bicolandia

Since our last update we’ve been hanging out in Bicol. We took a day trip that initially was going to be visiting waterfalls near the dormant volcano Mt. Isarog, but instead turned into an offroad adventure at the base of active volcano Mt. Mayon (if you were paying attention to the news in December you might remember that it had a minor eruption). We drove from San Vicente through Daet to Naga, and from there to Legazpi. We rented ATVs in Legazpi and rode up through a river basin that has been blocked due to lava flow with Catherine’s cousin Romy, who is a hip (like he’s cool, not like he specialises in hips) doctor in Naga.

Yesterday I took my first tricycle trip ever, and boy was it exciting. We first went to San Jose, a nearby swimming hole. Then we went through Daet to see the beach, where I got to eat fish balls and coke in a bag. We stopped at the market on the way home. This weekend Catherine’s friend Jordan is flying in from Manila and we may or may not go to Camsur Watersports Complex, a big wakeboarding spot, but I think certainly we’ll be visiting Caramoan, which is supposed to have very beautiful limestone cliffs.

here I am ziplining over a lava track from the base of Mt. Mayon!

we thought Romy was journaling in the field, but it turns out he was just signing the guestbook.

from the embarcadero in Legazpi

Bekah in San Jose

Catherine’s cousin Erika

this is Catherine’s favourite picture of the day