decoding the boys ✔️

24 - blessed || edited, uncut ver

The world is one very puzzling thing. Akalain n'yo 'yon. This adventure was very sudden, out of the blue pero pakiramdam ko, 'di na lang 'to para ma-satisfy ang crave namin for extremes. This experience was feeding my soul. Ang inspiring.

Sad to say, thirty minutes lang kami doon. Nang makapagpatuyo kami, realization sank in. Six-thirty pa lang.

"Aga pa," I said. "Ayoko pang umuwi."

"Sa'n n'yo ba gusto? Pwede tayong mag-Sumilon," Kuya Travis replied.

"O diretso tayong Siquijor," Kuya Andrei offered.

Napatingin ako sa kanya nang mabilis. "Siquijor! Maganda daw yung Salagdoong 'di ba?"

"Pwede. Nando'n din yung Cambugahay," sabi ni Kuya Onyx. "Pero puntahan na rin natin yung Tumalog."

"Wait lang," I told them. "'Di ba tayo mahihirapan bumili ng tickets kung magsi-Siquijor pa?"

Since magpupunta pa kami ng Dumaguete and from there sasakay ng ferry papuntang Siquijor. We can't take the Larena route. 'Di swak sa schedule, I think.

"Para saan pang pinsan mo 'ko?" mayabang na sagot ni Kuya Nick.

Habang nag-aayos, he made some calls. Apparently, he had connections anywhere and everywhere. Perks of being a working man, huh?

"So it's settled. Tumalog muna a?" Kuya Jacob declared.

We hired a habal-habal to get there. The ride uphill to the falls was a bit scary but the view on the right made up for it. Nagbayad kami saglit and then papasok ng falls mismo, naglakad pa nang konti pababa.

I could hear the cascading sound of tiny droplets from where we were. Excitement rushed forth inside me. Hoshet.

A few minutes of walking down and I was rewarded with a very breathtaking sight.

Holy wow.

Sobrang ganda ng Tumalog falls. I didn't think even our camera could capture its real beauty.

Hinubad ko ulit ang T-shirt ko para hindi mabasa. Then naglakad ako papunta sa ilalim ng falls. The feeling of having hundreds of tiny drops falling over you felt like heaven.

Pumikit ako. Inangat ko na rin ang mga kamay ko para damdamin yung experience.

"Feel na feel, a?" Gian's deep voice floated over.

I opened my eyes and grinned wide. "Ikaw din naman."

My brothers and cousins were under the falls, too. Tinanggal na rin nila ang mga shirts nila.

We took many shots there. In-enjoy namin ng kalahating oras ang falls before kami bumalik na sa Tan-awan. It was around seven-thirty in the morning and we needed to prepare for Siquijor kung gusto namin magawa yung day trip.

Bumalik kami sa bahay para magpalit into dry clothes. Then we packed our things and paid our home accommodation.

Papuntang Siquijor, magpupunta pa kami ng Liloan. To get there, we decided to leave our vehicles and take the bus na lang.

Since experience na rin naman, susulitin na namin. We'd do it the backpack travelers' way.

The bus ride was quick. From Liloan, we took a craft ride to Sibulan, trike to Dumaguete and then finally, a ferry ride to Siquijor.

Thanks to Kuya Nick's awesome connection powers, hindi naman kami nahirapan bumili ng tickets. (Magaling din kasi yung ports. Their schedules were really fit for travelers with varying scheds.)

We reached Siquijor at around ten na. May pinahiram na SUV sa 'min ang kakilala ni Kuya Nick kaya 'di na namin kailangan pang mag-hire ng tricycles. He also served as our tour guide for today.