The voyage is underway

Day 7: Today was a momentous day on my Philippine Trip. About 8:00 AM we cast off for the halfway point of our trip to Puerto Princessa, the port of Coron. Really it was momentous for a couple of reasons. For one it was the first time that I drove a boat on the high seas. And let me tell you that it was amazing. The water was a turquoise blue that you can only dream of. Also, as we were motoring along I saw the coolest thing ever FLYING FISH. It was awesome, as we were driving we would see these small fish jump out of the water, spread their wings and fly in the air for a like 5 seconds. I was amazed. But it was too random to catch on camera. The trip itself was simply amazing driving up and down over long rolling waves while driving by amazing rock formations and palm tree covered islands. The views from the boat were inspiring and made it really hard to put away my camera. What was most interesting was the fact that one 0f the guards in the boat has family who are all Jehovah's Witnesses. His name is Phillip and while we were talking he asked me if I had kids. I said no and that the reason was because I was very busy with my work and with teaching bible classes. After he heard that he asked me what religion I was and when I told him that I was a Jehovah's Witness he told me how he was raised a witness and actually went from door to door. He was really excited and we talked about his family and how he is going to take me to the Kingdom Hall on his motorcycle when we get to Puerto Princessa. That really made my day. Another, exciting part of the day was entering the port of Coron. I felt like I was entering King Kong Island. It was incredible! Then we went to the resort we were staying at. The room is ok, it's really a hut by the beach but the location is incredible. And to end the day I went to use the Wifi in the dinning room when it suddenly turned into Karaoke night. So, of course being the only Gringo there they wanted me to sing a few songs. So, I obliged with "Celebration" from Cool and the gang and "Forever my Lady" from Jodeci. I think I confused them with my singing or my inner soul. All and all it was quite a day, just the fact that I'm singing Jodeci in the Philippines blows my mind. By the way just so you know Filipinos are excellent singers.

Philippine Marc