We were up at 5am this morning to take Jun and Bebe to Ozamiz airport. They are off to Manila. We had a great few days with them. On Wednesday we drove to Hoyohoy, a mountain resort about 1500 feet high. From there Ozamiz looks like a postage stamp. The mountain road was, as usual, unfinished, with alternate cemented and rough bits. On the way we stopped at Citi Hardware and bought a re-chargeable light unit and rubber torch to help cope with the increasingly regular brownouts.
We drove to Dapitan on Thursday, with Jun, Bebe, her sister Day Day, Pia and Gemma, and had a look at the Rizal's relief map of Mindanao, which he created in 1892. It is in front of St. James' church. The new tableau, above, depicts the moment Rizal and his armed Spanish guards landed at Dapitan. It's made of cement and painted in gilt - very impressive. After a seafood lunch with Bebe's friend Mila, we drove to Dakak, a resort situated in a small cove with white sand. In the evening we had calamares, washed down with a few San Miguels, my first proper drink for 24 days.
On Friday we visited the Rizal shrine, always an oasis of calm by Dapitan bay, but surrounded by huge trees and lianas and serenaded with a chorus of crickets. The museum has been upgraded with a series of panels depicting Rizal's exile. Lunch was at the Dapitan Resort Hotel, by the bay, and we stopped at Rhovic's Place on the seafront in Oroquita for a drinks break on the way home. Back to Colupan and an evening brownout.
Yesterday Jun, a retired engineer, replaced the shower tap, after we'd driven to Ozamiz for a plumber's wrench, costing P395. He even managed to remove the disc from my angle grinder, which I failed to do. Went to Colupan chapel at 4pm, as it was the first Sunday in the month. Father Peter called in for dinner and wine afterwards.
Looks nice, good pics!
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