Day 109
It was all going so well till about 20 minutes off from boarding after our 7 hours wait of not being able to check in without food and our 3 hour wait with norms, we get to our get just as the delayed sign appears, nooo. And it's not leaving for another 2 3/4 hours urg, it's a bit too much for our tired brains to handle so we go off to find a corner to nap, waking ever time a loud speaker starts, worried we will miss our flight. I mishear one and make us go back to our gate to find its the flight before, before ours they are calling and I get several glares from Ben. We do however get free breakfast as an apology and about 20 mins after than our plane arrives, a little earlier than expected.
The plane is tiny with only about 60 seats and it's so noisy but it's taking us to paradise so we just don't care. The plane comes in to land on a tiny air strip surrounded by thick trees to a tiny airport, just like I remember. Ben's a bit shocked by the size and even more so when we just pick our bags up from the runway, right next to the plane. We are staying when we are here with some friends of my Dads who have a resort place here, they are on the main land at the moment so can't come pick us up but they have arrange a taxi/jeepney thing for us and he's waiting just outside.
The drive is about 15 minutes and so strange for me as familiar smells and sight trigger a flood of odd memories. It's drizzling as we turn up and my weird little memory forgot that the sand at the resort is brown, it's being volcanic, not white like I told Ben and it's weirdly puts a dampener on our moods, obviously nothing to do with the 36 hours without sleep. We crash out now, napping till 3pm when I wake us up for food. The weather has improved and so have our moods which go more so as we see the menu. It's got all manner of filipino food but it also has some staple British and I have a much craved jacket potato with beans and cheese with a glass bottle of coke whilst Ben does his usual, get something he doesn't recognise and gets a fish stew which he is well happy with.
We can only get wifi in the bar so we set up camp, check in with everyone and start to plan our trip. The time flies by and the sun starts to set and it's unbelievably beautiful. Ben gets loads of pictures which I've put below and gets all geeky with his camera settings. We eat after this and then go back to the room as the travels have caught up with us and we settle in ready for beginning out island adventure tomorrow.
Day 110
Oh that sleep was well needed. I briefly wake at 7am but the duvet monster grabs me again and I finally properly wake up at 9. Though I would have sworn I was awake the whole time, even when the Ben turned into a bath.
We breakfast and then arrange a trip to the incredible looking White Island which we can see from our room. A cool little boat picks us up and within less than 10 minutes we have hit paradise. It's not really an island but a sand bank of the white and softest sand we have ever seen, surrounded by bright blue water and it was near empty.
There are two sides which get separated by high tide and we stay on the first for half hour before moving over to the second, wading through the water to a side even more secluded. We have 5 hours here and we will the time wisely, with snorkelling, swimming and sunbathing. The temperature of the water here is amazing, warm enough to be amazing but cool enough to stop you over heating, we have both fallen in love.
We hit maximum sun intake at about 4 hours and pack up and go hide under a tent until our boat man arrived. We have both caught the sun a lot so after a late lunch/early dinner, we hide in our room, filling out books and lounging until sun set which is even more impressive than yesterday.
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