As said, rafting and diving are two very special activities which deserve a separate entry. They say a picture's worth a thousand words, but since I don't have any pictures, here's a thousand plus words :p
Rafting! It was my first time to try rafting and my rationale for doing this is because I know I wont be able to do it alone or with my family. And the best way to experience this is with friends :) It was a life changing experience. We flipped several times. but I only fell once, and that fall was, well, traumatic. It is actually hard to describe. Picture this.
You see a big rock nearing your raft and the next thing you know, all of you fell. You cant open your eyes because there's water everywhere. You felt your left shoe was removed from your feet (thanks to the strong current underneath) and you can't concentrate on anything but the fact that you're 1700+ worth of shoes is losing its other pair. When you tried to concentrate, you are underwater and you can't go up because the boat's butt is above you. When you managed to get out of the underside of the boat, you try so hard to go to the surface, but the waves are so strong, you just keep on getting back underwater. Not to mention, you keep on drinking the brown water (thanks to the rain). and when you start to realize that it is because your mouth is open (and you try to close it), water is still able to seep into your nose.
When you finally see the light. Your panicking mind dictates you to try to oppose the current to no avail, of course. and then you remember what they taught you before all this chaos, defensive swim! Try to float, with your hands in front of you and try to lift your feet while looking forward. And then you see a bunch of floating paddles in front of you and you think where are the others? Then you hear someone calling your name, the other group's boat. and their guide shouting, "Okay team, ready for rescue!"
You try to extend your paddle to them but you are faster than them and so you thought, maybe another boat can save you. but they were able to keep up (thank God!), after extending their paddle and after a few minutes of battling with the raging waters, you are finally up on the boat and seeing the familiar friendly faces.
"Anne, okay ka lang?"
"Nawala yung isa kong shoes" was all I could say. haha. but it was eventually found. yey. but I learned my lesson of not wearing those precious aqua shoes again and of course holding on for dear life whenever the boat would seem to flip. Thus I was able to save myself from 3 out of the 4 falls that we had.
Diving!
I don't have a license to dive, and so I thank Davao for giving us an option to "dive" even without the license and the knowledge on such things. But of course, we were not alone on this thing. They made diving a business in a sense that you can do it even if you don't know how.
You are paired with a guide who will be in-charged of all the technicalities of diving. All you have to do is breathe and enjoy the view.
And I did. Although I kind of panicked at first, but I eventually got the hang of it. And I stayed 20 minutes in about 20ft where I saw the beauty of the underwater.
It was my first time to actually see those corals up close! To touch them (they were actually soft!) and to see the schools of fish and different types of reef fish underwater. It was breathtaking (literally and figuratively). I was happy to spend 850 on something that I can only do once (or maybe twice). :p
checking them off my bucket list. yay.
Rafting! It was my first time to try rafting and my rationale for doing this is because I know I wont be able to do it alone or with my family. And the best way to experience this is with friends :) It was a life changing experience. We flipped several times. but I only fell once, and that fall was, well, traumatic. It is actually hard to describe. Picture this.
You see a big rock nearing your raft and the next thing you know, all of you fell. You cant open your eyes because there's water everywhere. You felt your left shoe was removed from your feet (thanks to the strong current underneath) and you can't concentrate on anything but the fact that you're 1700+ worth of shoes is losing its other pair. When you tried to concentrate, you are underwater and you can't go up because the boat's butt is above you. When you managed to get out of the underside of the boat, you try so hard to go to the surface, but the waves are so strong, you just keep on getting back underwater. Not to mention, you keep on drinking the brown water (thanks to the rain). and when you start to realize that it is because your mouth is open (and you try to close it), water is still able to seep into your nose.
When you finally see the light. Your panicking mind dictates you to try to oppose the current to no avail, of course. and then you remember what they taught you before all this chaos, defensive swim! Try to float, with your hands in front of you and try to lift your feet while looking forward. And then you see a bunch of floating paddles in front of you and you think where are the others? Then you hear someone calling your name, the other group's boat. and their guide shouting, "Okay team, ready for rescue!"
You try to extend your paddle to them but you are faster than them and so you thought, maybe another boat can save you. but they were able to keep up (thank God!), after extending their paddle and after a few minutes of battling with the raging waters, you are finally up on the boat and seeing the familiar friendly faces.
"Anne, okay ka lang?"
"Nawala yung isa kong shoes" was all I could say. haha. but it was eventually found. yey. but I learned my lesson of not wearing those precious aqua shoes again and of course holding on for dear life whenever the boat would seem to flip. Thus I was able to save myself from 3 out of the 4 falls that we had.
Diving!
I don't have a license to dive, and so I thank Davao for giving us an option to "dive" even without the license and the knowledge on such things. But of course, we were not alone on this thing. They made diving a business in a sense that you can do it even if you don't know how.
You are paired with a guide who will be in-charged of all the technicalities of diving. All you have to do is breathe and enjoy the view.
And I did. Although I kind of panicked at first, but I eventually got the hang of it. And I stayed 20 minutes in about 20ft where I saw the beauty of the underwater.
It was my first time to actually see those corals up close! To touch them (they were actually soft!) and to see the schools of fish and different types of reef fish underwater. It was breathtaking (literally and figuratively). I was happy to spend 850 on something that I can only do once (or maybe twice). :p
checking them off my bucket list. yay.
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