Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Saturday

What a day Saturday was! We met the kids at the shelter at 7am to take about 25 of them by Jeepnee 2 1/2 hours across the island.


We laughed as the kids passed out in the Jeeps and sprawled themselves all over eachother. Kids will be kids.


When we arrived to MoalBoal, we were greeted by snacks of fresh coconut and a beautiful white sand beach.


The kids swam and splashed in the water. It was amazing, many of them opened their eyes under the water! They searched for hermit crabs and caught tiny fish by hand. They buried eachother in sand and climbed all over eachother (and us!) in the water.


On our boad ride around the bay, we came across a whole bunch of dolphins. They came right up to our boat and jumped, twirled and played in our wake. The kids love them and most of them had never seen dolphins before.


After the beach we took a crazy drive up a mountain to a cave where we waded through cold water to get into the cave. It was amazing and most of the kids liked it. Some thought it was creepy because of the bats and the dripping stalagtites.

After another swim at the beach, we loaded the Jeepnees up again and headed back to Cebu. Once again, the kids slept and we were alert as can be praying we wouldn't get in a wreck given the wild traffic rules.


On the way home we stopped at Jollibee (their form of McDonalds which serves spaghetti and fried chicken!). What a day!

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