Water is stated to be the most important compound to life. All living things requirement water. All living things, yes, including travelers. Swimming, snorkeling, running around, as well as more swimming are exhausting activities that must be enjoyed by those who will go on a whole-day island-hopping adventure. as well as to make it through this day, one should not fail to remember to bring a bottle of WATER.

I did. I did forget.

Why does it always occur to me? Damn.

But I’m getting ahead of the story.

Hey look! Pineapple! as well as inside, Spongebob! NOT.
After our semi-spiritual go to to Matinloc Shrine, we hopped back onto the boat as well as glided a number of meters to a close-by white beach. I’m not sure however I believe most of the beaches we saw as well as passed by are all part of Matinloc Island. It was a dazzling sight — gray cliffs topped with rich eco-friendlies as well as at the base, sparkling white sand welcoming the waves. We didn’t understand which beach we were headed to however we’d be absolutely happy with any type of of them.

Talisay Beach, El Nido, Palawan
Talisay beach was our boatman’s choice. I state “our boatman’s choice” since it seemed like each boat would dock at a separate beach. It was like we had the beach as well as I’m sure the group of tourists on the other beaches felt the same.

When we lastly climbed down our boats as well as soaked our feet, my buddy Ces just lay down as if dropping dead. She just discovered the like of her life — the sand. Pearly white sand.

Soon, our boatman revealed that they would be preparing lunch.

The regional government of El Nido standardizes the tour operations in the town. What does it mean? There are rules as well as policies that tour operators, boatmen, as well as resort owners must abide by. one of them is that all whole-day trips must include LUNCH.

They even go extremely specific. Lunch should comprise the following:

Grilled fish

Grilled meat (chicken or pork)

Rice

Vegetables

Fruits

The finest thing about our lunch was that it was prepared as well as cooked at the beach itself. While we were basking in the sun as well as swimming, our boatmen transformed into island chefs.

We had grilled fish, grilled liempo, as well as cucumber for lunch. as well as for dessert, pineapples as well as bananas! The food was OK. There was nothing spectacular about it. It was just grilled, however we did not expect anything, anyway.

Tropical island lunch! whatever grilled as well as fresh!
There was as well much food, to be honest. It was as well much even for us. however since we didn’t want all that food to go to waste, we truly tried to surface it as well as leave nothing however bones. We were extremely satisfied. LOL.

Now, if you take a second look at the “lunch” elements I listed above, there’s no water there. So hmmmm.

“Kuya, may tubig po kayo,” I asked one of the boatmen.

“Ay naku, wala,” responded to Kuya. “Bakit? Wala kayong dalang tubig?”

“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah,” yes, I truly stated it. “Wala po.” as well as then I laughed hard. I believe I was going crazy. When the group discovered that there was no water, none of us threw tantrums or felt bad. We just laughed it off. The location was just so gorgeous as well as the moment was so wonderful to be spoiled. as well as our boatmen had been nothing however useful as well as endearing. No blames here.

But the issue was triggered by a miscommunication between us as well as the tour agency. The company guaranteed us that they would be providing water. I assumption it was just not cascaded to the boatmen.

We were lucky since our boatmen were truly the very best in the world. They went out of their method to cross to the other beach as well as “borrow” water from the other boat.

No problem.

My buddies enjoying the beach, the sea, as well as the view!
We stayed for one more hour at Talisay beach after lunch. At one point, all of us in the group were just sitting on the sand, viewing the waves roll by as well as admiring the view. None of us stated a word. We just sat there with our feet playing with the bubbles that the waves pushed towards us. It took a number of minutes up until somebody lastly stated something — “It’s beautiful.”

Indeed.

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