Friday morning we grabbed our snorkels and headed down to the beach to meet our captain, a Filipino version of Jack Sparrow. The lovely white banca boat took us an hour away to Balicasag, a small island that's all about snorkeling and diving. We got of the big banca boat and got on a much smaller one, driven by our snorkeling guide, Allan. This man has been voted the Munns' Family Favorite Filipino. He spoke about ten English words which he repeated over and over. "RELAX!" "BALANCE!" "One by One!" "Swimming?" "Careful baby the mask,"he admonished me repeatedly as I swam in the water, holding Lucy's rejected mask and snorkel. He knew his stuff, taking us right to a gold mine of fish and handing us bread to feed them. We saw parrot fish, a lion fish, rainbow fish, sea turtles, clown fish. All the kids got into it, even Lucy who caught on quickly. White sand, blue water, sunny skies. Dreamy!
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