduled at 6pm but was delayed for 2 hours so we arrived in Cebu at around 10.30 pm. It was a short flight, only 1 hour 50 minutes so it's really worth the amount we paid for the return ticket; RM 256.
I think, swimming with whale shark is like a must in everybody's itinerary. But I'm not that eager to do this again here. I don't quite like the overcrowded beach. And then the place is so noisy that you can't even hear the sound of waves. Everything was a hassle. Here, they'll take tourists on a huge row boat that I think could accommodate about 20 people in each trip. Then there will be like 3 to 4 men rowing the boat towards where the whale shark is fed. And as for the divers, we walk into the sea from shore and I don't like that either because it's bad for my knee and the tank is extremely heavy and it felt like my vertebrae was about to collapse hehehe
Despite of all the things I disliked, though, I still think this is one of the most valuable diving experience. Well, I would have preferred an unexpected encounter and that will be even more elating, but this was cool enough. I didn't expect it to be sooooo huge that I stopped breathing when the first one swam above my head. Mr S was the closest to me and I just sort of tugged his bcd. We are not supposed to stop breathing during scuba diving, you know.
It took me quite some time to get closer to this creature because the size is sooooo intimidating. The above pic is the closest distance that we got but sadly Mr A mistakenly set the GoPro to camera mode so we only have still pics. But I got a video of myself so close to the whale shark but not as close as this but still good enough (^^)
And after diving, we went to the Tumalog waterfalls to refresh. Well, we were actually somewhat scammed by the dive company where they were suppose to take us for 3 dives but then we only got 1 dive.. But I don't want to talk about it because.. sakitnya tuh di sinih~ pedih~ hehehe
Tumalog is beautiful but again I have problem with the crowd. I didn't take a dip, though, due to personal reasons hahaha but I think it's worth the visit. You'll have to walk down a steep hill to get here, but then if you're worry about going back up, you can actually hire a motorcyclist (like ojek in Indonesia) for 30 peso.
The second activity is actually my most anticipated one. It was funny when my 2 roommates have no idea at all what we will be going through.. They thought we were going canoeing and I think their innocence was very cute
The journey is almost the same like the day before, around 2 to 3 hours drive. And our driver parked the van at a local church, got ourselves geared there and rode motorcycles to the starting point. The best thing is the adrenaline rush starts as early as the starting point where you have to jump off a cliff into the gorge. I guessed it was around at least 4 metres high. I was of course happy to jump!
It was a full day activity.. I don't know how to exactly describe it but it comprise of us jumping off cliffs (the highest would be around 6-7m), swimming in the gorge, swimming through small caves that has tiny white marble-like formations, sliding on slabs, walking on rocks and a short trek in the jungle towards the end of the activity.
The water was crystal clear. See my feet are visible there!
And at the end of it, we were served with the best food feast in the Philippines. There was this giant grilled squid, sweet and sour fish, grilled fish, fried prawn, sauced prawn, boiled crabs, bananas, watermelon and coke! (Kalo food memang aku ingat berabis...)
And then the spare hours can be used to bath under the waterfall (^^)
We paid 300 peso for the raft. You don't need it if you can walk on water~ It's quite deep underneath the cascade and the force of the water is very strong. I gave up after a few minutes lying face down. At first it felt like a massage but later, it felt like someone was jumping on my back (^^")
I enjoyed it very much!
So for those of you who are interested to do the Canyoning, the name of the company is
7107 adventure and tour.
Our safety was their priority, the 2 guides were really friendly, and the food was fantastic. No complaints at all!
Pegi la pegi la pegi la! \(^^)/
Special thanks to Mr A untuk segala galanya hehe
If you read this post lah..
