Over Easter break, we took the bus down to Batangas where we jumped onto a tiny boat that took us over to the next island, Mindoro, and spent four days doing very little but swimming, snorkelling, building sand castles, kayaking and hanging out on a small beach. So close to Manila, and so beautiful. Definitely a pleasant surprise!
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Arriving. At last (see coming post).
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Swings on our bungalow doorsteps.
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Happy local.
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Just beautiful.
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Ice cream break in the shadow with newly found friends, our Indian bungalow neighbors.
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First snorkelling tour ever. A great success to say the least.
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Some serious kalaha tournaments took place on the beach...
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... as well as some less serious sand castle competitions.
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We'll definitely be back!
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