My Habagat Guests

Habagat is our monsoon or rainy season.  At this time of year the weather in the cities can be hot an humid with lots of rain.  It may not always be good snorkelling weather, but an island is stil a beautiful place to relax.  No diesel fumes.  No traffic noise.  Just peace and quiet and someone else doing the cooking...

Tony and his friends, JC and Erka, came to Isla Verde after typhoon Butchoy.  Since it was habagat, the southwest wind, the sea was rough and its rainy.  But still they had a wonderful time in our resort. 

They relaxed in our swing, covered it and hung up the hammock they brought along  with them.  They are mountaineers and beach lovers, so they are well equipped with their stuff and gadgets.  Jayzee who is a seaman, works as a Chef, in a passenger, ship cooked for them.  He cooked sinampalukan na manok, a chicken soup cooked with tamarind flowers and leaves.  He gave us some soup for taste and it is delicious. 

As it was raining, they drank their brandy to keep them feeling warm.  They enjoyed watching the waves splashing in our dikes and hitting their faces.  When night came it was Tony who cooked canderetang baka, a stewed beef with tomato sauce, for their dinner.  

And they drank more brandy and passed the night in pleasant company, then when rain stopped and the sky cleared they were able to watch freely the milky way.

The next day, when they got up, Erka went to shore and collected seashells and they cooked them for their breakfast.  And when the sea got calmer calm they started to go the sea.  Tony went snorkelling, while JC, decided to try some fishing.  Fishing was his favourite sport, so he was able to catch  fish . 

Before noontime, another solo adventurer guy, Rommel arrived.  He stayed in a tent and joined Tony's group for lunch.  The whole afternoon they we're  together, snorkeling, drinking their brandy and Jayzee kept on, cooking pulutan for them.

Because the weather was quite cold, their friend Erka  slept well in a hammock.  She got up before sunset.  And started to cook their dinner.   After their dinner, they continued their drinks and they asked our workers Pipoy and Jaja to joined them. 

At 10pm they all went to bed so they could be up early to catch the boat and leave at early dawn tomorrow.