Swimming in Baclayon
Posted by: Fats in: Fats, Vitamins & Minerals > Takaw at Sursur!We were up all night checking fares and flights for a workshop in India where I was invited to join. Quite ridiculous, Trevor thought, here we are on holiday researching on the internet for a trip somewhere else!
Anyway, I’ve always wanted to return to India, and this time, to stay longer, to learn more about the place. This would be Trevor’s first trip to the country so it will be a pleasurable trip together too. The workshop is also very important to me, dealing with the ideology of copyrights and other IPRs.
Today, we did manage again to go to the baluarte, and Trevor finally went swimming. I should try swimming too, perhaps tomorrow. 
The best time (for us), I suppose is past 4PM, the tide is low and it’s not too dark yet. Most people seem to prefer to swim much later, but I’m not very fond of the dark! Also, you can see all sorts of living things in the water in the daytime, which might be a reason for going at night!
Trevor and I found so many starfishes in the sea - I took a photo of one below.
There are also lots of fish very near the baluarte - and while swimming, Trevor found a jellyfish. The sea is beautiful and alive! Below is a photo of a school of small fish over the rocks.
When we got there, there was a family having a swim. When they left, two kids came with a puppy. They placed the puppy in the water and it started to swim - it was so funny, they went swimming with the puppy, although the puppy was more concerned about swimming back to the baluarte!
Then later, a couple more kids arrived with two dogs. When the kids went swimming, one of the dogs looked for a shallow part in the water and jumped in. I guess here, most people, and their dogs, sure know how to swim!
Below is a photo of Edward and Tarsie at the baluarte. Hmmm…
And below is a photo of Edward and Maria in the (really nice) house we are renting. Hmmmm….
On the way home, we saw Kimo, our new friend from Pamilacan island. He has been asking us to help him learn about setting up a website for the island. Could be interesting - he is quite an intelligent fellow, as most young people here seem to be, although he never finished his schooling for financial reasons…
A few days ago, I took some photos of the sea when it was really gray - here is the photo, so very different from photos I’ve taken a few days before.
And here are photos - finally - that I managed to take of the tuko!! This one was in the “dirty” kitchen near the “chimney.”
And this one was in the other kitchen hiding behind the curtains of the window.
It is a large spotted lizard that makes this funny “tuko, tuko” sound at night. Trevor never cease to be amazed by this tuko!
