A new day a new beach...

Well, Karla and I woke well rested and went to the next door hotel room around 7am to collect our son! Yes, Sean had a sleep-over at Opa and Gramma's! He was very excited and they did lots of fun stuff like make Christmas decorations. When we opened the doors to the balcony we were greeted with another beautiful day in paradise. The constant wind from the East/NorthEast keeps it cool and the sun was there for us again today. We met van der Waardes and headed to the buffet. I had purchased a map a day earlier and we were able to scope out a new beach closer to home for the day. Diniwid beach was it for the day.

Tricycles were the transport and the road was a bit rough towards the end but Sean loved it shouting out "we're offroadin!" as the bouncing began. The beach is beautiful and at 9am barely a soul there. Sean and I set out exploring and walked around the headland to see White beach in the distance then returned to a cluster of boulders of volcanic rock. We set up amongst the boulders and got to the tasks at hand. Tony and I went snorkeling and Sean, Karla and Ruth did the sandcastle bit. I went out with Karla's swim goggles and was completely unimpressed. It turns out it was because I couldn't see. I used Tony's mask and snorkel right afterwards and saw two eels, a nudibranch, lots of tunicates, cone shells, feather stars, a boxfish, christmas tree worm and had a great time.

People were ready for shakes at this time so we went and ordered some from the nearby bungalows. Expensive though 120pesos each. It took a while and Sean was fading so we packed up and walked around the headland heading for White beach and restaurants. Had some philippine fare and then back to the Alta Vista. Karla and Sean did a nap and I was off to Bulabog beach again to try my hand at sailing. Wind appeared strong and I headed out with a 6.5 and 103L but it wasn't enough so I traded up to 7.0 and 133L which was great but quickly too much, had some scary runs downwind and got some air and then in to go back to the 6.5. After about 15m the wind was done and I slogged in. Feels great to sail again. The muscle memory is there but the muscles did complain! I brought waffles home for dinner then Sean and I did the playroom. I am in dmall now after a massage and bloggin away...