1st May - Masapelid Island to Tandag (Mindanao Island) - mining - dolphins

Friday 1^st May 2015

9 degrees 05.133N

126 degrees 11.449E

Tandag (Mindanao island)

6.5m

We had a long trip today, arriving here at what we hope is an OK anchorage, just before dark.

It was al very interesting down the eastern coast of Mindanao.  MANY miles of – mining!  Lot of ships, waiting to be loaded, and lots of denuded hills reaching as far as we could see.  We tried to look it up on Google, as the internet came and went, and we think they are mining for gold.  But – maybe not?

But the most exciting thing was – dolphins!

We haven’t seen a decent dolphin since we left Australia. 

Occasionally we see an lackluster little creature lolling in the water, unable to summon up any interest in 2XS at all.

These ones were lively!

Well today we had a whole little family – mum, dad, teenager, all very keen to leap and frolic in the bow waves, for well over an hour.  I think they would have stayed for dinner if we had been able to entice them up the steps!

They made us very happy.