There is no other way to dance but with abandon

Thanks to the Katutubo Desk and Dean Candelaria, I was able to go to Mindanao to help in the paralegal training of members of the Mamanwa Tribe in Siargao. I'm thankful to God I made the right decision to take this job, as it has given me opportunity to travel for free, meet new people and to live out and give a face to the very theories I'm applying to my thesis.

Getting there was an adventure in itself. Since our roro was to leave at 12 noon and our flight got delayed by 30 minutes, the Bishop's driver (from hell) had to go at 100km/hr to cross a mountain (think of the twists and turns with matching skidding) to the port. It was a crazy ride. Then we had to ride a ro-ro to siargao (we were late by 20 mins, and the priests and nuns had to talk to the Ferry company to wait for us. real divine intervention), which took 3hours and then a jeep topload since it was full.

We stayed at the Travellers Pension House, a beachfront resort. We ate seafood all day, sarap!

Going home, we passed by the Surigao market, where we went crazy buying seafood at more than half the price cheaper than here in Manila.

Till the next training. Davao, here we come!