Monday 13th April 2015
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| Marble right near our mooring |
12 degrees 35.404N
122 degrees 16.410E
Romblon Yacht Club mooring
Depth 16.4
AM
And yes we are in
Romblon, on a secure-seeming mooring in a sheltered little bay. Romblon – marble capital of the Philippines!
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| Marble beasties |
Our passengers,
Chester and Lorraine, turned up faithfully just before 8am yesterday.
They were very
nice shipmates – full of useful information but not too intrusive.
But poor Lorraine
was sick nearly all the way to our anchorage at Calatrava, on Tablas Island…
12 degrees 37.309N
122 degrees 03.873E
Caltrava (Tablas Island)
Depth 7.2m
Very rolly
It was indeed a
rough trip and we didn’t make it all the way to Romblon. Our anchorage was safe, near what seemed to
be a pretty little town, but we tossed and rolled and rolled all night.
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| Calatrava (Tablas Island) |
At sunset we had a
fishing boat right next to us, with a happy family group – not sure how they
all fitted on board, but they obviously managed!
As soon as we had
settled on our Romblon YC mooring, we were invaded by cheery boys, who dived in
with much commotion, and swam out
to use 2XS as an even better diving platform than the harbour wall.
to use 2XS as an even better diving platform than the harbour wall.
They were thrilled
when we told them they could have our cans, and, even better, when we let them
use the can crusher. They set up a very
keen and speedy assembly line.
I had a lovely swim,
along the coastline, not up and down under the boat – much more interesting!
As we were leaving
Boracay, we could see the other side of the island, where we had thought there
were only mangroves. There are in fact
beautiful beaches; it really is a glorious little island. But…it is under threat. The waves were too violent for me to be able
to get steady enough to take a photo, but a large chunk of the island is under
development. HUGE development! Thousands of condominiums, villas, a modern
shopping mall, and, sooner rather than later, a casino… There is a large scar
on the hillside leading down to the beaches – all four of us sighed deeply at
the sight.
PM
We have now had a
bit of a stroll around Romblon, Romblon.
VERY different to Boracay…
I was very tickled
to find a tricycle with a vague attempt at my name… Most people do find it
extremely difficult to spell so this was a reasonable attempt, all things
considered!
Birthday today:
Stuart Cook!
Bike rider and fisherman extraordinaire!
Wow...that's my husband! Almost unrecognisable without a beard! Also Poppy's birthday x
ReplyDeleteA message for Pete. In heard on the radio that there is an anthropologist advocating that we keep beer can rings as they are an excellent way to show changes throughout history!
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