Luckily, the weather was fine and it wasn't too sunny.
I have seen the dolphins here twice but the boatman graciously offered a side-trip to the dolphins (free of charge!). We have seen a few but they were too far. The dolphins were too shy to swim in our area because the sea was too peaceful. There were no tides for them to happily surf with.
Balicasag Island is known for its deep-sea cliffs -- a sanctuary of corals and various marine life species.
The corals were not as colorful as the ones I have seen 3 years ago. A lot has changed since then probably due to global warming. The corals at the cliff are much healthier and colorful compared to those near the shore.
These school of fish were huge compared to those above the sea cliff. They look like obese dolphins from afar but they're probably just tuna or the usual fish variety that we normally eat.
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| damsel fish |
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| moorish idol fish |
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| brain coral |
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| blue-green parrot fish |
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| surgeon fish |
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| black sea cucumber |
We were almost tired and hungry by 10:30am so we decided to go back to the shore and have lunch. We had shrimps sautéed in butter with garlic and lapu-lapu sour soup. Nothing beats a fresh catch for a meal.
Fulfilled...I moved around the island to take photos of the terrain. I was amazed by this odd fruit-bearing plant when suddenly, my eyes caught sight of a sneaky amphibian...
There it was... a teeny green gecko...
To be continued...
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