Hi Everyone,

  On the Thursday in Puerto Galera, when Randal went to the Classic Club (men only) lunch in Sabang, I spent the day enjoying Sabang and my 3 mile walk back to Puerto Galera.  I collected sea glass, took lots of photos, had my thread necklace made, and ate lunch.  Then, because the road was quite scenic, I walked back to Puerto Galera.  All Randal got to do was eat a special gourmet lunch, chat all day with his new friends, and take a motorcycle ride back to Puerto Galera.  Truly, we both spent the day exactly as we wanted.

   Randal and I had taken a tricycle cab to Sabang because we had just missed the 10:30 jeepney from PG to Sabang and the next one wouldn’t leave for at least 20 minutes or until it was crammed full.  The trike ride was fine except where the road was under construction and muddy and bumpy and there is almost no headroom in these trikes.  But our driver did fine and we arrived in Sabang with no head wounds and still clean.  Randal and I parted ways and he went along the beach looking for the pre-lunch hang out place and I went to the far end of Sabang to see what there was to see.  I found stairs up the mountain to the neighborhoods built there, took some photos and then went to get close up pictures of the 3 little boys I had spied exploring the tide pools.

The beach curves all around, and just past the white building ( condos) at the top right corner is a stairway and a path that lets you get to the other side of the point.  On that path was the thread lady.  Along the beach names change from Sabang to Small La Laguna and Big La Laguna but it looks like one long beach.  To walk back to Puerto Galera I had to come back to this side of Sabang to take the road.  By banca you would go around the point.  You can see the three little boys in the center of the photo. 

The beach front.  Not much swimming here except for the small local kids.  On the other end of the path past the white building was a swimming beach.  Lots of tall cell towers.

  A typical beachfront image.  I loved all the bright colors.

  Small resorts line the beach front.

  Another stairway

Looking down on the homes of Sabang

  the little boys!  They lifter any rock that looked promising!  The water was quite clear.

Today, January 7th the kids returned to school after their summer holiday.  November and December are the months with the best weather so local schools are closed.  But the International School here has a school year that matches American School schedules.

I have lots more of them, they were so “being little kids.”

  These kids were too old for exploring tide pools and were pitching pesos.

We haven’t gotten very far down the beach yet  Part 2 will get us further.