Moving on. We've been exploring the island quite abit. It's a maze of paths so we've worked out the quickest roots around and tried a few different bars and cafes, and found out which are the best/cheapest.
The first day we visited the beach and snorkelled around a bit until the boats started pulling up right behind us, so we had to make a quick getaway. There's such a beautiful beach here and the surrounding areas are well known for diving but the shallow areas for snorkelling are unfortunately few and far between because of the amount of boats that come and go on the main beach.
Sean had been given a small sentimental gift from his grandma to carry around with him which he'd attached to the zipper of the day rucksack. Somehow along the way, though we're not sure when exactly, it was lost. He was really gutted so we went out straight away to look for it, along the roots that we'd been that day. This wasn't that easy as it comes dark at 6, so it was pitch black and we only had torches to look with as there are no street lights. Also, being such soft sand everywhere it easily could have been covered. Obviously Sean was so annoyed when we didn't find it :(
A day passed and we had spent it again at the beach, but that night we had another bit of a scare with some more visitors. This time 2 big cockroaches! We were so surprised as we have no idea how they got in and the place is so clean, but it just goes to show.
As we're writing this, we've just got back from a day trip to Kalanggaman Island. Others had told us how nice it was, so we were excited to see it. There are only about 10 boats licensed to go there from Malapascua, and there is a fee once you are there also.
On our way there, we were looking over the side of the boat for any dolphins or turtles when we kept noticing things flying across the top of the water then diving back in. It kept happening so Sean asked the driver what they were and it turns out they were flying fish. Really strange. After about 1 hour and a half on boat we pulled up, it really lived up to expectations. The sea was crystal clear and there was nothing but a few wooden beach huts. There were quite a lot of people but that's expected anywhere that is so nice, and it is also the local holiday time here. We snorkelled around and I was teaching Alex how to improve her breathing techniques for diving down under the water, not that I'm an expert but there is so much to see at the bottom so she's eager to improve. We both then ventured down to the other end of the island where no one seemed to go. A path was still made to walk all the way but obviously they prefer the mass of visitors to stay in one area, so the rest was pretty untouched. We would have much preferred to stay down this quieter end as it was a lot nicer but the thought of being left on the island and as time was slowly creeping up on us, we headed back.
We got back about 5ish, then went out for dinner to our favourite place at the moment called Oscars. Its about average for cost but has really nice food. Hopefully tomorrow we're going to the north of the island where there are a lot less boats, so much better for snorkelling, and apparently also some cliffs to jump off for Sean.
Speak soon :)
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