Philippines - Puraran, Cantaduanes Island: Majestics Beach Resort

It's sunny this morning, but the wind is still onshore.

View at breakfast

Rice being dried and boards being maintained

We decide we should go to Baras tomorrow morning (PhP 300 Return) at high tide and get a boat (PhP 300) to surf Moing (pronouced "Moo-ning") Point. We need some exercise!

We watch the local fishermen spearfishing - they get into a big cirle and splash a lot with the intention of trapping the fish in their midst. We're not sure how successful it the fishing was today as they're out there for ages and we go in when it starts to drizzle.

Philippines - Puraran, Cantaduanes Island: Majestics Beach

The rain has cleared a bit - so we wonder around the beach and take some pictures, walk to the top of the hill, then it's back to reading.

The rice paddies behing our hut

View from the upper deck

Mike and his new buddy Brad (who guarded our Nipa hut every night)

Majestics Beach Resort

We're enjoying the slow pace...

Mr Popper' Penguins is our movie for tonight!

Philippines - Puraran, Cantaduanes Island: Majestics Beach Resort

At breakfast we meet a brother and sister from Minnesota - she's just been in China for 10 months doing ecology research, and he's a junior in college heading to Beijing for his semester abroad. They're leaving today after a few restful days in Puraran.

We make the most of the low pressure system and consequent rainy weather to catch up on the blog and read.

At dinner, we chat to Tetsuya, a young Japanese man who's been posted to Virac for 2 years doing soil analysis. He stays at Majestics every weekend and has taught himself to surf over the last year. A young man from Manilla also joins us tonight, he's here for a few days to do some photography.

We all watch an old James Bond with Pierce Brosnan before going to bed.